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Amazon employees launch mass defiance of company communications policy in support of colleagues
History Professor Margaret O'Mara weighs in on Amazon employees' decision to call out Amazon for its climate policy.
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Seattle’s hidden housing crisis: Middle-class workers forced out of the city
Margaret O'Mara, history professor, weighs in on why Seattle's middle class is struggling to find housing.
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Seattle startup connects with famed love institute to rekindle relationships around ‘Eight Dates’
Professor emeritus of psychology John Gottman of the Gottman Institute has started working with dating startup Mystery to address the common ways relationships fail.
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Microsoft’s ambitious ‘carbon negative’ climate goal sets it apart from Amazon and other tech giants
Political science Professor Aseem Prakash weighs in on the analysis surrounding Microsoft's newly-announced "carbon-negative" goal.
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The Climate Leadership Race: Microsoft’s Climate Moonshot and Amazon’s Climate Pledge
Political science Professor Aseem Prakash analyzes the race for climate leadership among tech companies.
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Climate activism vs. free speech: Amazon warns employees that they could be fired for speaking publicly without approval
Aseem Prakash, political science professor, weighs in on a controversy surrounding how Amazon employees are speaking out about their company's efforts to address climate change.
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There's a Giant Mystery Hiding Inside Every Atom in the Universe
Gerald Miller, physics professor, discusses the history of how what we know about the atom was discovered.
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This Year in Focus: 19 for 2019
Students and professors show the diverse research, opportunities, and learning at the UW through this photoset.
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Why Microsoft is getting behind a revolutionary plan for high-speed rail in the Pacific Northwest
History Professor Margaret O'Mara discusses Microsoft's potential involvement in a new high-speed light rail in the Pacific Northwest.
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The Imperial Powers of the Tech Universe
Margaret O'Mara, a professor in history, explains how the public's perception of large tech industries has changed.
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A tug-of-war over biased AI
Linguistics professor Emily Bender discusses the implications of potentially biased AI.
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Ghana: Student Donates Solar Panels to Kpantarigu Basic Schools in Bawku West
Francis Abugbilla, graduate student in the Jackson School, has donated four solar panels to schools in Ghana, aiding education in Information and Communication Technology.
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Hubble captures galaxies’ ghostly gaze
Julianne Dalcanton, professor and chair of astronomy at the UW, led the team that captured an image that may look like a ghostly apparition, but it is not.
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Washington’s first student-built satellite preparing for launch
A satellite smaller than a loaf of bread will, if all goes well, launch this weekend on its way to low-Earth orbit. It will be the first student-built satellite from Washington state to go into space. -
Big Tech’s eco-pledges aren’t slowing its pursuit of Big Oil
Aseem Prakash, director of the Center for Environmental Politics at the University of Washington, explains how tech and fossil fuel industries can influence one another.