The University of Washington’s Professional Staff Organization announced the newest winners of the PSO ProStaff Award. Among the three recipients is Suanty Kaghan, Administrative Specialist for the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs. Award recipients are chosen based on their impact, their UW values, their dissemination of knowledge and information, and their tendency to go above and beyond their job expectations. 

Pacific herring are culturally and commercially important. To understand more about them at the organism and population scales, we need access to their genome. Scientists in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences published a paper in PLoS ONE this week that describes their work to provide genomic resources to further research on the Pacific Herring. Authors include Steven Roberts, Lorenz Hauser, Lisa W. 

Puget Sound may be more susceptible to ocean acidification than other places throughout the globe.  Scientists at the College of the Environment’s Friday Harbor Labs on San Juan Island are looking into the myriad effects of ocean acidification on the marine organisms that inhabit our waters.  Check it out. 

A group of NGOs and volunteers has come together to rescue native trees from invasive species and rebuilt the forests of Seattle. Read more on Crosscut.   

Next weekend you and your kids can explore the icy oceans, mysterious creatures and crazy machines of polar research. Check out the Applied Physics Lab-sponsored Polar Science Weekend on March 1-4, being held at the Pacific Science Center!