Research

Rod Crawford, Curator of Arachnids at the University of Washington's Burke Museum, debunks spider myths. 

UW Biology professor Dee Boersma weighs in on the alarming and overwhelming evidence of the penguin population shrinkage.

UW Astronomy assistant professor Sarah Tuttle is quoted.

Corresponding author Ka-Kit Tung, UW professor of applied mathematics, newly published paper explains why air temperatures will rise more quickly than the rate since 2000.

Amy Peloff, an affiliate assistant professor of gender, women and sexuality studies and former assistant director of the CHID program, will present "Feminism and Pop Culture."

University of Washington astronomer Victoria Meadows is quoted.

American foreign policy expert, Daniel Bessner, on billionaire George Soros and his philosphy.

Eric Morel, a doctoral candidate in the Department of English and pre-doctoral instructor in the Program on the Environment, addresses the importance of teaching science writing.

UW Psychology professor Joseph Sisneros is part of the team researching how midshipman female fishes' hearing improves during mating season.

University of Washington astronomy professor Don Brownlee, a meteorite and comet recovery and research expert was consulted for this mission.

UW's Marsha Linehan collaborated on this project which "...makes DBT the only treatment for adolescents with replicated evidence that it decreases self-harm."

The UW Department of Biology's new findings allow researchers to quickly identify the sex of the endangered seabird, speeding up field studies on the impact of climate change

Professor Yuichi Shoda from the UW Department of Psychology is quoted on his co-authored research.

Chemists from the UW Department of Chemistry are part of a team finding a way to stop cancer cells from moving around the body.

A UW Sociology study finds that consistency in parents’ work schedules, even “nonstandard” shifts such as nights, can positively impact children.