Q&A: How are AI and religion connected?
November 2, 2026

Wes E. King, an assistant teaching professor in the Information School, discusses how AI and religion are deeply related and why they teach a class on the topic.
Permanent Daylight Saving Time could lead to at least 2B more dark commutes to school for US children
October 29, 2026

Permanent Daylight Saving Time would lead to darker mornings from November to March. This would mean darker commutes for everyone, but how much would it affect children going to school? Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researchers did the math for 14 out of the 19 states that preapproved the change. Using school start times, enrollment data, and…
Video: Curiosity, frustration and antipathy: How kids play with AI toys
September 2, 2026

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researchers gathered eight kids on campus to explore how they played with AI toys. The kids initially were curious, asking introductory questions, such as “What is your name?â€� But after communication breakdowns, the kids turned to antagonizing the toys, calling them “uglyâ€� and “evilâ€� and joking about throwing them in the ocean.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researchers created PaperTok, an AI system that helps users turn research papers into short, engaging videos
June 25, 2026

A Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 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.
President and Provost join new faculty on bus tour of Washington
June 24, 2026

President Robert J. Jones, Provost Tricia Serio and more than two dozen new Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ faculty toured Washington state last week on the annual Faculty Field Tour.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's Class of 2026 celebrated with ceremonies in Husky Stadium and ceremonies in the Tacoma Dome and HecEd
June 8, 2026

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ President Robert J. Jones will be the featured speaker at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s 151st Commencement ceremony on Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 13.
Washington students return to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ campus for Engineering Discovery Days 2026
April 30, 2026

Discovery Days gives K-12 students from across Washington state a chance to experience science and engineering concepts for themselves at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's Seattle campus.
At quantum testbed lab, researchers across the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ probe ‘spooky’ mysteries of quantum phenomena
April 13, 2026

At the brand-new Quantum Technologies Training and Testbed lab, researchers from across the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ probe the “spookyâ€� mysteries of quantum phenomena.
Video: How do plants know when to bloom? Spring flowering explained by Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ chronobiologist
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’s time to bloom.
Peak bloom predictions are in for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's cherry trees
March 6, 2026

Spring is here, which in Seattle, means cherry blossoms. The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s iconic display — featuring 29 Yoshino cherry trees — is set to peak around March 20 this year. Check out the cherry blossom visitors’ website to learn more.
New marine energy tech is put to the test at Harris Hydraulics Lab
March 6, 2026

Researchers at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 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.
Q&A: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researchers create a smart glove with its own sense of touch
January 27, 2026

A new smart glove from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Wearable Intelligence Lab could help physical therapy patients track progress and train robotic hands to grasp.
Video: Drivers struggle to multitask when using dashboard touch screens, study finds
December 16, 2025

New research from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ and the Toyota Research Institute explores how drivers trade off between cognitive tasks, driving and using the vehicle's touch screen. Researchers placed participants in a driving simulator and had them complete memory tests while interacting with the simulator’s touch screen.
Video: The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's 2025 storytelling highlights
December 3, 2025

Choosing highlights from 2025 for a video roundup is a tough task. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ video producers meet students, faculty and community members during some of the most exciting moments of their lives — from earning a degree to finding answers that will impact the world.
Video: Halloween concert highlights spooky organ classics
October 30, 2025

Stephen Price, artist in residence and head of organ studies at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, will be joined by students and colleagues on Friday, Oct. 31, to perform a concert of spooky organ classics and Halloween fun.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s incoming classes welcomed by President Robert J. Jones at New Student Convocation
September 21, 2025

President Robert J. Jones welcomes the incoming class at New Student Convocation. (Photo: Sara Coulsey) The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s incoming classes were welcomed Sunday at the University’s 42nd annual New Student Convocation inside Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion. The ceremony was attended by thousands of students, family and friends. https://bsky.app/profile/uwnews.uw.edu/post/3lzezcllq5s2f For journalists Download…
VIDEO: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ welcomes incoming students to on-campus housing
September 17, 2025
This week the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ campus is once again buzzing with energy as students begin to move into the residence halls and participate in annual fall activities for incoming undergraduates.   https://youtu.be/gL4WY8MVm-w?feature=shared A majority of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ freshman class has signed up to live on campus for Autumn 2025, and thousands of students are expected…
Story pole celebrating Coast Salish peoples installed on Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ campus
September 16, 2025

