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Using Facebook data as a real-time census
UW-led study demonstrates how present-day migration statistics can be obtained by the same data that advertisers use to target their audience on Facebook.
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A race to the bottom? Amazon stirs debate by soliciting tax credits for second headquarters
Amazon's announcement that it's searching for a second HQ is generating a backlash in Seattle and elsewhere. Margaret O'Mara, a UW associate professor of history, is quoted.
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48-hour cybersecurity bootcamp
Legislators, faculty meet for 48-hour cybersecurity bootcamp
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Alt-right finds a new hero: ex-Googler James Damore
The alt-right has an unlikely new martyr in the culture wars: A Harvard-educated engineer in the heart of Silicon Valley. Margaret O'Mara, a history professor at the UW, is quoted.
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Hands free music
Dr. Thomas Duell, a neurologist at Swedish Medical Center and a music professor at UW, invented an instrument that reads the electrical activity of the brain and turns it into musical notes.
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Donate your voice so Siri doesn’t just work for white men
“Historically, most collections of speech and language tend to be more male and white and middle class,” says UW Linguistics prof. Rachael Tatman.
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A Teen's Diary Launches UW Publishing House
Faculty and students are digitizing historically valuable texts through Newbook Digital Texts.
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A New Tool for Studying Cancer Cells
UW chemists are developing tools to improve our understanding of cancer cells — and our ability to treat cancer.
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You can play this musical instrument with just your thoughts
Good news for people who hate practicing scales: scientists have created a musical instrument you can play with just your thoughts.
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Japan is building out its own satellite network that could replace GPS
International Studies Professor, Saadia Pekkanen, on how Japan is targeting independence in space-based information.
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Mark Zuckerberg has a Harvard degree and a mission: create a sense of purpose
UW History Department professor, Margaret O'Mara, weighs in on Mark Zuckerberg's recent commencement speech.
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For Modern Astronomers, It’s Learn to Code or Get Left Behind
Astronomers need to know how stars form and black holes burst -- and how to pry that information from the many terabytes of data that will stream from next-generation telescopes.
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Congresswoman Suzan DelBene to be featured speaker at June 2 cybersecurity conference
Join the Jackson School of International Studies on Friday, June 2 for a lively discussion of vital emerging cybersecurity issues.
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Cultural FOMO: the neverending struggle to keep up
Books, TV Shows, podcasts, news stories, the latest meme. There's a constant stream of media to keep up with. How do we stay sane?
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We crashed UW’s class on calling BS. Here’s what we learned about sleuthing ‘big data.’
A University of Washington seminar, promises to help students develop a BS detector — and it’s become a global phenomenon.