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"The rate of child poverty doubled in 2022, despite a growing economy and an increasingly tight labor market. Why? Because of a policy choice made by Congress," writes Scott Lemieux, teaching professor of political science at the UW.

The American Geophysical Union announced Sept. 13 that five University of Washington faculty members have been elected as new fellows, representing the departments of astronomy, Earth and space sciences, oceanography, global health, and environmental and occupational health sciences.

A surge in gray whale strandings along the West Coast has raised alarms among researchers. Sue Moore, affiliate professor of biology at the UW, is quoted.

Generative AI is changing how people work, complete assignments, date, and create. But the massive computer systems powering AI consume vast amounts of water and emit tons of carbon. Even with green initiatives by big companies, the scale of the impact is expected to increase. Adrienne Russell, professor of communication and co-director of the UW Center for Journalism, Media and Democracy, is quoted.

Adrienne Russell, professor of communication at the University of Washington, examines in her new book how journalism, activism, corporations and Big Tech battle to influence the public about climate change.

The return of the humpback whale to greater numbers than observed in decades is part of a larger revival of marine mammals in the Salish Sea. Briana Abrahms, assistant professor of biology at the UW, is mentioned.

Kick off the Autumn quarter and celebrate a return to campus with these can’t-miss recommendations from the College of Arts & Sciences.

Researchers from the University of Washington and Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture will be partners in the newly announced $30M NSF Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science.  

Emily M. Bender doesn't consider herself an AI researcher. The professor of linguistics at the UW is, first and foremost, a linguist. But her gimlet-eyed research on the dangers of large language models and her withering cross-examinations of the AI hype cycle have made her one of the industry's most formidable critics.

"Like many readers, I was floored by the story of brutality and exploitation at the heart of the Washington Post's recent series on the Smithsonian's complicated history of collecting and preserving human remains," writes columnist Matt Driscoll. James Gregory, professor of history at the UW, is quoted.