Month: January 2018
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RAPID grant awarded for Puerto Rico research
By Julia Hart for Freshwater On Sept. 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm. With sustained winds of 155 miles per hour, just two miles per hour shy of a Category 5, Hurricane Maria decimated Puerto Rico’s infrastructure, denying 3.1 million people power or access to clean water.…
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Researchers receive five-year grant to study homelessness and education
By Emily Keller The University of Washington (UW) eScience Institute has received a five-year, $754,601 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance data analytics at organizations serving the homeless in the Puget Sound region, with a focus on educational outcomes. Through this grant, researchers at the UW will collaborate with foundation grantees that…