Solutions

February 24, 2024

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Clean energy urgency

The UW’s Clean Energy Institute is speeding the development of next-generation technology and supporting the experts who will create it.


February 23, 2024

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Mix masters

At the Concrete Materials Lab, UW students are testing ways to bring concrete into a sustainable future.


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Studying modern slavery

Professor Anita Ramasastry is part of a global commission investigating the rise of forced labor.


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Alzheimer’s ‘milestone’

Doctors describe a new drug as a first step toward revolutionizing the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.


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The nature of nature

It’s no surprise that the federal government turned to the UW to head up an assessment of America's lands, waters and wildlife.


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Hope against peril

A team of University of Washington researchers and scientists is helping coastal communities prepare for a tsunami and other associated risks. 


November 26, 2023

A culture of learning

A new cohort of Indigenous students in the College of Education is ushering in an early-learning program that puts language and culture first.


Hometown health care

Raised on a dairy farm, Wyatt Bowles dreamed of becoming a hometown doctor. Thanks to scholarship support at the UW, that dream can come true.


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Delivering hope

A UW program works to improve maternal health outcomes for Black women and other underserved community members.


November 25, 2023

Probing a mystery

A UW center takes an innovative approach to solving one of medicine’s vexing problems: when organ transplants mysteriously lead to cancer.


1,100 years ago, double earthquake hit Seattle region, researchers prove

Solving a seismic mystery, researchers prove the Northwest was once hit with a double whammy.


November 24, 2023

Rousing research

UW leaders thought having students do research would prepare them to take on the future. It became a national model.


October 24, 2023

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Reaching all learners

The Disabilities, Opportunities, Internet-working and Technology Center (DO-IT for short) provides support, advocacy and mentoring to students with disabilities.


In pursuit of tech equity

While researching technology, equity and innovation, Ph.D. candidate Jay Cunningham makes time to help steward the University as a UW regent.


September 2, 2023

Astronomical data

A tool developed by the UW’s Institute for Data Intensive Research in Astrophysics & Cosmology will help manage massive amounts of data.


Passion for public health

Throughout his career, George Counts has addressed health and health-care inequities.


Compostable plastic

UW researchers have developed new bioplastics that degrade on the same timeline as a banana peel in a backyard compost bin.


Cities at your fingertips

Two graduate students seeking a better transit experience invented an app that is used by millions across the U.S.


September 1, 2023

Community classroom

UW Bothell public health students gained a new understanding of rural health care in the developing world.


August 30, 2023

Tribe and timber

By listening to land stewards within the Yakama Nation, Tom Hinckley learned to see the forest for the trees.


June 9, 2023

Blast off

Watch a video of a recent rocket launch in White Swan, WA with the Washington Space Grant team and Yakama Nation tribal members.


May 29, 2023

Coastal meets celestial

While some universities boast of their land grants, the UW is where you’ll find cutting-edge research and education on sea and space.


May 28, 2023

Seeps from the deep

A recent UW-led study exploring the seafloor about 50 miles off Newport, Oregon, discovered seeps of warm, chemically distinct liquid shooting up.


A gleaming partnership

The UW School of Dentistry partnered with Shoreline Community College to increase the number of dental hygienists.


Our part for the planet

A UW workshop showcases how climate change innovations on campuses can benefit surrounding communities and beyond.


April 25, 2023

Signs of disability

Stephanie Kerschbaum explores how we notice, and sometimes don't notice, disability.


February 26, 2023

Plant power

Doctoral student Natalia Guayazán Palacios works to understand how plants and microorganisms coexist.


February 25, 2023

Comeback trail

One athlete journeys from injury to recovery with the help of sports medicine experts at the UW.


Opioid game-changer

Vaccines show promise for treating addiction to oxycodone, heroin and other addictive substances.


Parasite paradox

Using specimens from the Burke Museum, a research team finds a worrisome decline.


Reaching rural communities

The School of Dentistry gets amazing results from a program bringing health care to rural areas.


Helping youth in crisis

Schools are on the front lines of the mental health crisis. They need trained social workers and the resources to help kids who are suffering.


January 3, 2023

So long, 747

Boeing rolls out the final 747 – once known as the Queen of the Skies – and the end of an era is upon us for a plane designed by a famous alum.


November 27, 2022

Driving innovation

The UW team earned the EcoCAR Collaboration Award at last spring's Mobility Challenge.


Tumor trap

Two interventional cardiologists at the UW Heart Institute were the first to use a basket-shaped, catheter-delivered tool to remove a benign tumor from a heart.


