Research

100 percent of the people arrested and charged in federal court under Operation Safe Schools were black. UW sociology professor Katherine Beckett is cited. 

Benjamin Gardner answered a few questions about his book “Selling the Serengeti: The Cultural Politics of Safari Tourism,” published in February.

The meaning and importance of the term "difference" is the focus of UW communication professor Ralina Joseph's recent lecture "What’s The Difference With 'Difference?'"

David Masiello is an assistant professor of chemistry and adjunct assistant professor of applied mathematics.

The team includes Emanuel Todorov from the Department of Applied Mathematics.

Psychology major Marissa Pighin, is using her experience at UW's I-LABS to better support students like herself who are diagnosed with ADHD.

New research suggests male students are also biased toward their male peers. This can undermine women's confidence and make them feel less included in their field.

New research shows that a quarter of men over age 85 have had sex in the past year, compared to 10 percent of women in the same age range. Pepper Schwartz, professor of sociology at the UW, is quoted.

When Professor Quintard Taylor got an email from New Zealand, he realized he was onto something big.

Dr. Sam Wasser, head of UW’s Center for Conservation Biology provides the latest updates on his work in Africa.

Dan Grunspan was studying the habits of undergraduates when he noticed a persistent trend: Male students assumed their male classmates knew more about course material than female students.

Europeans should look to Brussels — not Moscow — for the source of their extremism problem, says Scott Radnitz, a professor in the Jackson School.

The semiconductors created by a team of UW physicists and engineers could support new uses in clean energy and optically-active electronics.

After a star explodes as a supernova, it usually leaves behind either a black hole or what’s called a neutron star — the collapsed, high-density core of the former star.

The researchers say bias in the classroom could be mitigated through measures like randomized calling during class and creating small-group discussions that are less intimidating.