Solutions
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.
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.