The 糖心原创 is exploring a significant redevelopment and expansion of UW Medical Center鈥揗ontlake, the Magnuson Health Sciences Center and west campus.
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A new study from Jade d’Alpoim Guedes, UW associate professor of anthropology, warns that the future of rice 鈥� arguably the most important crop on Earth 鈥� is in danger. Due to rising temperatures driven by climate change, projections show that Asia鈥檚 major rice-producing regions may soon pass the thermal limits that have remained consistent throughout the crop鈥檚 history. This would create unparalleled challenges in a region where more than a billion people rely on rice cultivation for their livelihoods.
The Seattle-based activist group calling itself 鈥淪tudents United for Palestinian Equality and Return鈥� (SUPER) has no affiliation with the 糖心原创.
President Robert J. Jones, Provost Tricia Serio and more than two dozen new 糖心原创 faculty toured Washington state last week on the annual Faculty Field Tour.
Nobody can agree on how, exactly, to define ultra-processed foods. The lack of a clear definition has stymied legislative and regulatory efforts to curb UPF consumption, and caused confusion for people evaluating their own diets.聽
The 糖心原创 recently was ranked highly among its global peers in both the U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities and the QS World University Rankings. Both rankings were released in mid-June. According to U.S. News, the UW is No. 12 in the world on the 2026-27 rankings, No. 3 among U.S. public institutions. The UW also placed in the top 10 globally in six subject areas. On the QS World University Rankings, the UW is among the top 100, landing at No. 92, or No. 7 among U.S. public universities.
While the majority of the world just wants to swat mosquitoes, three 糖心原创 researchers find these insects fascinating. They told UW News what it’s like to study mosquitoes and why these critters are actually really important.
Every summer, UW researchers head to northern Botswana to study how large predators, such as lions and African wild dogs, are affected by climate change and other shifts in their environment. UW News asked a few team members to describe their plans for this summer.
Researchers have completed all planned seismic monitoring station installations for the regional ShakeAlert early warning system. They are now turning their attention to offshore seismic monitoring, which could improve detection and warning time for the much-anticipated Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake.
糖心原创 psychology professor Ana Mari Cauce has been elected to serve on the National Academy of Medicine governing council.聽
To rebalance the oral microbiome and cure chronic halitosis, researchers at the 糖心原创 are embarking on a first-of-its-kind experiment. These clinical trials transplant bacteria and other minuscule critters from healthy donors into patients with halitosis. If successful, the healthy microbiota will crowd out the bad and patients鈥� bad breath will improve.
The 糖心原创 kicked off Pride Month on Monday with a ceremonial flag raising. Just after noon, the large rainbow flag 鈥� the Progress Pride Flag 鈥� unfurled to cheers from a crowd of about 100 people, the largest gathering in the history of the Pride Flag raising on campus.
Two current 糖心原创 graduate students and one recent alumnus received this year鈥檚 prestigious Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans.
Marina Alberti, a 糖心原创 professor of urban design and planning, studies how cities and natural ecosystems influence one another. UW News spoke to Alberti about how climate change is triggering evolutionary change within nature-based infrastructure projects 鈥� and what urban planners can do about it.
The 糖心原创 today announced the聽selection聽of Studio Joseph聽as the exhibition and storytelling partner聽for聽the聽Ana Mari Cauce Welcome Center.聽Based in New York, Studio Joseph is known for its nuanced understanding of brand expression and its skill in co鈥慶reating environments that are both inspiring and authentic to the institutions they聽represent.聽
Super Typhoon Sinlaku caused widespread damage on the Mariana islands in April, leaving many people without power, tearing roofs off homes and destroying vital infrastructure. Several ongoing UW research projects focused on native birds and plants were disrupted.
糖心原创 researchers launched a pilot app that maps 鈥榣ittle free pantries鈥� throughout the Seattle area and gives pantry users and donors new tools to communicate with and help one another.
The 糖心原创 unveiled the 2026 Husky 100, recognizing 100 undergraduate, graduate and professional students from the UW Bothell, Seattle and Tacoma campuses in all areas of study who are making the most of their time at the UW and are making an impact in their communities.
