UW and the Community

The Burke Museum is moving its collection, including seldom-seen objects, to its new home, which is scheduled to open in the fall.

If ever a show deserved a rave review, it's the Crocker Art Museum's "History, Labor, Life: The Prints of Jacob Lawrence." Lawrence was a professor of painting at the UW.

Adam Warren is an associate professor of Latin American history at the University of Washington with a special focus in science, medicine, and the study of indigenous peoples in Peru.

Professor James Gregory on the power of public history and the centenary of the 1919 Seattle General Strike

Scientists have just discovered a dinosaur relative that lived in Antarctica 250 million years ago. The iguana-sized reptile’s genus name, Antarctanax, means Antarctic king.

The Backstory: ‘Paleo-nerds’ collided at Seattle’s Burke Museum, resulting in friendship — and 2 science books featuring Troll’s quirky art.

A reptile about the size of an iguana was the king of Antarctica is now part of the permanent collection at the Burke Museum.

Tanya Tagaq will be in residency at the University of Washington Feb. 6 to 8, capped by a concert at Meany Center on Feb. 8.

Tanya Tagaq performs on Friday, February 8, at UW’s Meany Center for the Performing Arts.

With Hey Mentor, an online mentoring program, Kevin Truong (BA, 2016) is helping students prepare for college. 

Through his G'ma Project, artist Che Sehyun (BA, English, CHID | BS, Biology, 2011) is honoring elders, ancestors and culture.

A newly discovered species of whale — found preserved in ancient rock on the Oregon coast — has been named for a University of Washington paleontologist.

UW Scandinavian Studies Department's Lotta Gavel Adams unfolds the evolution of trolls in literature from fearsome forest-dwellers to friendly beings—and back again.

A UW professor offers a complete history of Scandinavia's mythical beasts.

The work of alumni Eirik Johnson, Kristen Ramirez, and Margie Livingston, share the common thread of the natural environment and humans' relation to it in galleries throughout Seattle.