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At high levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide--levels in line with expected concentrations over the next century--a blue mussel's byssal threads become weaker, less able to stretch and less able to attach to rocks, found scientists Emily Carrington, Michael O'Donnell and Matthew George of the University of Washington.

Beginning in June 2013, two students majoring in Germanics who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement will receive the newly-established Award for Excellence in German Studies, which includes a round-trip Lufthansa ticket to Germany anywhere the airline flies.

UW History Professor Jordanna Bailkin discusses her new book "The Afterlife of Empire."

A UW anthropology student investigated how remembrance photography helps grieving parents, and how the practice's resurgence could signal a change in the way death and dying are dealt with in our society.

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild Fauna and Flora added 343 species of plants and animals to its endangered species lists at a recent conference. Samuel Wasser, director of the Center for Conservation Biology, is quoted.

Genevieve (Gennie) Gebhart, a senior Honors student majoring in international studies and economics, was recently selected as a 2013-14 Luce Scholar. A graduate of Mercer Island High School, Gebhart is one of 18 students nationwide to receive this scholarship this year.

A University of Washington research team has captured color photographs of what could be a previously undocumented species of chambered nautilus, a cephalopod mollusk often classified as a "living fossil," in the waters off American Samoa in the South Pacific.

New research led by the University of Washington challenges the 140-year-old assumption that prehistoric mammals such as horses, rhinos and gazelles lived in grasslands.

University of Washington School of Drama Professor Mark Jenkins is the 2013 recipient of the ACT New Play Award for his play, "Red Earth, Gold Gate, Shadow Sky."

It began as a modest resource to address students' frequently asked questions, but Professor Quintard Taylor's BlackPast.org website now attracts 2.8 million visitors a year with its trusted information about African American history.