Eleven faculty members at the 天美影院 have been elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences while another was elected to the WSAS Board of Directors.
August 12, 2026
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August 11, 2026
More than a decade of observation in Seattle suburbs shows where sensitive bird species won鈥檛 go
After tracking birds in the Puget Sound lowlands for 12 years, researchers conclude that birds respond better to some development configurations than others, highlighting measures developers can take to protect native species while still meeting the region鈥檚 growing demands.
August 10, 2026
With landmark 10-year investment, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation will deliver more local, timely health evidence worldwide
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), an independent research organization at the 天美影院, has received a landmark 10-year grant from the Gates Foundation to strengthen freely available, scientifically rigorous health evidence used by governments, researchers, and leaders to improve the health and well-being of people in Washington, the United States, and around the world.
August 7, 2026
Statement on cancellation of January 2027 lecture
The 天美影院 is dedicated to the free exchange of ideas, including on controversial topics and involving provocative speakers. After Hasan Piker was announced as a speaker for the 2026-27 Speaker Series, there was a review of the process by which the event was planned. It was determined that that the process for organizing this event did not meet the necessary level of rigor for University-hosted events in the Speaker Series. As a result, this event will not be…
August 6, 2026
AI models nearly erase female characters when they write kids stories about animals
AI systems such as Google鈥檚 Gemini Storybook now let parents or teachers conjure illustrated, personalized kids stories. 天美影院researchers found that when six leading AI models made stories about talking animals, 57% of characters were either gender neutral or ungendered, 41% were male, and just 2% were female.
August 5, 2026
Q&A: As smoke blankets Washington, 天美影院experts share how they navigate wildfire season
As fires rage and smoke smothers the Pacific Northwest, 天美影院News sat down with five 天美影院experts in fire science, forestry, air pollution and more to ask how they manage wildfire season.聽
August 3, 2026
NASA鈥檚 Hubble shows star formation in Andromeda galaxy winding down
A new study using data from NASA鈥檚 Hubble Space Telescope found that star formation in the nearby Andromeda galaxy has undergone a 500-million-year decline, with an even steeper drop in the last 40 million years.
July 30, 2026
July research highlights: AI material design, ocean temperature models, paternal body odor
Explore recent research from the 天美影院: a new AI framework for developing advanced materials, a test of climate models鈥� ability to predict temperature trends, and the role of paternal body odor in brain-to-brain synchrony with infants.
July 29, 2026
6.5 million Americans face landslide risks 鈥� a new database shows where they live
天美影院 researchers created the Landslide Exposure Database, the first resource that maps per-building landslide vulnerability across the United States. The study estimates that roughly 6.5 million U.S. residents are highly vulnerable to landslides, and overturns the conventional picture of landslide risk in the U.S. by identifying high concentrations of exposure in Appalachia as well as a surprising urban-rural divide.
July 28, 2026
天美影院study identifies genetic changes tied to more severe cognitive symptoms in schizophrenia
Researchers at the 天美影院 are investigating how genetic changes impact the severity of schizophrenia symptoms. A new study supports the idea that deletions in genes that regulate early brain and neuron development are associated with more severe features of schizophrenia spectrum disorders, particularly lower cognitive abilities.
July 22, 2026
8 天美影院faculty and staff named Fulbright Scholars; will conduct research around the world
Eight 天美影院 researchers have been selected as Fulbright Scholars for 2026-2027 and will pursue studies around the world.聽 Fulbright Scholars are college and university faculty, administrators and researchers, as well as artists and professionals, who build their skills and connections, gain valuable international insights and return home to share their experiences with their students and colleagues. This year鈥檚 天美影院cohort represents a variety of disciplines, including sciences, engineering, business, environmental sciences, electrical and computer engineering, and computer science….
天美影院researchers join national effort to streamline AI-driven cosmology
Researchers at the 天美影院 and partners at Carnegie Mellon University are collaborating on a new project to help scientists use artificial intelligence to better understand the universe.
