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Entry fees are out
The Henry Art Gallery scrapped admission fees this summer and saw a jump in visitors.
09/15/2025 | University of Washington Magazine -
Dawg Daze 2025 Digest
Connect, explore, get involved! Dawg Daze will take place from September 17 to 26, 2025. It is a great way to discover resources, familiarize yourself with important campus landmarks, and connect with UW staff and other UW students.
09/12/2025 | College of Arts & Sciences -
David Armstrong's new book
Many in the theater world here in Seattle know of David Armstrong, UW affiliate instructor of drama, as 5th Avenue Theatre's artistic director and executive producer from 2000 to 2018. Now he's also an author. Armstrong is interviewed about his new book: "Broadway Nation: How Immigrant, Jewish, Queer, and Black Artists Invented the Broadway Musical."
09/11/2025 | KING 5 -
Aseem Prakash to receive American Political Science Association's John Gaus Award
According to a citation from the award committee, Aseem Prakash, professor of political science at the UW, has had an outstanding career devoted to exemplary scholarship in the joint tradition of political science and public administration.
09/11/2025 | My Edmonds News -
Ghost sharks grow teeth out of their foreheads for sex, groundbreaking study reveals
This discovery proves it's possible for vertebrates to grow teeth outside their mouths. Karly Cohen, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washingtons Friday Harbor Labs, is quoted.
09/11/2025 | People -
UW professors new book explores roots of Chinese landscape poetry
A new book by Ping Wang, University of Washington professor of Asian languages and literature, is bringing fresh attention to one of the most influential poets in Chinese literary history, Xie Lingyun.
09/10/2025 | Northwest Asian Weekly -
Happy 10th birthday to the laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory now drop dead
Ten years ago, astronomers made an epic discovery with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Cosmology hasnt been the same since, and it might not stay that way much longer. James Bardeen, professor emeritus of physics at the UW, is mentioned.
09/10/2025 | The New York Times -
Best Seattle art exhibits to see in fall 2025
An exhibit by Rob Rhee, assistant professor and chair of interdisciplinary visual art, is included in this roundup.
09/10/2025 | The Seattle Times -
This deep-sea fish has teeth on its forehead and it uses them for sex
Researchers suggest the rows of pointed structures on the heads of spotted ratfish are true teeth, offering the first known example of teeth located outside the jaw. Karly Cohen, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washingtons Friday Harbor Labs, is quoted.
09/10/2025 | Smithsonian Magazine -
Best Seattle art exhibits to see in fall 2025
Featuring exhibitions at the University of Washington.
09/10/2025 | Seattle Times