In a proof-of-principle study, UW and researchers have shown that smartphones are capable of detecting blood oxygen saturation levels down to 70%.
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. welcomed one of its largest and most diverse incoming classes last weekend at New Student Convocation. The ceremony set attendance records with more than 7,500 students, family and friends filling the arena to capacity.
Read more: washington.edu/news/2022/09/2
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Job of the week: UW Facilities has an outstanding opportunity for a floor layer. This position performs journey-level flooring work in the installation and repair of a wide variety of flooring treatments at the UW's Seattle campus.
Share or apply: uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/candidates
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The U District $4 Food Walk & Street Party returns on Saturday, October 1!
Get ready for $4 bites and beverages across the neighborhood. Click the 🔗 below for more event details!💃🏻✨ #SeattleSunday
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Calling all Huskies in the 509! Join the UW at the State Fair Park in Yakima on Friday, 9/30, from 12-7pm. Wear your favorite Husky gear and find us at the purple tents where you can take fun 📸 and pick up some swag. We hope to see you there! 1/2
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UW researchers have created a reactor that can completely break down hard-to-destroy chemicals. 🤯
Check out the 🔗 below to learn more! #PopulationHealth
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New home, new adventures and new memories. What’s one thing you would recommend for new Huskies to bring? 🐾 #TBT #NewHuskies22
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Happy fall equinox! 🍃 🍂 🍁
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. Assistant Professor Sunny Cheng's research focuses on mental health, particularly the impact of early intervention and screening.
Learn more about how she's working to improve mental health in Tacoma schools below! #PopulationHealth
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Time-lapse drawing:
Celebrating 100 years of live mascots at UW!! Over 40 hours of drawing in under 2 minutes!! 🎥✏️
🚨The first 20,000 fans at ’s game this Saturday will receive a print!!🚨
GET THERE EARLY!!
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Such an exciting time! Move-in started yesterday and President greeted students as they arrived. Some 10,000 students are moving into campus housing this week ahead of the start of school next Wednesday.
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Read more: bit.ly/3S5yzDU
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The AquaApp interface enables users to select from a list of 240 pre-set messages that correspond to hand signals employed by divers, with the 20 most common signals prominently displayed for easy access. 🌊 📱
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A team of UW researchers from have developed AquaApp, the first mobile app for acoustic-based communication and networking underwater that can be used with existing devices such as smartphones and smartwatches. 1/2
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A long line of good dawgs.
Did you know that this season is the 100th anniversary of Washington having a live mascot? is the 14th!
Before him was Dubs I, Spirit, Prince Redoubt...all the way back to Frosty I.
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What causes waste to end up on beaches in Washington and Oregon?
visiting scientist alongside citizen scientists with looked at how litter accumulates to help inform strategies for mitigating beach trash in the future.
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Welcome home, Huskies! Today students began moving into residence halls on the campus. About 10,000 students are expected to move into campus housing starting today. #HuskyHome
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With a double major in and , UW senior Simona Liao is lifting women in #STEM in the U.S. and China. Read more about her story and #HuskyExperience below!
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The waterfront is being transformed into a showpiece for Seattle. By the time it's complete, hundreds of alumni will have a hand in making it happen. magazine.washington.edu/feature/seattl #UWMag
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Scientists from the UW have designed a JavaScript plugin called VoxLens that improves the accessibility of online data visualizations for screen readers. Read more below!
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Job of the week: has an outstanding opportunity for an executive assistant. This position will provide direct, high-level complex administrative support and serve as the principal communication liaison to the Medical Director.
Share or apply: uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidates
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A new study co-led by found that these pandemic federal programs reached more than 30 million children and either directly provided meals or, through the Pandemic EBT program, cash for nearly 1.5 billion meals a month in 2020.
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When schools closed during the first year of the pandemic, an immediate and potentially devastating problem surfaced: How would millions of children in struggling families get the school meals many of them depended on? 1/2
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