Sven Haakanson, a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ professor of anthropology, worked with three Coast Salish carvers to install a story pole on campus. Story poles were specifically created to share and teach Coast Salish legends, histories and stories.
Video: USDA freezes Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ project that turns Washington shellfish farmers’ seaweed problem into soil solution for land farmers
August 4, 2025

A Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ-led project aimed to test the viability of seaweed as a soil amendment, and, if successful, develop a market for sea-based farmers to sell excess seaweed to their counterparts on land. The USDA froze the project's funding, and for now, a solution remains just out of reach.
Video: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ aeronautics professor goes for ride-along with the Blue Angels
July 30, 2025

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ professor of aeronautics and astronautics Jim Hermanson took a ride Wednesday morning aboard a U.S. Navy Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet — better known as one of the Blue Angels.Â
Video: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ helps protect Washington's workers through occupational health and safety research, training
June 23, 2025

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ has for years been instrumental in the state’s efforts to keep workers safe. But those efforts are now under threat.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ celebrates Class of 2025 with 150th Commencement in Husky Stadium and ceremonies in the Tacoma Dome and Hec Ed
June 9, 2025

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ President Ana Mari Cauce is the featured speaker at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s 150th Commencement ceremony on Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium scheduled for 1:30 p.m., Saturday, June 14.
Video: A small bicycle handlebar sensor can help map a region’s riskiest bike routes
May 8, 2025

A Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ-led team has developed a system, called ProxiCycle, that logs when a passing car comes too close to a cyclist (four feet or less). A small, inexpensive sensor plugs into bicycle handlebars and tracks the passes, sending them to the rider’s phone. The team tested the system for two months with 15 cyclists in…
Video: A look at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Libraries' rare 1544 edition of Dante's 'Divine Comedy'
March 26, 2025

Bound in calfskin and detailed in gold, a rare 1544 edition of Dante’s Divine Comedy was added to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Libraries’ collection this year. The book is nearly 500 years old, and has likely lasted so long because its pages are made of durable linen fiber, not wood pulp. The handmade leather cover and sturdy binding…
OS-CONNECT data set helps pedestrians find accessible routes all over Washington state
March 25, 2025

A new data set called OS-CONNECT maps sidewalks and other pedestrian paths statewide, from Forks on the Olympic Peninsula to Clarkston in the southeast. In House Bill 1125, the Washington State Legislature assigned the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's Taskar Center for Accessible Technology to build the data set, which was completed well ahead of its projected 2027 goal.
Video: Predicting when cherry trees will bloom on Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ campus
March 7, 2025

[April 4] UPDATE: Our iconic cherry trees are in bloom. Plan your visit to campus using this map, which highlights the locations of different cherry trees on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ campus, including the Yoshino blossoms in the Quad. [March 31] UPDATE: The majority of the blossoms are in peak bloom, a developmental phase which…
Video: The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s assistive-feeding robot gets tested outside the lab
March 4, 2025

Researchers deployed a robotic feeding arm in a pair of studies outside the lab. In the first, six users with motor impairments used the robot to feed themselves a meal in a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ cafeteria, an office or a conference room. In the second study, a community researcher and co-author on the research used the system…
Video highlights: From sea stars to sound waves, a look back at an eventful 2024 at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ
December 18, 2024

Magical moments and memorable events — from a baby sea stars to a cherry trees blooming — happen all year round at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, and our videos help people understand what it looked like, what happened and who was involved. Here’s a glimpse at 2024 from around the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ and beyond.
Video: Talking about climate and weather with the Office of the Washington State Climatologist
December 4, 2024

From a base at the southwest corner of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's Seattle campus, the Office of the Washington State Climatologist's Guillaume Mauger and Karin Bumbaco provide expertise, tools and resources on “all things climateâ€� to partners and communities across the state.
RETRACTED AND REPLACED: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ-led research links wildfire smoke exposure with increased dementia risk
November 25, 2024

