The Oregon Wave Energy Trust is seeking a consultant to help develop the Pacific Marine Energy Center, which will be undertaken within the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center, a collaboration between OSU and UW. Read more here! 

According to recently published research, air pollution from Asian countries increase the ozone levels in US cities, sometimes past EPA-specified limits for safety. UW’s Dan Jaffe is quoted. Read more here. 

In a continuation of the partnership between UW Facilities Services and Seattle City Light, the energy company has agreed to fund energy conservation initiatives on campus. Read more about this exciting partnership here! 

Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of the great Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan, killing more than 16,000 people and causing billions of dollars in damage. University of Washington scientists say the event has some important lessons for the Pacific Northwest – most notably, not that a similar event can happen here but that it WILL happen here, and that this region is still much less prepared than Japan was a year ago.