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When dance takes flight
Rachael Lincoln doesn’t just dance on stages. She dances on walls, floats above the ground and teaches her students to rethink their relationship with gravity.
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August research highlights: Nectar robbing, anxious attachment styles, persnickety plasma, more
Explore recent research from the University of Washington: nectar-stealing Hawaiian honeycreepers, ChatGPT and anxious attachment, the cost of nursing for marine mammals, new magnetic nanomaterials, and a new strategy to subdue finicky plasma. -
New galactic simulations narrow the hunt for dark matter
Astronomers at the University of Washington simulated four Milky Way-sized galaxies for five billion (virtual) years to test a leading theory about how dark matter might influence streams of orbiting stars. The results could help researchers separate true evidence of dark matter from false positives.
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In Washington, tribe releases lab-raised sunflower stars to help save kelp forests
A Washington State tribe and UW researchers have taken a rare step to help restore a damaged ocean ecosystem, releasing 20 lab-raised endangered sunflower stars into the Salish Sea off Decatur Island. Jason Hodin, a research scientist at the UW Friday Harbor Laboratories, is quoted. -
Q&A: UW professors explain how were misreading the energy crisis
Dominic Muren, UW teaching professor of design, and Adrienne Russell, UW professor of communication, examine environmental problems from a perspective beyond the hard sciences. They spoke to UW News about what todays energy crises reveal about contemporary societies dependence on fossil fuels and how we can create a solar-powered system.
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Rob Rhee Named Joan Mitchell Fellow
Rob Rhee, associate professor in the School of Art + Art History + Design, has been named a 2026 Joan Mitchell Fellow, a coveted prize for visual artists.
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Scientists scramble for private cash in response to fresh funding turbulence
University researchers are navigating more turbulence in federal funding. After last years cuts and disruptions, new policies brewing in Washington threaten to upend grants again. Erin Ingvalson, research associate professor of speech and hearing sciences at the UW, is quoted. -
"Quite frustrating:" What its like to have a treaty with the United States
Heirs to the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott explain their ancestors wisdom and how they defend it today. Joshua Reid, associate professor of history and of American Indian studies at the UW, is quoted. -
What does Trump mean when he says the US is 'low-keying' negotiations with Iran?
After Iran intensified its demands over the weekend before it would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump didnt threaten new strikes but instead indicated that he planned to choke Iran economically. Jamaal Muwwakkil, assistant professor of anthropology at the UW, is quoted. -
Reginald Jacob Howell, ’16, shares his barbecue talent with the world on Food Network’s “Pitmasters”
UW Communication graduate (and Tacoma restaurateur) Reginald Jacob Howell, ’16, has been taking his passion for barbecue to a national audience on “Pitmasters” from the Food Network. Can he and his best friend, Denzel Johnson, take home the $50,000 prize? Only one way to find out. UW Magazine profiles Howell, from his time at Cultivate, the UW’s campus-adjacent restaurant, to the opening of GRANN, his restaurant on 6th Ave in Tacoma, and more. Check it out!