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Even the most advanced aircraft can't fly as skillfully as a housefly. That's why a new center focusing on learning how animals move, navigate and use their senses is being established at the University of Washington with partners at other universities in the U.S. and Europe.

A new Tribal Museum Program is now offered through the Northwest Indian College, thanks to the vision of UW Professor Emeritus James Nason and the involvement of Burke Museum staff. 

For years, alumnus Bill Lord suppressed memories of fighting in Vietnam. Now he explores that period of his life in a new book. 

Maya Angela Smith, the College's inaugural associate dean for equity, justice and inclusion, answers questions about her new role.

UW professors Xiaodong Xu, Cynthia Vinzant, and Shayan Oveis Gharan have been honored by the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their research accomplishments.

Fueled by coffee and enthusiasm, Marina Blatt and other communication majors met with multiple alumni during a Career Exploration trip to Washington, DC. 

Presenting a School of Drama production live online required creativity — and dependable wifi — for the students, faculty, and staff involved. 

Celeste Marion (BA, 2003) co-founded an innovative school for special education students in Cusco, Peru.

While studying the impact of the digital revolution on texts, students created digital editions using print publications in UW Special Collections.

A $16 million grant will support I-LABS research into human brain development throughout childhood. 

Nick Riley's chemistry research aims to understand cellular processes involving sugars, which could one day lead to advances in treating a range of diseases.

Students learned about agroecology from the ground up—literally—as they worked with farmers in an unusual and isolated high-altitude farming community in the Upper Rio Grande.

Researchers have identified a fossil found in the San Juan Islands as a dinosaur bone dating back 80 million years.

Extinction is usually treated as a scientific topic. The course "Cultures of Extinction" explores it with a humanities focus.

A benefit concert for the Astrobiology Program and Astronomy Department combines original symphonic music with spectacular imagery from space.