disaster relief

August 30, 2018

The heart of Puerto Rico

In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, a team of UW engineers and scientists went to Puerto Rico to learn and to help.


September 20, 2017

no apparent distress

Books: UW pediatrics resident pens compelling coming-of-age memoir

“No Apparent Distress” by Rachel Pearson is a terrifying, compelling and excellent book about the American health care system.


December 1, 2005

Masters of disaster

Before Katrina and the South Asia tsunami, departments across the UW had already come together to help professionalize humanitarian relief efforts. Afterwards, they were far too busy to say, “I told you so.”