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Political Science professor Aseem Prakash received the 2025 John Gaus Award from the American Political Science Association in recognition of a lifetime of exemplary scholarship.

In a new study, a team of scientists determined the minimum natural habitat on agricultural land that will allow insect pollinators including bumble bees, solitary bees, hoverflies and butterflies to thrive. UW News reached out to co-author Berry Brosi, UW professor of biology, to learn more about these results and how habitat is important to two types of bees native to Washington.

Its a hyper-modern problem on social media: A video or image of an animal doing something seemingly unbelievable in the wild pops up on your feed, only for you to realize it is, in fact, unbelievable. But what if fake wildlife images could be used to aid conservation? Kasim Rafiq, postdoctoral researcher of biology at the UW, is quoted.

The Trump administration's announcement linking Tylenol to autism has been met with concern from many involved in autism education and research. Annette Estes, director of the UW Autism Center and a research professor of speech and hearing sciences, is quoted.

Bee experts wouldnt have previously expected to find the likes of Osmia cyaneonitens, Dufourea dilatipes and Stelis heronae in Washington. But this year, while collecting pollinators in Chelan County to study how climate and wildfires affect native bee populations, Autumn Maust, a University of Washington research scientist of biology, discovered eight bee species never recorded in Washington.

Researchers might have stumbled upon a way to solve an unrelated, decades-old cosmic mystery: why a big portion of the universe's "ordinary" matter is missing. Matt McQuinn, associate professor of astronomy at the UW, is mentioned.

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."

Quantum dots, which are 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair, are unique materials that generate very specific colors of light. Researchers, including Brandi Cossairt, UW professor of chemistry, hope that quantum dots can one day be useful for more than just illuminating TV screens. UW News asked her to compare the quantum dots in QLED TVs with the ones her lab makes.

Sven Haakanson, a University of Washington professor of anthropology, worked with three Coast Salish carvers to install a story pole on campus. Story poles were specifically created to share and teach Coast Salish legends, histories and stories.

To say spotted ratfish are unusual is an understatement. Armed with a venomous fin, they swim gracefully along the sea floor trailing a long, pointed tail half the length of their bodies, with green, glowing eyes hunting for mates or prey to crack open with their beak-like mouths. And if all that wasnt weird enough, they are now the first animal documented to have teeth growing outside of the jaw, according to new research led by a team of scientists at the University of Washington. Karly Cohen, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washingtons Friday Harbor Labs, is interviewed.