Zaneveld receives $940,000 NSF CAREER award

Jesse Zaneveld, an assistant professor in the School of STEM’s Division of Biological Sciences, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award worth more than $940,000 over five years to support his research in coral reef microbiology.

September 17, 2022

Race, gender inequities in medical crowdfunding

New research, led by School of Nursing & Health Studies Associate Professor Nora Kenworthy, shows that medical crowdfunding campaigns on the GoFundMe online platform appeared to be heavily influenced by users' race and gender.

September 17, 2022

A search to find and map happy places

Ted Hiebert and Jin-Kyu Jung , associate professors in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, plan to use digital mapping technology to represent where people find their happy places.

September 17, 2022

Gravitational wave science finds a home in comics

An educational comic about the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory has a character inspired by Joey Key, a member of the LIGO team and an assistant professor in the School of STEM.

September 17, 2022

Chocolate expert immerses herself in research

An expert from the University of Washington Bothell on the culture, economics and politics of chocolate, Kristy Leissle is currently living in West Africa to conduct field work with cocoa growers for her next book on Africa’s contributions to chocolate.

September 17, 2022

Faculty Research: In a Pandemic, Prisons are a Problem

Because of their age, underlying medical problems and the conditions of incarceration, a large percentage of Washington’s prison population is vulnerable to the coronavirus, Associate Professor Dan Berger writes at the UW Center for Human Rights.

September 17, 2022

Supporting urban community gardening

Melanie Malone researches contaminants in urban community gardens, which is an important consideration as more people turn to gardening for vegetables during the coronavirus pandemic.

September 17, 2022