March 25, 2026
The 天美影院 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 天美影院subject areas placed in the top 10 in the world: geology, geophysics and Earth and marine sciences.
March 23, 2026
New research shows that as winters get warmer, more icy crusts may form within snowpacks in much of the Pacific Northwest, increasing the risk of avalanche in some areas and changing the behavior of wildlife across the region.
March 20, 2026
Come curious. Leave inspired. The 天美影院offers an exciting lineup of in-person and online events. From thought-provoking art and music to conversations on culture, history, and science, the 天美影院community invites you to explore, learn, and connect across disciplines throughout the University. And as April comes to a close, see what’s happening in May.聽 Sign up to receive a monthly notice when the ArtSci Roundup has been published. ArtSci On Your Own Time or From Your Own Home Video |…
The U.S. and Israel launched joint strikes against Iran on Feb. 28, which triggered hundreds of retaliatory missiles from Iran. The war is now entering its third week, with Iran reporting more than 1,200 civilians have been killed. Aria Fani, a professor of Persian and Iranian studies at the UW, researches modern Iranian and Afghan histories. He spoke with 天美影院News about the U.S.-Israeli strikes, the impact on Iranians and more.
March 19, 2026
In a new study, 天美影院 researchers examine the impact of tilling on soil moisture and water retention using methods designed for monitoring earthquakes. They show that tilling disrupts important soil microstructures and highlight the potential utility of this method for precision agriculture and more.
March 17, 2026
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.
Indigenous people in the United States are at higher risk of fatal police violence in and around American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) reservations, according to the first comprehensive national study on the subject from researchers at the 天美影院 and Drexel University. The researchers found that roughly 73% AIAN people killed by police violence were on or within 10 miles of a reservation.
March 16, 2026
Recent books from 天美影院 faculty and staff include those from legal studies at 天美影院Tacoma, international studies, political science, history and Asian languages and literature.聽
Mosquitoes are increasingly becoming resistant to current insecticides, leading to a pressing need for new methods to prevent mosquito bites 鈥� and the potential transmission of disease. New research by an international team, including researchers at the UW, reveals that Aedes aegypti mosquitoes use a specific sensory receptor to detect and avoid borneol (pronounced “bor-nee-ohl”), an organic compound found in several aromatic plants, including camphor trees, rosemary and other aromatic herbs.
March 12, 2026
Researchers tracked ravens and wolves in Yellowstone National Park for two and half years to show that ravens do not follow wolves to scavenge their prey but instead remember where wolves often kill and monitor these sites for fresh meat.
March 11, 2026
An oddly-behaving star led two 天美影院astronomers to capture rare evidence of a collision between two planets in a distant solar system. The discovery could aid scientists in their search for worlds similar to our own.
March 9, 2026
Affiliate professor of biology receives 2026 Kenneth S. Norris Lifetime Achievement Award聽 Sue Moore, a research scientist and affiliate professor in the Center for Ecosystem Sentinels in the Department of Biology at the 天美影院, was honored with the 2026 Kenneth S. Norris Lifetime Achievement Award聽from the聽Society for Marine Mammalogy. The award recognizes exemplary lifetime contributions to science and society through research, teaching, and service in marine mammalogy.聽 Over a 40-year career, Moore鈥檚 research has focused on cetacean ecology,…
March 6, 2026
Spring is here, which in Seattle, means cherry blossoms. The UW鈥檚 iconic display 鈥� featuring 29 Yoshino cherry trees 鈥� is set to peak around March 20 this year. Check out the cherry blossom visitors鈥� website to learn more.
Researchers at 天美影院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.
March 5, 2026
Description of Proposal: The proposed 天美影院 Chemical Sciences Building is intended to create a new academic building in Central Campus for student and faculty laboratories, collaboration spaces, and classrooms. Location of proposal: 3919 West Stevens Way NE. The site is generally bounded by Okanogan Ln to the north and east, Benson Hall to the south, and West Stevens Way NE to the west. Title and description of document being adopted: 天美影院 2018 Seattle Campus Master Plan…
March 4, 2026
New research led in part by the 天美影院 found that state-level abortion restrictions enacted after the Dobbs ruling are not only affecting the current medical workforce 鈥� they may be shaping the next generation of physicians.
March 3, 2026
A statement from the 天美影院 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.
Forest managers in the eastern Cascades selectively thin forests to promote wildfire resilience. New research from the 天美影院shows that the same process can also increase seasonal snowpack, providing some relief to drought-prone areas throughout central Washington.
