Department of Oceanography

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One of the most endangered sea creatures of the Pacific Ocean is getting a leg up in the kelp forests of Washingtons San Juan Islands: a 24-armed sea star called the sunflower star. Researchers are working with the Samish Indian Nation to bring this pizza-sized predator back from the brink of extinction after a vast underwater pandemic. Jason Hodin, a research scientist at the UW Friday Harbor Laboratories, is quoted. Tess Chapman, Chloe Schwab and Julia Knopf, all research assistants at the UW Friday Harbor Laboratories, are mentioned.

Check out the cornucopia of the UW’s uncommon classrooms, on campus, all over the Evergreen State and around the world.

One is developing technology to help intimate-violence survivors, the other investigates microbial lifeforms. Both are geniuses.

With a devotion to caring for the Earth, five UW alumni are pursuing diverse career paths in preserving and improving the environment.

Ashleigh Theberge, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, and Jodi Young, an assistant professor in the School of Oceanography, have been named 2021 Sloan Fellows.

French and oceanography major Anna Sulc has traveled the world for her humanities and biology research. 

“Fishes of the Salish Sea” is a three-volume book and is the culmination of more than 40 years of research.

These Washington researchers have made sure that the identities — and vivid colors — of the fish that live beneath the surface in our waters is known.

Students in an interdisciplinary field intensive and seminar course study shorelines, with an emphasis on writing.