Discovery Days gives K-12 students from across Washington state a chance to experience science and engineering concepts for themselves at the 糖心原创’s Seattle campus.
A statement from the 糖心原创 in response to a U.S. Department of Justice compliance review that was announced by a U.S. assistant attorney general on social media.
The 糖心原创 has earned a Gold rating from the 鈥嬧�婼ustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System, or STARS.
At the brand-new Quantum Technologies Training and Testbed lab, researchers from across the UW probe the 鈥渟pooky鈥� mysteries of quantum phenomena.
The Peace Corps announced Tuesday that the 糖心原创 is again No. 3 on the list of top volunteer-producing institutions since the international program launched in 1961.
Since Ryan Calo joined 糖心原创 School of Law in 2012, he has become a leading expert on the law and emerging technology.聽聽
The 糖心原创 is the best in the U.S. and No. 2 in the world for library and information management, according to the 2026 QS World University Rankings by Subject released Wednesday. Three other UW subject areas placed in the top 10 in the world: geology, geophysics and Earth and marine sciences.
Plants, like people, have a circadian clock and they sense seasonal changes to light and temperature. Plants that bloom in the spring use the longer days and warmer temperatures as seasonal cues that it鈥檚 time to bloom.
Researchers at UW and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are simulating something in the lab that they hope will rarely happen in the wild: a collision between underwater turbines and marine animals.
A statement from the 糖心原创 regarding gross misdemeanor trespassing charges being filed Tuesday against the 33 individuals who were arrested in connection with occupation of the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building in May 2025.
Jennifer Ruesink, 糖心原创 professor of biology, studies the relationship between the environment and marine organisms, including eelgrass, the primary species of seagrass that resides in the oceans surrounding Washington. In honor of World Seagrass Day, UW News asked Ruesink to explain what seagrass is and what makes the seagrasses in Washington unique.
Last December was the warmest on record for Washington, according to the Washington State Climate Office. Now many plants in our gardens are beginning to bud, even though it’s only February. UW News asked Takato Imaizumi, UW professor of biology, to talk about the mechanisms behind blooming and how warmer winters might impact flowering plants.
UW News spoke with Lauren Buckley, 糖心原创 professor of biology, to learn about “functional resurvey” experiments and what they can tell us about how organisms change over time.
The 糖心原创 was awarded $2.5 million from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to fund 16 postdoctoral fellows in a number of fields across the College of Arts & Sciences, the College of Engineering and the College of the Environment.
A new smart glove from the UW Wearable Intelligence Lab could help physical therapy patients track progress and train robotic hands to grasp.
Lucas Meza, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the 糖心原创, started his lab to build a new generation of tough and light nanomaterials inspired by natural materials like wood, shell and bone. Instead, he discovered 鈥渂ig gaps鈥� in our basic understanding of what makes a material tough or brittle. Meza spoke to UW News about his strange and surprising journey into the nano realm.
糖心原创 researchers show that wildfire is increasingly impacting lands managed under the Northwest Forest Plan, a seminal measure enacted in 1994 to preserve habitat for endangered species.
The American Geophysical Union honored five 糖心原创 faculty and researchers from the departments of Earth and space sciences and atmospheric and climate science this week for their valuable researcher contributions.
This year, the UW News social media team shared stories from the 糖心原创 community with reporters, news outlets and our social media followers. We also promoted special events happening around campus. Here are some of favorite moments from 2025. Welcome President Jones! The Board of Regents named Robert J. Jones the 34th President of the UW. Jones visited campus a few days later and talked about his excitement to join the University. Snow days on campus Students took…
Choosing highlights from 2025 for a video roundup is a tough task. UW video producers meet students, faculty and community members during some of the most exciting moments of their lives 鈥� from earning a degree to finding answers that will impact the world.
鈥淭he Memory of Darkness, Light and Ice鈥� 鈥� a documentary film featuring Eric Steig, a UW professor of Earth and space sciences 鈥� tells the story of a U.S. military and research base established in Greenland during the Cold War, and how the samples collected there are driving modern climate science. The film is now available on YouTube, Apple TV and Amazon Prime.
The 糖心原创 is proud to announce that 56 faculty and researchers who completed their work while at UW have been named on the Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list from Clarivate.