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It was the little pill that could a medical breakthrough that changed the way Americans thought and talked about sex and aging. Thursday marks 27 years since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the sale of Viagra, the nations first oral medication for whats now commonly known as erectile dysfunction. Pepper Schwartz, professor of sociology at the UW, is quoted.

The Conversation turned to Christopher Tounsel, associate professor of history at the UW, to explain what the war has cost and where it could turn now.

"Songs are not mere entertainment if we consider the case of Japan. There, they can be the very essence of life itself," writes Davinder Bhowmik, a UW associate professor of Asian languages and literature.

When Quintard Taylor, professor emeritus of history at the UW, launched BlackPast in 2007, he didnt realize attacks on history would make the site as necessary as it has proved to be.

Alumna Laura Matz told her Classical Greek professor that she was creating an endowment in his honor. He was stunned — and touched. 

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.

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

Trickery by female white-necked jacobin hummingbirds results in reduced aggression from other hummingbirds and increased access to nectar resources.

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...

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.