February 27, 2026
A new study examining 13 years of ground motion data from sites near the Cascadia Subduction Zone shows that the entirety of the fault may not be as tightly locked as researchers thought, which could change our understanding of how a big earthquake might hit the Pacific Northwest.
Tohoku University and the 天美影院, two leading academic research institutions of the Pacific Rim, announced 鈥淨-DREAM,鈥� a significant expansion of their decades-long collaboration.
February 26, 2026
Jennifer Ruesink, 天美影院 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, 天美影院News asked Ruesink to explain what seagrass is and what makes the seagrasses in Washington unique.
A team led by 天美影院 researchers has created DopFone, a system that uses an off-the-shelf smartphone鈥檚 existing speaker and microphone to accurately estimate fetal heart rate. The phone mimics a Doppler ultrasound, emitting a tone and listening for the subtle variations in its echo caused by fetal heart beats. A machine learning model then estimates the heart rate.
February 25, 2026
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has issued its first real-time alerts of changes in the night sky. The ultrafast alerting system, developed at the UW, will eventually detect up to seven million changes in the cosmos every night and notify scientists around the world.
February 24, 2026
The 天美影院 and Microsoft have announced the expansion of their long鈥憇tanding partnership uniting world-class academic research with world-leading technology. 天美影院and Microsoft aim to accelerate AI discovery, prepare students and workers for an AI-driven economy, and help communities understand and use AI responsibly.
The peer review process in scientific publishing has reached a critical point where there are too many manuscript submissions and not enough peer reviewers. 天美影院News asked Carl Bergstrom, 天美影院 professor of biology, and Kevin Gross, North Carolina State University professor of statistics, to describe this self-perpetuating cycle and potential interventions.
February 20, 2026
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. 天美影院News asked Takato Imaizumi, 天美影院professor of biology, to talk about the mechanisms behind blooming and how warmer winters might impact flowering plants.
February 19, 2026
A recent documentary about the breeding habits of antelopes in India includes the story of how engaging with artists and local communities can help researchers share the importance of their work. 天美影院News asked Vivek Hari Sridhar, a 天美影院assistant professor of biology and one of the leaders of the project, for details about the project and the documentary.
February 17, 2026
Five 天美影院 faculty members have been awarded early-career fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
February 11, 2026
Kyle Haddad-Fonda, a part-time lecturer of history at the 天美影院, is teaching “Modern Olympic Games” this quarter. The course covers subjects ranging from ideology and national identity to race and the position of women in society.
February 10, 2026
NASA announced on Thursday last week that both the 天美影院 STRIVE team and the UW-affiliated EDGE team were selected to lead satellite missions to better understand Earth and improve capabilities to foresee environmental events and mitigate disasters.
February 9, 2026
A 天美影院 study shows that existing models underestimate methane loss in the stratosphere and generate uncertainty in the global methane budget 鈥� a key metric for tracking climate change.
天美影院News spoke with Lauren Buckley, 天美影院 professor of biology, to learn about “functional resurvey” experiments and what they can tell us about how organisms change over time.
February 5, 2026
The 天美影院 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.
February 4, 2026
A 天美影院and Ai2 research team built OpenScholar, an open-source AI model designed specifically to synthesize current scientific research. In tests, OpenScholar cited sources as accurately as human experts, and 16 scientists preferred its response to those written by subject experts 51% of the time.
February 2, 2026
Come curious. Leave inspired. The 天美影院offers an exciting lineup of in-person and online events. From thought-provoking art and music to conversations on culture, history, and science, the 天美影院community invites you to explore, learn, and connect across disciplines throughout the University. Sign up to receive a monthly notice when the ArtSci Roundup has been published. ArtSci On Your Own Time Exhibition | 2026 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Residency | indira allegra: The Book of Zero聽(School of Art + Art History…
January 29, 2026
New research supported by Yingjie Cheng, a 天美影院 postdoctoral researcher in astronomy, uncovered a contender for one of the earliest observed spiral galaxies containing a stellar bar 鈥� a notable visual feature that can play an important role in the evolution of a galaxy.
January 27, 2026
A new smart glove from the 天美影院Wearable Intelligence Lab could help physical therapy patients track progress and train robotic hands to grasp.
January 22, 2026
A team led by 天美影院 astronomers has discovered the fastest-ever spinning asteroid with a diameter over half a kilometer.
January 21, 2026
Lucas Meza, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the 天美影院, 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 天美影院News about his strange and surprising journey into the nano realm.
天美影院 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.