Published on August 1, 2016
While we are in the midst of a beautiful summer, things at the University of Washington and at Urban@UW are moving right along. We’ve seen some original writing, research, and even a podcast come out of community covering topics from marine noise pollution to data science and minimum wage to police reforms.
- The eScience Institute hosts Data Science for Social Good program looking at how data can be leveraged pressing urban topics.
- The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation contributed to a study of the healthiest cities.
- UW researchers are compiling health data on gunshot victims to better understand American gun violence.
- Technology, whose origins began at CoMotion, is helping to dampen the noise from marine pile driving.
- Urban@UW published a story about alleyways and looked at some work the Green Futures Lab has done on the topic in Seattle.
- A UW study looked at the connections between perceived threats from police officers and black men as predictors for supporting police reform.
- Jeff Shulman, associate professor at the Foster School, launched his podcast focusing on Seattle’s recent surge in growth.
- The Evans School, School of Social Work, and School of Public Health are continuing to examine the the economic impacts of Seattle’s $15/hour minimum wage.
Urban@UW compiles monthly recaps highlighting the urban research happening across the University of Washington.