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The film version of “The Boys in the Boat,â€� released on Dec. 25, was inspired by the ̹½ÊÓÆµ men’s rowing team that won a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics. It’s based on the 2013 book by Daniel James Brown. But there is more to the story than the improbable victory by Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ student-athletes from small towns and working-class backgrounds. The 1936 Olympics were held in Berlin, following a failed movement in the United States and Europe to boycott the…

Six of the most commonly asked questions about how competitive it is to get into the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ and how admissions decisions are made are answered in this video featuring Paul Seegert, Director of Admissions on the Seattle campus.

At Monday’s CFP National Championship Game in Houston, Husky Nation turned out, proud in purple and gold, and cheering on a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ team that was undefeated this season. Tens of thousands of fans packed NRG Stadium – some fresh off the Huskies’ Sugar Bowl win in New Orleans – and stayed to the end. Though Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ lost to Michigan, as one fan said, “We’ll get there again.â€�

Two Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ professors teamed up to study how climate change will affect predator-prey interactions in snowy landscapes. Together with a group of researchers, the two measured snow properties that led to a “danger zone,” where prey would sink but predators would not.

Unfamiliar foods can get in the way of following a recommended diet. For the Afghan community seeking health care in the U.S., a nutrition handbook created by Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ School of Public Health graduate student Priyasha Maharjan works to solve this problem, using Afghan food examples to educate patients and care providers on the nutritional content of their meals.

Inside Hutchinson Hall, home of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ School of Drama, students work at tables as they learn to assemble patterns based on costume designs. They’re surrounded by dress forms, bolts of cloth, sewing machines and costumes in progress. This is the Costume Shop, the domain of Val Mayse, master dressmaker for the School of Drama.

A decade ago, Dustine Bowker went to a pizza party at the Husky Union Building.

Then a junior at Roosevelt High School in Seattle, Bowker, who identifies as being on the autism spectrum, came to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ to learn about a program designed to help people like him. He had to learn to recognize social cues, he said, and adapt to fit into many situations.

Many of us are familiar with the hummingbirds that visit feeders, plants and gardens around us. But these small creatures are unusual in the ways they push the limits of biology, says Alejandro Rico-Guevara, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ assistant professor biology and curator of ornithology at the Burke Museum. He and his students study hummingbirds and other birds that drink nectar.  “I think what really caught my attention is their personality – how they can be so fierce and so bold despite being…

Leaders from Washington higher education institutions met with national policymakers April 4 to discuss opportunities provided by the CHIPS and Science Act. U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene and National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan visited the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ campus to talk about the legislation, which provides more than $100 billion to fund scientific research and workforce training. The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ and other Washington colleges and universities are poised to receive funds from the CHIPS and Science Act to invest in chip…

Students from the Lummi Nation School visited the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ in earlh February for a real-time Q&A with astronaut Josh Cassada aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Cassada helped do space research on a plant science experiment the students sent to the ISS.

It’s ski season and cold sunny days fill outdoor enthusiasts with delight, but ski areas usually come with stairs, crowds and an infrastructure generally built for skiers and snowboarders who ride solo and on two legs.   
Observing this winter activity through a lens of accessibility and disability justice is the point of a new class developed by Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Bothell associate teaching professor Jason Naranjo. His course, “Disability & Society — A Focus on Community and the Outdoors,â€� pairs Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ students with skiers from Outdoors for All, an organization that provides adaptive outdoor activities for people who, for cognitive or physical reasons, can’t simply pop on skis and hit the slopes.

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s new Sisterhood Initiative aims to support young women of color through a cohort-based program, building on the success of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s Brotherhood Initiative, which focuses on young men of color.

These nocturnal flying mammals live in cities and rural areas and in most climates around the world – and maybe even in your own backyard.
Sharlene Santana, a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ professor of biology and curator of mammals at the Burke Museum, explains that there are over 1,400 species of bats spanning an incredible diversity.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ President Ana Mari Cauce delivered her annual address to the community on Oct. 20. Highlights of the speech are reflected in this video. The audience was invited to attend the event remotely via livestream. President Cauce talked about the power of public research universities to bring communities together across differences to address some of the world’s greatest challenges. Higher-education institutions, particularly the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, are being called on to do great things, and “we will answer that call,”…

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Professor Joan Sanders and her team are creating a new type of prosthetic leg: one that automatically adjusts its fit throughout the day. Their latest prototype detects in real time how well the prosthesis socket and amputation site are fitting and responds by automatically changing the size of the socket, without the need for adjustments to padding or user action.

A Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ pilot project is exploring the use of fiber-optic sensing for seismology, glaciology, and even urban monitoring. Funded in part with a $473,000 grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, a nonprofit based in Vancouver, Washington, the new Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Photonic Sensing Facility will use photons traveling through a fiber-optic cable to detect ground motions as small as 1 nanometer.

This year, the School of Music’s Improvised Music Project focused on audio recording, inviting acclaimed recording engineer David Boucher for a weeklong workshop. The new format allowed students and faculty to gain experience with Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s new mobile recording system while teaching fundamental recording and audio skills.Â