Social Sciences Division

A team of Pakistani scientists created a phone service that could accurately point health workers to areas where the disease was emerging.

Long before Facebook and YouTube shared the horrific videos of the fatal police shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, few websites shared the visceral truth of police brutality.

Zoe Mesnik-Greene is the founder of Lasting Smiles, an eco-friendly lip-balm company that raises funds for cleft-palate lip surgery for children in developing countries.

On campuses in the thick of societal transformation, Donald Trump viewed his education in a utilitarian light. Margaret O’Mara, professor of history at the UW, is quoted.

This summer, Washuta is a writer in residence atop the Fremont Bridge’s unused northwest control tower.

New research debunks the sexist stereotype that women grow bitter and jaded after separating from their husbands.

Seventy years ago, the Philippines won independence on the famous American holiday.

"Humans have an inherent need to trade and this basic need, combined with the immensity of resources that corporations have to offer, can tackle many global challenges, including climate change."

A good measure of how highly a government values “public safety” is the amount spent incarcerating people; a good measure of how little it values people is how much it costs an individual to be impris

The Syrian civil war, the rise of ISIS and Turkey's willingness to let American air strikes start there make it a prime target.

The Syrian civil war, the rise of ISIS and Turkey's willingness to let American air strikes start there make it a prime target.

Professor Daniel Chirot is the Herbert J. Ellison Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies at the University of Washington’s Henry M. Jackson School.

Make no mistake: India’s failure to win membership in the NSG will shape Sino-Indian relations.

What’s the next step in the war against Islamic State-based terrorism?

Tucked in a quiet corner of the UW Quad, Smith Hall is as peaceful as it gets on the Seattle campus. But walk inside and you’ll find torture, incarceration, and assassinations.