UW and the Community

A visitor to the Burke Museum's "Wild Nearby" exhibit on the North Cascades can stand in a reconstructed version of the long-gone lookout atop the 8,000-foot summit of Crater Mountain.

"I’m deeply saddened to learn that Bob Paine, a giant of ecology, passed away yesterday.

Robert "Bob" Paine, an influential ecologist best known for introducing the concept of "keystone species" and who nurtured a generation of scientists, has died.

Samuel K. Wasser, 62, a zoologist at the University of Washington, is a Sherlock Holmes of the wildlife trade. 

A school in Westport was built with a special tsunami safe zone on its roof. Randy LeVeque, professor of applied mathematics at the UW, is interviewed.

The Marshallese community in Oregon hosted a Republic of the Marshall Islands-US Nuclear Legacy Summit over the Memorial Day weekend as part of its annual RMI Constitution Day celebrations.

Despite the time-honored tradition of coaching à la drill sergeant, the disciplinarian style is gradually shifting toward a more psychologically nuanced approach.

The University of Washington recognized and honored faculty, staff, students and alumni for their passion and dedication to the UW, the local community, the state and the world.

Ashley Bobman, who will graduate from the University of Washington this week, has helped to create the first-ever online exhibit of the new Sephardic Studies Digital Museum.

The University of Washington reported that the key to healthy urban living is finding connections to nature. 

UW faculty and students are protesting a decision to cut 25 teaching assistant positions in the College of Arts & Sciences.

College students are flocking to science and math, and leaving behind the social sciences, leading the University of Washington to cut teaching positions in history, political science and other fields

Jack Horner is leaving the Montana museum he spent decades filling with fossils from across the globe. Horner will help open the UW's new Burke Museum as a part-time research associate.

Linda Nash, professor of history at the UW, delves into the historic depths of how chance and natural resources fueled this booming metropolis of trade and expansion.

More than 500 people gathered May 18 on the UW Seattle campus to celebrate the start of construction on the New Burke Museum.