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  • A telescope is taking 12 years to build but could find extraterrestrial life in hours

    The circumstances need to be right, but modeling suggests finding biosignatures in the atmospheres of planets orbiting nearby stars will be well within the Extremely Large Telescopes capacity. The UW's Victoria Meadows, professor of astronomy, and Miles Currie, a doctoral student of astronomy, are mentioned.
    03/24/2025 | IFLScience
  • America's girl bosses are fed up with CEOs going full alpha male

    Musk, Bezos, and Zuck are going full alpha male. Women are fed up. Sapna Cheryan, professor of psychology at the UW, is quoted.

    03/24/2025 | Business Insider
  • Cloaked in color: UW-led research finds some female hummingbirds evolve male plumage to dodge aggression

    Cloaked in color: UW-led research finds some female hummingbirds evolve male plumage to dodge aggression

    Trickery by female white-necked jacobin hummingbirds results in reduced aggression from other hummingbirds and increased access to nectar resources.
    03/20/2025 | UW News
  • Faculty/staff honors: Best paper, collaborative innovation, young investigator award

    Faculty/staff honors: Best paper, collaborative innovation, young investigator award

    Recent recognition of the University of Washington includes the Best Paper Award at NeurIPS Pluralistic Alignment Workshop, Scialog: Early Science with the LSST Collaborative Innovation Award and 2024 AVS Thin Film Young Investigator Award. Professor wins ‘best paper’ at NeurIPS Pluralistic Alignment Workshop Max Kleiman-Weiner, assistant professor in the UW Foster School of Business, received...
    03/19/2025 | UW News
  • College in the High School soars in popularity across WA

    A growing number of students are participating in Washington’s high school dual-credit programs. University of Washington courses are being taught at the high school level.

    03/16/2025 | The Seattle Times
  • For the planet and the people, Margo Okazawa-Rey asks, How deep is your love?

    Things were a little bit different at Town Hall on March 4. Things were a little bitwarmer. Activist and educator Margo Okazawa-Rey was in the house.Linh Thy Nguyn, assistant professor of American ethnic studies at the UW, is quoted.
    03/14/2025 | Northwest Asian Weekly
  • Professor Stephen Price, with stained glass window behind him.

    Celebrating Black Composers

    A video project led by School of Music professor Stephen Price highlights the work of Black composers for organ and provides historical context.

    April 2025 Perspectives
  • Watch Where You Step

    Rachel Kessler explores Cauleen Smith's immersive installation, The Wanda Coleman Songbook, at the University of Washington's Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Through evocative projections and soundscapes inspired by poet Wanda Coleman, the exhibit transports visitors into the layered realities of Los Angeles, inviting deep reflection on memory, identity, and place.

    03/10/2025 | The Stranger
  • Close up of an ear with a hearing aid.

    An Earful of AI

    Hearing aid technology is improving all the time with the help of AI, thanks to researchers like Yi Shen, professor of speech & hearing sciences. 

    March 2025 Perspectives
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    Imagining the Future of Higher Education & the Liberal Arts

    The Futurists, a group of Arts & Sciences faculty and leadership, are exploring the possibilities for higher education and the liberal arts many decades from now. 

    March 2025 Perspectives