College of Arts and Sciences

Access, care, and community are at the center of Chave Pichardo's practice. Read how the graduating MFA student has connected their role at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery to their research and studio practice. 

New research published in Current Biology reveals sunbirds use their long tongues as a kind of makeshift straw to hoover up nectar in flowersthe first vertebrates known to do so. Alejandro Rico-Guevara, associate professor of biology at the UW and curator of birds at the UW Burke Museum, is mentioned.

Rustling leaves, ocean tides, and poetry — these aren’t the sounds you’d expect to hear at a classical concert, but Seattle Modern Orchestra is no regular orchestra. The collective arrived at Meany Hall’s Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater on April 8 for their concert, “Entangled Sounds.” 

Strange data from a star about 11,000 light years away led researchers to hypothesize that two planets had collided in front of the star, blotting out the light but emitting a lot of heat. Such an event is one theory for how planets like Earth are created. Anastasios Tzanidakis, a doctoral student, and James Davenport, research assistant professor, both of astronomy at the UW, are interviewed.

At the brand-new Quantum Technologies Training and Testbed lab, researchers from across the UW probe the spooky mysteries of quantum phenomena.

A new study doubles the evolutionary history of the weasel family. Researchers, including Chris Law, a UW principal research scientist in the biology department, have determined that a fossil that was discovered in Spain belongs to a new species dating back to around 6.5 million years ago. This new species was likely similar in size to the smallest living weasel species today, the least weasel.

It's time to think about summer quarter course registration! Check out these cool Arts & Sciences courses to be offered Summer Quarter 2026.

OpenAI's foray into media comes just a few weeks after executives told staff to cut back on "side quests" and focus on artificial intelligence offerings for businesses. It shut down its AI video app Sora and paused plans to release an erotic chatbot. Margaret O'Mara, professor of history at the UW, is quoted.

Since its inception, Apple has not only introduced culture shifting technology like the Macintosh computer and iPhone, it has also influenced how we live here in the Bay Area, on the edge of the continent and a future being cast by technologists, innovators and entrepreneurs. Margaret O'Mara, professor of history at the UW, is interviewed.

An essay focusing on a pedagogical experimental model called the Curiosity Clinic.  

Fatal police violence against Indigenous people in the United States is significantly concentrated in and around reservations, a new study found.Theresa Rocha Beardall, associate professor of sociology at the UW, is quoted.

A program designed to support Black women during pregnancy is helping shape ongoing efforts to address maternal health disparities in communities that have long faced unequal access to care. Rachel Chapman, a professor of anthropology at the UW, is quoted.

"As a writing teacher based in college classrooms around Seattle, I find myself returning to a question each time I prep for a new quarter: How should I use or refuse technology?" writes Joe Concannon, part-time lecturer of English at the UW.

Thousands of asteroids including hundreds of distant worlds located out beyond the orbit of Neptune and dozens of previously unknown near-Earth objects have been detected by astronomers. Mario Juri, professor of astronomy at the UW, is quoted.

The University of Washingtons graduate and professional degree programs again were recognized as among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Reports 2026 Best Graduate Schools released late Monday.