Genius at work

The MacArthur Foundation honors Yejin Choi, a professor who teaches human language to computers.


A medical emergency

The UW struggles to enroll Black medical students—a trend that is playing out across the nation.


November 26, 2022

On the scene of change

In data and in the field, professor Briana Abrahms seeks ways for humans and wildlife to coexist as the climate changes.


Behind the data

When doctoral student Horacio Chacón Torrico looks at public-health data, he sees the ‘forgotten’ people he wants to help.


November 3, 2022

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Tamara Lawson is the UW's new law dean

The UW’s new law dean wants to infuse social justice and civil rights throughout the law school curriculum.


At home on campus

Studies show that students who feel a sense of belonging are more likely to thrive in college and experience better personal wellbeing.


October 28, 2022

Service on his terms

Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award recipient Michael Kilmer is now a leader in Veterans Affairs 20 years after being forced out of the Coast Guard.


October 2, 2022

Turning the tide

Seattle’s waterfront is getting a major makeover — with a little help from the UW.


September 20, 2022

Making history

History professor Margaret O'Mara explains how prior generations handled a pandemic and what we can learn from their mistakes.


Let's do something about it

By supporting students, professors and research-based solutions to global problems, Leo Maddox Schneider's family is honoring his passion for learning and making a difference.


September 19, 2022

It begins with a dreamer

Alula Asfaw, '08, wants to help schoolchildren from disadvantaged backgrounds thrive. That's why he started the Dream Project.


September 9, 2022

Story of Black Seattle

Quintard Taylor tells the stories of Seattle’s small, but influential Black community.


September 2, 2022

Hellish for shellfish

After an unprecedented Pacific Northwest heat wave, shellfish died at alarming rates. Tribal scientists and UW researchers figure out why.


September 1, 2022

School in wartime

Anastasiia Konovalova and her colleagues create normalcy for 350 Ukrainian schoolchildren living in Romania.


August 29, 2022

Doctors in the house

A class of 60 UW School of Medicine students now occupy a state-of-the-art building in Spokane.


May 29, 2022

Why we walk

We were bipedal before we were human. But science still has much to explore about how we evolved—body and brain—to be walkers.


Finishing the sequence

UW researchers are contributors to the groundbreaking work of the Human Genome Project.


Better sleep, better work

As the pandemic reshapes how, when and where Americans work, research at the UW suggests we might want to hang on to some of the flexibility we enjoyed over the past two years. 


March 5, 2022

Dinosaur dreams

Zeke Augustine, ’23, has sifted through soil for microscopic fossils and helped dig up a Triceratops. The Burke Museum has been at the heart of it all.


Living through history

UW history professor Margaret O’Mara shares her perspective on the pandemic and its echoes from the past.


Power of innovation

A new UW facility will bring together scientists, engineers and students to develop clean-energy solutions for a healthy planet and a sustainable future.


Tech can be tricky

A pilot project will establish a public-interest technology clinic to serve local community organizations and governments.


Mental-health advice

The pandemic has taken a toll on the mental health of young people. A UW and Harvard University study found that adequate sleep, a daily routine and limited screen time could help.


February 14, 2022

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The power of representation

An El Paso native's journey to UW leads to a key position as the White House Deputy Cabinet Secretary — and a piece of political power.


December 4, 2021

Why get a booster?

Marion Pepper of the School of Medicine helps us better understand the latest COVID-19 shot.


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Fruity, not healthy

Fruit drinks are often disguised as nutritious alternatives to soda. Researchers try to counter that narrative.


Kelsie Abrams, wearing a bright pink shirt and khaki pants, uses a brush to uncover fossils at a dig site in Montana.

Fossil finds

A site in Montana yields a triceratops skull and other rare dinosaur fossils.


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A call to action

Associate Professor Wendy Barrington, '12, brings a passion for health equity to her role as director of the Center for Anti-Racism and Community Health.


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Unleashing dogs’ power

The UW’s Conservation Canines calls on dogs’ noses to find answers to pressing environmental questions.


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Opening up a new world

Maynard Okereke, ’06, makes STEM topics more relatable to kids of color.


Jamar Beaver stands at a construction site, wearing a construction shirt and hat with safety goggles.

Legal relief

Longtime prisoners who received life and long sentences as minors benefit from a UW program that sends students and lawyers to help.


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License to innovate

The Washington Research Foundation was founded 40 years ago to capture the value of inventions coming out of the UW.


