Solutions

February 23, 2024

Collage of images featuring David Plunkert smiling, a green grassy field, a seascape, and a grid of animals and plants, including a bear, a goose, a bee and a tree.

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.

Several men stand fishing on a busy pier

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.

A woman wearing a surgical mask and stethoscope smiles at a laughing patient.

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

A group of young people sits and stands outside a campus building on a sunny day.

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.