Research

Is there a Northwest accent? The Pacific Northwest English Study is about to begin a new, three-year research project listening to voices from throughout the region.

UW mentors inspired Deja Edwards (BA, 2019) to accomplish more than she'd ever imagined.

 The UW's Graham Pruss has studied vehicle residency for a decade and speaks about the challenges and solutions facing this community. 

UW honors longtime Harvard professor and one of America's leading climate change scientists, James Anderson (BS, Physics, 1966).

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.