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  • The Inspiration Inquiry

    Expanding the boundaries of knowledge in dance, theater and other performing arts requires research of a different stripe
    08/20/2013 | Columns
  • A UW Star is Born

    Actor Kyle MacLachlan reflects on Purple and Gold Roots.
    08/20/2013 | Columns
  • Susan Robb: connecting people and the wilderness

    A profile of Seattle multimedia artist and UW School of Art alumna Susan Robb. Next spring, Robb embarks on a nearly 3,000 mile hike and we're all invited to watch.
    08/11/2013 | The Seattle Times
  • Chemistry researcher beats stop-and-go traffic

    William Beaty, a research scientist in the chemistry department discovered what he calls "traffic fluid dynamics," while watching drivers interact on the 520 bridge.
    08/11/2013 | NPR
  • Regulating electron 'spin' may be key to making organic solar cells competitive

    According to UW Research, a polymer discovery could make organic solar cells more competitive.
    08/07/2013 | UW Today
  • Fifty years of ecological insights earn UW biologist international award

    The notion of keystone species, the loss of which can reverberate throughout the food web, is a concept taken for granted today but was unheard of when University of Washington biologist Robert Paine pioneered it in the 1960s.
    07/30/2013 | UW Today
  • How Univision became numero uno

    Ratings show that the television network Univision was the most watched network in the coveted 18-45 demographic for July. What does this news say about the growing Latino population in the U.S.? Associate vice provost and political science professor Luis Fraga weighs in.
    07/30/2013 | The Seattle Times
  • Planetary 'runaway greenhouse' more easily triggered

    It might be easier than previously thought for a planet to overheat into the scorchingly uninhabitable "runaway greenhouse" stage, according to new research by astronomers at the University of Washington.
    07/29/2013 | UW Today
  • Natural affinities may have set stage for life to ignite

    The chemical components crucial to the start of life on Earth may have primed and protected each other in never-before-realized ways, according to new research led by University of Washington scientists.
    07/29/2013 | UW Today
  • The big roadblock to China's 'reset'

    Geography professor Kam Wing Chan discusses the little known "hukou," a small document that could have a big impact on keeping China's poor from joining the middle class.
    07/29/2013 | The Seattle Times