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Classical review: Pacific MusicWorks/UW Music’s coproduction of Gluck’s opera “Orphée et Eurydice” was a musical and visual delight at Meany Theater this past weekend.

Many readers of The New York Times article about rapamycin claimed they would just say no to such a drug. Rapamycin was tested during a study of dogs at the UW to see if it could slow aging.

A mysterious set of 9,000-year-old bones, unearthed nearly 20 years ago in Washington, is finally going home.

An ongoing study out of the University of Washington hopes to yield new understanding of how and why the signs of aging happen, and potentially help to extend the lives of dogs.

54 percent of humanity now lives in cities, and two-thirds will by 2050—we may grow increasingly disconnected from the natural world around us.

"Donald Trump’s undisguised bigotry has alienated vast blocs of voters, but at least it makes racism in America impossible to deny," writes Christopher Parker, professor of political science at the UW

Linda Nash, professor of history at the UW, delves into the historic depths of how chance and natural resources fueled this booming metropolis of trade and expansion.

New research suggests that more planets in the Milky Way galaxy may harbor advanced civilizations than we previously imagined.

More than 500 people gathered May 18 on the UW Seattle campus to celebrate the start of construction on the New Burke Museum.

The revival of "Roots" aims to deliver a visceral punch of the past to a younger demographic, consumed anew by questions of race, inequality and heritage.