Department of Chemistry

Scientists have long dreamed of creating artificial enzymes, with the potential for "greener" approaches in manufacturing, pollution abatement, and other fields, but the challenges have seemed insurmountable. Now a team of UW scientists has created one of the first artificial enzymes from scratch.

The UW's aging freshman chemistry laboratories have been described as "something out of Dickens." With renovations, they are now ready for the 21st century. 

UW students and sixth graders at TOPS, a K-8 school, conduct water quality experiments in the classroom and then in kayaks on Lake Washington. 

New courses in the Department of History explore the tragedy of the Holocaust. 

Choreographer Trisha Brown is the focus of a series of coordinated events on campus this spring, including an exhibition, lectures, performances, and master classes. 

Scientists at the Center for Nanotechnology are asking big questions using technology that allows them to study at the smallest scale. 

A research team that includes Michael Gelb, professor of chemistry, received the Project of the Year Award from the Medicines for Malaria Venture for research on parasites that cause malaria and sleeping sickness.

Five A&S alumni who have been astronauts talk about their experiences.