Research

The School of Art + Art History + Design annual MFA + MDes thesis exhibition brings together the dreamy and the practical to cohabit at the Henry Art Gallery.

Professor of Anthropology, Holly Barker, weighs in on the latest findings.

UW Center for Philosophy for Children weighs in on the beenfits of introducing students to the world of ethics at a young age.

Recent notable books by UW faculty, several from Arts & Sciences. explore mindful international travel, men seeking work as day laborers, and activist teachers.

Biology associate professor Greg Wilson unearths untold stories of early mammalian evolution.

Sometimes when science gets a little stuck, art can come to the rescue.

In 2016, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation made a generous grant that seeded the new Creative Fellowships Initiative. 

Selim Kuru's love of literature all started with his mother, "she was an avid reader and had a library under lock and key and would release books for me according to my age."

Biology and Atmospheric Sciences professor Abigail Swann responds to a new study using tree rings to trace climate change and drought. 

Postdoctoral researchers Jessica Arbour and Abigail Curtis and Sharlene Santana, associate professor at the Burke Museum, focused on the diversity among bat skulls.

A new study identified three factors critical in the rise of mammal communities since they first emerged during the Age of Dinosaurs.

An artist’s inspiration can come from anywhere. For UW Painting + Drawing Professor Lin Zhi, it happened in August 2001, on a road trip from Missouri to Seattle.

Patricia Kuhl, professor and co-director of UW's I-LABS, explains the benefits of using Parentese. 

Biology professor Dee Boersma speaks about worrying population trends in Antarctica's emperor penguin colonies. 

Stephen Groening, a professor of Comparative Literature, Cinema, and Media, has been studying this phenomenon in the context of in-flight entertainment for years.