Research

William Rorabaugh is a University of Washington professor of history and author of several books. He answered a few questions about his latest book.

UW astronomers and friends come together for one of the most ambitious research endeavors.

A team of scientists has identified a new species of “pre-mammal” based on fossils unearthed in Zambia’s Luangwa Basin.

In The Shape of the New, two UW professors share four 'big ideas' that shaped the modern world.

Researchers have identified a fossil found in the San Juan Islands as a dinosaur bone dating back 80 million years.

Faculty have the rare opportunity to fully immerse themselves in a scholarly or pedagogical project during sabbaticals.

New research has found that a third of Americans are informal caregivers, putting in 1.2 billion hours per week.

A pair of professors say the persistence of racism rests in part on the inability of moderate conservatives to recognize its continued negative effects.

How elephant dung and ivory tusk samples can help save the African elephant

Seattle is home to one of the most vibrant Sephardic Jewish communities in the country, and UW professor Devin Naar is working to keep its dying language, Ladino, alive.

In Seattle's large and vibrant Sephardic community, Spain's new law offering dual citizenship to descendants of Jews it kicked out in 1492 is prompting mixed emotions.

A UW study offers new insight on restorative vision and the human experience.

The University of Washington has shown for the first time what the world looks like for someone fitted with a bionic eye.

New visual simulations give us a glimpse of what it might look like to see the world through bionic eyes.

Crystals play an important role in the formation of substances from skeletons and shells to soils and semiconductor materials. But many aspects of their formation are shrouded in mystery.