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John Gottman, professor emeritus of psychology and founder of the Gottman Institute, discusses signs that couples may be heading towards divorce.

Shannon Dorsey, psychology professor, is the lead author of a study on how cognative behavioral therapy can help children in low-income countries recover from traumatic events.

Margaret O'Mara, history professor, weighs in on why Seattle's middle class is struggling to find housing.

Rod Crawford, curator of arachnids at the Burke Museum, discusses whether more posionous spiders thriving in Australia's wildfires should be of concern to citizens.

Julie Brines, associate professor of sociology, weighs in on whether it's true that more couples divorce in January than other months of the year.

Aseem Prakash, political science professor, weighs in on a controversy surrounding how Amazon employees are speaking out about their company's efforts to address climate change.

How can a nation heal from a civil war? UW doctoral student Francis Abugbilla traveled to Côte d’Ivoire for answers.

A UW study, the largest of its kind, has found that transgender children experience their gender identity as much as cisgender children.

Aseem Prakash, political science professor, makes the case for flying less in 2020.

A new UW study found that transgender children have as strong a sense of their gender identity as their cisgender peers.

Students and professors show the diverse research, opportunities, and learning at the UW through this photoset.

Associate professor of anthropology, Dan Eisenberg, discusses research into genetic links to longevity.

Associate director of the Program on the Environment, Kristi Straus, shares tips for living more sustainably in the winter.

Kristina Scharp, assistant professor of communication, discusses why college students get homesick and how they can ease these feelings.

Linguistics professor Emily Bender discusses the implications of potentially biased AI.