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According to history professor John Findlay, Seattle's 1962 World's Fair promoted the city as a haven for engineers and techies with middle-brow culture for middle-class fairgoers.

The issue of whether to raise minimum wage has business owners divided. Richard Morrill, professor emeritus of geography at the UW, is quoted. 

UW Professor of Psychology Kristina Olson discusses what alarmist articles often get wrong about transgender children.

DeAndre Coulter, a communications major with a minor in diversity, traveled to Washington D.C. with Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole. 

Ryan Lafferty, a physics teacher at Bellevue’s International School and UW alumnus, scores $25,000 Milken Educator Award.

"The state votes so consistently Democratic... that presidential campaigns generally don't even bother advertising in Washington," says Mark Smith, professor of political science at the UW.

"We do not solve the climate problem if we inflict catastrophe on future generations," writes Stephen Gardiner, professor of philosophy at the UW.

"History, geography and education all played a role in the prosperity we like to brag about," writes Ron Judd. John Findlay, professor of history is quoted.

Astronomers with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), including UW's Scott Anderson announced that a distant quasar ran out of gas, revealing that our skies are still. ever-changing.

A lawsuit against Volkswagen says the car maker willfully violated U.S. emission standards. Hendrik Wolff, assistant professor of economics at the UW, is quoted.