Research

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. 

With recent advances in technology, artists are able to create works that once lived only in their imagination. 

UW undergrad Connie Bobroff, majoring in Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, has created a website for advanced students of Persian that analyzes a single story by Persian author Mohammed-Ali Jamalzade, with extensive comments and footnotes. 

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.

After Frith Maier retraced adventurer George Kennan's 1870 route through the Caucasus Mountains, the journey became the basis of her UW master's thesis and a new book.

Anthropology professor Lorna Rhodes explores the challenges faced by prisoners and prison staff in a maximum security prison.

An ancient manuscript, recently acquired by the UW Libraries, offers new insights into the history of Buddhism. 

International studies professor Mary Callahan’s new book is Making Enemies: War and State Building in Burma.