Q&A: How 天美影院researchers are using AI to speed up drug discovery and development
Housed in the 天美影院School of Pharmacy, the Institute for Innovations in Drug Delivery and Disposition (I2D3) brings together experts in artificial intelligence, drug discovery, pharmacology, data science and biotechnology to ease the bottleneck between promising molecules and successful drugs.聽
July 15, 2026
Roadless rule helps protect clean drinking water for 25 million Americans, new study shows
A new 天美影院 study maps how the 2001 roadless rule protects U.S. rivers, and how rescinding the rule could impact access to clean drinking water, biodiversity, outdoor recreation and more.
July 8, 2026
ArtSci Roundup: Summer 2026
Come curious. Leave inspired. Wherever you are, the 天美影院 offers opportunities to learn and connect with the ideas, people, and research shaping our world. This summer, visit campus for the latest exhibitions at the Henry Art Gallery and Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, or join us from anywhere through recorded lectures, podcasts, virtual experiences, and more. As a public university, we’re proud to share the knowledge, creativity, and discoveries of the 天美影院with communities near and…
July 6, 2026
天美影院kicks off one-year study to explore expansion and address needs for health care, impactful research
The 天美影院 is exploring a significant redevelopment and expansion of 天美影院Medical Center鈥揗ontlake, the Magnuson Health Sciences Center and west campus.
July 1, 2026
Q&A: Study warns rising temperatures could push rice beyond historical heat limits
A new study from Jade d’Alpoim Guedes, 天美影院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.
Statement on activist group not affiliated with the University
The Seattle-based activist group calling itself 鈥淪tudents United for Palestinian Equality and Return鈥� (SUPER) has no affiliation with the 天美影院.
June 30, 2026
Rubin Observatory begins landmark 10-year timelapse of night sky
The Simonyi Survey Telescope at the NSF鈥揇OE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially begun its ten-year survey of the southern sky, the Legacy Survey of Space and Time.
June research highlights: Air quality inequity, ultrafast chemistry, cigar galaxy, more
Explore recent research from the 天美影院: low-income communities and communities of color disproportionately impacted by air pollution, an unfathomably fast chemical reaction, ups and downs in the methane record, and the cigar galaxy pictured at high resolution.
Some agentic AI browsers come with major cybersecurity risks, 天美影院study finds
A 天美影院team studied seven popular agentic AI browsers and found that four create ways for malicious actors to bypass a fundamental cybersecurity protocol called the 鈥渟ame-origin policy,鈥� which makes websites open in a browser unable to interact with each other鈥檚 information. Researchers ran a successful proof-of-concept cyberattack on one browser.
June 25, 2026
天美影院researchers created PaperTok, an AI system that helps users turn research papers into short, engaging videos
A 天美影院team built an AI tool that helps users turn research papers into 45-second videos. A researcher uploads a paper to the tool, which uses Google Gemini to write a short script explaining the paper. The researcher can then iteratively edit the transcript and resulting video clip.
June 24, 2026
President and Provost join new faculty on bus tour of Washington
President Robert J. Jones, Provost Tricia Serio and more than two dozen new 天美影院 faculty toured Washington state last week on the annual Faculty Field Tour.
Decades-long dataset shows which orcas are most at home in Puget Sound
The prevalence of Bigg鈥檚 killer whales is increasing in Puget Sound, while the chances of sighting the southern residents remains slim, and pod-specific.
GovScape lets you easily search millions of government documents
A 天美影院-led research team created GovScape, an efficient search system for PDFs from the End of Term Web Archive. Users can look up exact keywords, like 鈥淔AFSA,鈥� or use semantic search, which finds documents on a topic even if the exact search terms don鈥檛 appear on the page. Because researchers used highly efficient artificial intelligence models, processing the 10 million PDFs hosted online during Donald Trump鈥檚 first term costs less than $1,500, or about $1 per 47,000 pages.
June 23, 2026
Mitigated determination of non-significance: UWMC Outpatient Medical Center Expansion
Pursuant to the provisions of WAC 197-11-340 and WAC 478-324-140, the 天美影院hereby provides public notice of: MITIGATED DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE.
