Natural Sciences Division

University of Washington Professor of Astronomy Paula Szkody will serve as the AAS president starting in 2020.

Six faculty members, including Biology Professor Julia Parrish, have been named fellows in the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

University of Washington faculty studied the effects of the Seattle school district's later school start time policy, finding that students got more sleep with later start times.

Psychologist Susan Joslyn explains why those unfamiliar with extreme weather events tend to heed warnings more than those who are.

Alumni Melissa Arias (BA, 1997, Political Science) and Trina Cottingham (BS, 1996, Psychology) discuss how their education at UW impacts their careers on the Make-a-Wish leadership team.

In a study of transgender children, researchers with the Department of Psychology found that transgender children "experience gender just as strongly as cisgender" children.

Dr. Peter Dunwiddie, affiliate professor of biology, discusses how "small scale attempts at outdoor engagement can have meaningful effects."

Curators at the Burke Museum are also academic faculty, which translates to unparalleled opportunities for UW students.

Julianne Dalcanton, professor and chair of astronomy at the UW, led the team that captured an image that may look like a ghostly apparition, but it is not.

A satellite smaller than a loaf of bread will, if all goes well, launch this weekend on its way to low-Earth orbit. It will be the first student-built satellite from Washington state to go into space.

Some College of Arts & Sciences units also rank in the top 10. 

Eric Shea-Brown, professor of applied mathematics, discusses the mathematical relationship in the brain’s representations of sensory information.

UW Biology Professor Adam Summers and Doctoral student Karly Cohen are on a team researching when and how piranhas replace old dull teeth for new ones. 

A UW-led study finds that Deaf infants of Deaf parents demonstrate strong gaze-following behavior, which establishes a social connection between parent and child.

Affiliate Professor of Biology Sue Moore has explored how the interplay between scientific and indigenous knowledge can deepen our understanding of the world.