Illustration depicting a giant evil smartphone terrorizing Seattle.

Fighting the infodemic

Twisted facts, fake news and social media spoofs can turn society upside down. One UW team is working to help us through the infodemic.


November 19, 2021

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Starring role for research

Improvements in data collection allow a UW researcher and colleagues to swiftly make new discoveries in the cosmos.


September 11, 2021

Where stars are born

At the UW's Friday Harbor Laboratories, scientists give sunflower sea stars a chance to shine.


At a loss?

UW experts explain how to distinguish between memory loss and simple forgetfulness.


September 4, 2021

Hope and healing

A researcher combats cancer with the help of UW doctors and tools developed by his colleagues.


Crisis state

Washington has a shortage of mental-health workers and high demand for treatment. The UW is at the center of efforts to turn the tide.


Healthy collaboration

The UW’s six health sciences schools share a mission to improve care and soon will share a new building.


August 31, 2021

Land of fire and smoke

Ernesto Alvarado will be the first to tell you: You can’t suppress all of a region’s fires when they’re as much a part of the ecology as its flora and fauna.


June 10, 2021

Pandemic parallels

Long lines for vaccines are nothing new to Darrell Salk, whose father created the polio vaccine.


Green goblins

The invasive European green crab is spreading, and Washington fisheries are in danger.


June 7, 2021

New law of physics

UW researchers have discovered a new law of fluid mechanics, a branch of physics, that will affect the future of aircraft design.


June 1, 2021

Speeding up the science

Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson lost their daughter to an uncommon form of cancer. Their philanthropy aims to expand research and bring hope to patients and their families.


May 11, 2021

Evictions continue

Washington landlords are finding ways around the pandemic-related moratoriums on evictions, and this is disproportionately affecting people of color.


May 10, 2021

Vaccine equity

Nationwide, we’re falling short on distributing vaccines to the communities that need it most.


March 11, 2021

Aiming at COVID-19

A year after it became one of the first academic labs in the U.S. to develop a COVID-19 test, the UW Medicine Virology Lab continues to innovate in response to the pandemic.


March 4, 2021

Floating robots

The UW will soon be deploying a fleet of floating robots in oceans around the world.


March 3, 2021

Quantum leap

UW scientists work toward a revolution in computing power, and consider the side effects it would cause.


December 16, 2020

Nobel laureate’s UW ties

Harvey J. Alter, a UW resident in internal medicine from 1964-65, has received a Nobel Prize for his contributions to the discovery of the hepatitis C virus.


UW vs. COVID-19

Recent news in the battle against COVID-19 from the UW community.


Firearm study

The UW is researching handgun carrying among rural adolescents, in a three-year, $1.5 million study funded by the CDC.


October 13, 2020

Sweet science

Kennewick native Danielle Reed forages for genetic answers after her research finds that processed food is much too sweet for the average human tastebud.


September 21, 2020

Racing a pandemic

Thanks to years of foresight, funding and preparation, two UW labs have been on the forefront of COVID-19 testing.


September 16, 2020

Double trouble

With flu season coming, doctors and public health officials worry that an outbreak of influenza in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic could wipe out our health care system.


Mapping landslide risk

UW engineers are developing a new mapping system to quantify landslide risk in the prone areas of Seattle


Being there

For many older Americans, the rhythms of every day have not just changed during the COVID-19 pandemic; they have stopped.


September 11, 2020

For our health

The UW is putting its combined brainpower into population health, improving lives around the world.


August 14, 2020

Camping during COVID-19

We ask an infectious disease expert for advice about how to explore the great outdoors.


June 25, 2020

Uneven evictions

Who gets evicted in Washington? It depends on gender and race, a UW study reveals.


June 24, 2020

IHME in the spotlight

As the pandemic expanded across the country, IHME projections became a resource for local, regional and national leaders as they responded.


June 10, 2020

The ultimate puzzle

Doctoral student Emily Rabe loves puzzles. Now she's working on one with high stakes—one that could have a significant impact on our planet’s health.


Language of the land

Southern Lushootseed, the language spoken for generations in the Puget Sound area, is being preserved and passed on to students, thanks to Tami Hohn’s work and the Department of American Indian Studies.


June 4, 2020

Her work spans oceans

Jacqueline Padilla-Gamiño studies issues such as global environmental change, ocean acidification and microplastics in the ocean.


May 15, 2020

Hands off the soap, briefly

Hot water and soap is keeping us healthy, but it can wear down our skin. We ask a UW Medicine dermatologist for help.