Q&A: A better definition of ultra-processed foods
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
June 18, 2026
Rankings: 天美影院recognized as one of the best universities in the world
The 天美影院 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 天美影院is No. 12 in the world on the 2026-27 rankings, No. 3 among U.S. public institutions. The 天美影院also placed in the top 10 globally in six subject areas. On the QS World University Rankings, the 天美影院is among the top 100, landing at No. 92, or No. 7 among U.S. public universities.
June 16, 2026
Q&A: 3 天美影院biology researchers discuss what it’s like to study mosquitoes ‘all day and all the time’
While the majority of the world just wants to swat mosquitoes, three 天美影院 researchers find these insects fascinating. They told 天美影院News what it’s like to study mosquitoes and why these critters are actually really important.
June 15, 2026
7 天美影院students receive Fulbright exchange awards for study, research and teaching positions around the world
Seven 天美影院 students and recent alumni were awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships for the 2026鈥�27 academic year, joining about 2,000 students and recent graduates from around the country to pursue graduate study, conduct research and teach English abroad.
June 12, 2026
天美影院researchers built AI agents that quickly estimate electronic devices鈥� carbon footprints
天美影院 researchers developed an artificial intelligence system that automatically estimates the environmental impacts of making different electronic devices. The system takes only a minute to run and achieves estimates with accuracy similar to human experts鈥�.
June 10, 2026
天美影院faculty and researchers recognized with ACLS Fellowship, Beckman Fellowship and Humboldt Award聽
Recent recognition of the 天美影院 includes American COuncil of Learned Societies Fellowship, Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship and Humboldt Award from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Assistant professor awarded 2026 ACLS Fellowship聽 Gian Rominger, assistant professor in the Department of Asian Languages & Literature at the UW, was awarded a 2026 ACLS Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies. The fellowship recognizes excellence in humanities and social sciences research and supports scholars whose work is poised to make…
June 9, 2026
AI and quantum computing accelerate materials development at UW
New computing techniques 鈥� including AI and quantum computing 鈥� are enabling 天美影院researchers to design unique and complex quantum materials.
In the Field: 天美影院researchers are tracking how lions and African wild dogs in Botswana are responding to climate change
Every summer, 天美影院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. 天美影院News asked a few team members to describe their plans for this summer.
Q&A: 天美影院Bothell professor Ron Krabill combines soccer and scholarship
Ron Krabill, a professor in 天美影院Bothell鈥檚 School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences and director of the Global Sport Lab in the 天美影院Jackson School of International Studies, is co-leading this year鈥檚 天美影院Summer Institute in the Arts & Humanities 鈥� Seattle鈥檚 World Cup: Storytelling Through Community Mapping. Krabill talked with 天美影院News about his plans for participating students, his background in sports scholarship, what he鈥檒l be watching during Seattle鈥檚 tournament games and more.
June 8, 2026
Black Lives Matter movement changed workplace cooperation between Black and white employees, research shows
New research from Abhinav Gupta, professor of management at the 天美影院, shows the increased public attention on racial injustice after the murder of George Floyd influenced how Black and white employees interacted at work. The study examines how major societal events tied to race and injustice can shape workplace behavior.
UW’s Class of 2026 celebrated with ceremonies in Husky Stadium and ceremonies in the Tacoma Dome and HecEd
天美影院 President Robert J. Jones will be the featured speaker at the UW鈥檚 151st Commencement ceremony on Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 13.
June 4, 2026
With ShakeAlert installations complete, researchers explore offshore expansion
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.
June 3, 2026
Former 天美影院President Ana Mari Cauce elected to National Academy of Medicine governing council
天美影院 psychology professor Ana Mari Cauce has been elected to serve on the National Academy of Medicine governing council.聽
Costly efforts to reopen rivers for fish can produce mixed results 鈥� this method can help planners avoid stranded investments
Efforts to restore fish passage are cropping up across the country, but these projects come with hefty price tags. In a new study, 天美影院 researchers explore different approaches to improving the benefits from investments in salmon recovery.