Delivering healthcare on the Moon may sound like science fiction, but it's become a reality for Alaska WWAMI first-year student Joren Bowling. Read his story at the link below: education.uwmedicine.org/blog/2026/06...
Equipped with her doctorate, recent grad Gizem Gökçe-Alpkılıç is using AI-powered tools to create proteins and solve global challenges, like drug-resistant infection. Read her story at the link below. www.washington.edu/boundless/gi...
Fifteen years after enrolling in college, taking one class at a time while raising her children, Mary-Elizabeth Merrill is graduating from the University of Washington with honors — a milestone that once felt impossible. www.washington.edu/boundless/a-...
THREE-PEAT NATIONAL CHAMPS 🏆🏆🏆 On Sunday, men’s rowing won the National Championship for the third year in a row and for the 22nd time in school history
A Mars rover created by UW students. Husky Robotics unites 120 students from various fields to design NASA-style rovers for international competitions. Check out their latest work at the Unveiling Showcase on Saturday, May 23, at the HUB Lyceum. luma.com/qp405sgk
Nobel Prize-winning scientist and UW alumna Mary E. Brunkow will deliver the keynote address at the UW’s 151st Commencement ceremony. Her discoveries are helping advance therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases. www.washington.edu/news/2026/05...
A new UW study found Washington’s initiative to eliminate hepatitis C by 2030 expanded access to testing and treatment while potentially lowering long-term healthcare costs. Costs initially rose as screening expanded, but have since declined. www.washington.edu/news/2026/04...
It may look like a dinosaur, but Sonselasuchus cedrus is actually an ancient crocodile cousin. 🐊🦖 UW doctoral student Elliott Armour Smith explains what the newly named species can teach us about life before dinosaurs dominated Earth. A replica is now on display at the @burkemuseum.bsky.social
What do women’s basketball, TikTok, and math have in common? Madeline (Maddy) Brown. Her TikTok content even inspired a new UW course focused on making math accessible through sports data. artsci.washington.edu/news/2026-03...
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After creating popular social media content analyzing basketball statistics, UW Mathematics doctoral student Maddy Brown created a course to help students present data through storytelling.
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Between college and "the real world," design alum and animator Vivian Cho finds herself on the University Bridge. magazine.washington.edu/feature/betw...
Plants have an internal clock just like we do AND they know when it’s time to bloom. As days get longer and temperatures rise, some plants follow the sunlight, while others rely on warmth to wake up. That’s how spring flowers know when to make their big entrance 🌸
Scientists at the @uofwa.uw.edu have discovered a new ancient rodent-like species 🐭🌿 Named Cimolodon desosai, it was about the size of a golden hamster, lived both on the ground and in trees, and likely feasted on fruits and insects. www.washington.edu/news/2026/04...
It's Husky Giving Day, which means your gift can power the future! Give to the things you care about most — today is all about our community's collective action, so let's show everyone the power of the UW family! 💜💛 #HuskyGivingDay together.uw.edu/i/hgd/Collec...
Every day is Earth Day 🌎💚 At the UW, research is helping protect our planet. New findings show carefully thinning forests in the Cascades can boost snowpack by up to 30% — storing water and helping to reducing wildfire risk. bit.ly/3OmJxZ8
@uofwa.uw.edu physicists David Hertzog and Peter Kammel helped an international team win the 2026 Breakthrough Prize for Fundamental Physics for decades of research on the muon, a particle with unusual properties that could point to new physics. www.washington.edu/news/2026/04...
Unfortunately for science fiction fans, desert worlds outside our solar system are unlikely to host life, according to new research from @uofwa.uw.edu. www.washington.edu/news/2026/04...
UW-powered discovery 🚀 Early data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has uncovered more than 11,000 new asteroids, including 33 near-Earth objects. www.washington.edu/news/2026/04...
It’s time to meet the newest members of the Husky 100: UW juniors, seniors and graduate and professional students on all three campuses who are making the most of their Husky Experience. To learn more about how these extraordinary students visit uw.edu/husky100.
What do drama majors and neurologists have in common? More than you’d expect. At UW, drama students are helping train future neurologists by acting as patients in high-pressure simulations. artsci.washington.edu/news/2025-05...
Inside this vacuum chamber at the UW, researchers can recreate key space conditions. They’re using it to study how magnetic fields and solar wind interactions could generate electricity — an idea that may help power future lunar missions. www.aa.washington.edu/news/article...
On Husky Giving Day, April 23, your gift to the University of Washington makes a lasting impact in just 24 hours. When you give, you power the UW's people, programs and possibilities. Join the community that's fueling the future! together.uw.edu/i/hgd/collec...
After more than two decades in prison, Benjamin Brockie begins again—as a student, a father and an advocate for education and Indigenous justice. magazine.washington.edu/feature/ben-...
This fridge is 100× colder than outer space ❄️ Inside it, UW scientists chill tiny particles to just above absolute zero, where quantum behavior becomes easier to study and control. www.washington.edu/news/2026/04...
From the habits and habitats of Nautilus and Allonautilus cephalopods to how green clay tennis courts can remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, check out how UW researchers are advancing our understanding of issues shaping our world. www.washington.edu/news/2026/03...
A new UW study found a disease-causing tapeworm in 1/3 of coyotes surveyed in the Puget Sound region. Echinococcus multilocularis can spread to dogs and humans and has not been reported in a wild host in the Pacific Northwest until now. www.washington.edu/news/2026/04...
