Solutions
March 1, 2019
Natural elixir
Spending time outside is a sure-fire way to feel better. But researchers still don't know why that is.
November 30, 2018
Safe travels
Author and traveler Chris Sanford shares 10 bits of wisdom from his book, “Staying Healthy Abroad: A Global Traveler’s Guide.”
Tech for mental health
UW Medicine researchers are exploring how a smartphone might help someone manage a severe mental illness such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
August 30, 2018
New biologies
Nature is an interconnected web of life. A new Life Sciences building takes that to heart.
August 26, 2018
Sharks spin a tale
Great white sharks dive deep into the Atlantic’s clockwise-spinning warm-water whirlpools.
August 6, 2018
Diabetes nation
We talk about the state of diabetes with Ira Hirsch, the UW’s Diabetes Treatment and Teaching Chair.
Soldier Shakespeare
Acting out the Bard’s works enables veterans to access feelings of rage, isolation and grief—
and heal the invisible wounds of war.
Shooting for the stars
For 40 years, a group of Seattle-area women has helped UW students strive to be the best in science and engineering.
June 22, 2018
The Innovation File: A study in persistence
Dennis Edmondson, ’80, ’13, invented the studs inside the Nanoengineering & Sciences Building.
June 5, 2018
Coffee with a twist of tech
Paul Tupper, ’14, started Onda Origins, a Seattle-based coffee company with a technological spin, to further his environmental agenda.
June 4, 2018
Rethinking drugs
Ingrid Walker wants to change the way media and government frame our perceptions about illicit drugs, and the people who use them.
No easy tusk
Marine biologist Kristin Laidre is living her dream of studying narwhals, the mysterious 2,000-pound mammals that are notoriously tricky to find.
Drug price isn't right
There’s a new blockbuster drug that could save the lives of thousands of people with type 2 diabetes in the U.S.
April 5, 2018
International problem solvers
Outside of the classroom, UW engineering students solve problems around the world.
Genetic fortune telling
Thanks to services such as 23andMe, genetics has gone mainstream. But should you believe the hype?
March 26, 2018
From playdough to Plato
Children are by nature philosophical thinkers—ready to take on heady topics like race, fairness and human rights.
March 13, 2018
New point of view
Lisa Zurk, ’95, will be the first woman to lead the Applied Physics Laboratory.
March 6, 2018
Cyber safe
Stefan Savage, ’02, earned a MacArthur "genius" grant for his work on cyber security.
March 5, 2018
Stop the bleed
It only takes a few minutes to bleed to death, but bystanders with a little knowledge can save lives.