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In a new book, Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People, Anthony Greenwald, a social psychologist at the University of Washington, and co-author Mahzarin Banaji turn the conventional way people think about prejudice on its head.

ImpFest V features guitarist Bill Frisell, bassist Eric Revis, trumpeter Cuong Vu and drummer Ted Poor in various combinations with their jazz students at the University of Washington.

Donald Hellmann, a professor in the Jackson School of International Studies, weighs in on North Korea's recent threats against the U.S., Japan, and South Korea on KUOW's Weekday, hosted by Steve Scher (first 15 minutes of program).

A team of astronomers announced that they've identified two earth-like planets orbiting a star not too unlike our own. Eric Agol, associate professor of astronomy, is one of the paper's authors.

Join in Friday during HuskyFest and kick-off activities for Earth Day.

A University of Washington astronomer has discovered perhaps the most Earth-like planet yet found outside the solar system by the Kepler Space Telescope.

Wes Kovarik (JSIS MAIS/JD 2014), is one of 23 graduate-student recipients of the Harold W. Rosenthal Fellowship. He will spend the summer working in the Washington, D.C., office of U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA).

Super-slow motion footage of a moth in flight has revealed how the insects use their bodies to hover. The UW researchers who carried out this study are examining insect flight in order to "distill the biological principles of flight control."

Robert Stacey, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, announced the appointments of Betsy Cooper and Michael Shapiro to Divisional Deans of the Arts and Humanities, respectively. Both Cooper and Shapiro have served those positions in the interim since January, 2012.

A substance implicated in several mass extinctions could greatly enhance plant growth, with implications for global food supplies and biofuels, new UW research shows.