UW and the Community

The LIGO team, which includes UW Physics faculty, opens new window on the universe with observation of gravitational waves from colliding black holes

Dee Boersma is the first UW faculty member nominated for the Indianapolis Prize thanks to her lifetime work studying and advocating for penguins in South America.

UW Biology's Dee Boersma explains how a quick photo of cute penguin can make a big difference for conservation work.

New research from UW Psychology and I-LABS shows children have a strong sense of self from a young age.

UW Professor of Psychology Kristina Olson discusses what alarmist articles often get wrong about transgender children.

According to history professor John Findlay, Seattle's 1962 World's Fair promoted the city as a haven for engineers and techies with middle-brow culture for middle-class fairgoers.

Ryan Lafferty, a physics teacher at Bellevue’s International School and UW alumnus, scores $25,000 Milken Educator Award.

"History, geography and education all played a role in the prosperity we like to brag about," writes Ron Judd. John Findlay, professor of history is quoted.

Samuel Wasser, director of the UW Center for Conservation Biology, speaks to Al Jazeera America on how to combat elephant poaching.

Pioneer, adventurist, and 'Renaissance man' Doug Walker remembered

Dee Boersma, professor in Biology has studied Magellanic penguins there for more than 30 years.

The Moore Theatre may have a deep dark past of segregation. Jeffrey Karl Ochsner, professor of architecture at the UW, and Quintard Taylor, professor of history at the UW, are quoted. 

Through a pilot program, parents learn how they can help their children develop the skills of self-regulation and effortful control.

Recently honored by the Western Museum Association, Burke Museum Executive Director Julie Stein discusses her years at the museum.

This December, Sven Haakanson Jr., curator of North American Anthropology at the Burke Museum, is creating a full-size replica of an Angyaaq, the Native boat made by the Sugpiat of Alaska.