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Q&A with UW sociologist Steve Pfaff on his new book 'The Spiritual Virtuoso'

Ana Gómez-Bravo created a class about Spanish food and culture as a way to teach the language, but found no appropriate textbook for the material — so she wrote one.

Commentary from Mary Callahan, professor of international studies at UW

Department of Sociology professor, Alexes Harris, the debt that grows even after prison ends for ex-offenders and its impact. 

On Wednesday, Dec. 6, three UW astrobiologists, including astronomy doctoral students, Brett Morris and Marshall Styczinski, will discuss their research at the Pacific Science Center.

The UW welcomed the most diverse class of new students across all three campuses, and the largest number of Washington residents in UW history.

It seems like even black holes can’t resist the temptation to insert themselves unannounced into photographs.

The alkali fly can dive underwater and can reemerge to the surface without ever getting wet. Research by Floris van Breugel, a biology research associate at the UW, is referenced.

In water, flies inevitably become fish bait, can’t escape or emerge too wet to function. But in Mono Lake’s salty waters, the fly species Ephydra hians is an exception.

A complex interaction between the chemicals in the water and the animals' bodies creates the bubble suits, said Floris van Breugel.