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Why is race so hard to discuss? Ralina Joseph, founding director of the UW’s Center for Communication, Difference, and Equity, talked with KUOW about coded racial language.

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.

Giles Eperon, research fellow in chemistry at the UW is featured in Forbes' "30 under 30" list.

How a bias toward English-language science can result in preventable crises, duplicated efforts and lost knowledge.

Vera Rubin, the famous U.S. astronomer, died on Dec. 25. She was 88. Emily Levesque, an astronomer at the UW, is quoted. 

Why chatbot Tay’s creators at Microsoft shut it down after less than 24 hours of existence. Samuel Woolley, doctoral student in communication at the UW, is quoted. 

Experts have long known that perceived peril can blind people to their surroundings. Jonathan Wender, lecturer of sociology and law, societies and justice at the UW, is quoted. 

Mick Mallon teaches Inuktitut in person in Iqaluit and over Skype to Seattle.

Although cognizant of the stones and bones, Robin Dunbar’s “Human Evolution” is concerned with something more consequential: how and why Homo sapiens became what we are.

In order to make international students’ journey in America more meaningful, UW's Wei Zuo devotes herself to creating the bridge to help international students adapt.