Research

Emily Levesque, assistant professor of astronomy, elaborates on how new observations have allowed a star to be studied more closely.

Gerald Miller, physics professor, discusses the history of how what we know about the atom was discovered.

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

Doctoral student Emily Rabe loves puzzles, and finds plenty in her chemistry research on solar energy.

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

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.

Professor of psychology David Barash writes about various studies on language learning in chimpanzees.

Sociology Professor Christine Leibbrand discusses the effects that moving away from segregated hometowns have on African Americans.

Selin Gülgöz, psychology professor, discusses the results of a UW study on gender identity in transgender children.

Dominic Sivitilli, psychology graduate student, discusses research into giant Pacific octopi.

Ethnomusicology Professor Shannon Dudley discusses the "musical grammar" of a song.

UW sociologist Christine Leibbrand and her co-authors examined residency among children whose fathers were in prison, or recently released, at the time of data collection.

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.