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Adrian Raftery receives Ireland's St. Patrick's Day Medal for contributions to statistics 

During a celebration of her work, the term "incremental heroism" was used to describe the career of Beth Sellars, now the namesake of the biennial Anne Focke Arts Leadership Award (AFALA)

NASA began the new year by announcing two new missions to explore asteroids, the oldest parts of our solar system. A recent UW study on STEM fields is referenced.

Professor Emeritus David Thouless is the Physics Department's second Nobel Prize recipient. 

This year, the Nobel Prize in Physics went to three men — all born in Britain, but working at U.S. universities.

Thouless, emeritus professor in Physics, is the 2016 winner for his work on exotic matter. 

This year's Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to physicists David Thouless of the UW, F. Duncan Haldane of Princeton University and J. Michael Kosterlitz of Brown University.

Recent honors for Arts & Sciences faculty and staff.

From Distinguished Teaching Awards to President's Medals, it's awards season at the UW.

Tzyy Yi Young's artistic talent impressed her teachers and peers—and the design company Roche Bobois.