An analysis of the health care records of 1.2 million Southern California residents found that higher long-term smoke exposure was associated with a significant increase in the odds that a person would be diagnosed with dementia. Exposure to non-wildfire PM2.5 also increased a person’s risk of dementia, but to a much lesser degree. Â
Video: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ historian on medieval European monsters, and the meaning of monsters
October 23, 2024

Charity Urbanski, a teaching professor of history at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, studies monsters and monstrosities in medieval Europe. One of her interests is the purpose monsters served for medieval Europeans, and what we can learn about medieval European society by looking at their monsters, which served as vehicles for expressing anxieties and fears.
Annual President’s Address 2024: Creating Impact through Courage, Compassion and Collaboration
October 15, 2024

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ President Ana Mari Cauce delivered her final annual address of her term on Oct. 15. The audience was invited to attend at the Henry Art Galley and remotely via livestream.
How to Steal an Election: New Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ course examines democracy’s vulnerability
October 8, 2024

James Long, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ professor of political science, launched a new course this quarter. "How to Steal an Election" highlights the types of politicians who try to steal elections, and how and what can be done to secure them.
Video: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ welcomes incoming fall students to on-campus housing
September 18, 2024

Mild fall temperatures this week helped welcome the first group of students who moved into Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ residence halls and apartments. More than 10,000 students are expected to live in Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ housing this year, including more than 77.5% of the freshman class. This year’s incoming class is expected to be around 7,150, according to…
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researchers develop a stretchable, wearable device that lights up an LED using only the warmth of your skin
September 10, 2024

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researchers have developed a flexible, durable electronic prototype that can harvest energy from body heat and turn it into electricity that can be used to power small electronics, such as batteries, sensors or LEDs. This device is also resilient — it still functions even after being pierced several times and then stretched 2,000 times.
Video: Before they bite — Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researcher homes in on which scents, colors make us a tempting target for hungry mosquitoes
June 3, 2024

Jeffrey Riffell, a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ professor of biology, wants to understand how female mosquitoes find find a host to bite for a bloody meal. His research has shown that hungry mosquitoes find us by following a trail of scent cues, including chemicals exuded by our skin and sweat, as well as the carbon dioxide…
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ celebrates Class of 2024 as thousands march in events in Husky Stadium, the Tacoma Dome and T-Mobile Park
June 3, 2024

More than 7,000 Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ graduates of the Class of 2024 plan to participate in the June 8 ceremony for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Seattle. Officials expect about 40,000 family and friends to cheer the graduates from the Husky Stadium grandstands. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Tacoma will hold its commencement June 7; Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Bothell’s graduation ceremonies are June 9. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ President Ana…
AI headphones let wearer listen to a single person in a crowd, by looking at them just once
May 23, 2024

A Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ team has developed an artificial intelligence system that lets someone wearing headphones look at a person speaking for three to five seconds to “enrollâ€� them. The system then plays just the enrolled speaker’s voice in real time, even as the pair move around in noisy environments.
Navy Growler jet noise over Whidbey Island could impact 74,000 people’s health
May 9, 2024

As often as four days a week, Boeing EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island fly loops overhead as pilots practice touch-and-go landings. The noise is immense. New research from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ shows that the noise isn’t just disruptive — it presents a substantial risk to public health.
Video: Washington students learn about engineering at Discovery Days
May 3, 2024

This Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ College of Engineering event brings thousands of elementary and middle school students from all over Washington to campus to be engineers for a day.
Video: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ professor on ‘The Boys in the Boat,’ Nazi Germany and the 1936 Olympics
April 23, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5y-rBhtbd4 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…
Video: Admissions director answers six commonly asked questions about applying to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's Seattle campus
March 11, 2024

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.
Video: Predicting cherry tree bloom timing at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ
March 8, 2024

Cherry trees on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s Seattle campus are waking up and getting ready to say hello. For the 29 iconic Yoshino cherry trees in the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Quad, peak bloom will likely begin after March 20.
Video: Bringing stars back to the seaÂ
February 16, 2024

Scientists at Friday Harbor Laboratories, a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ facility in the San Juan Islands, are working to help sunflower stars — a type of sea star — grow and thrive once again after their populations along the West Coast were devastated by a mysterious disease called sea star wasting syndrome.
Video: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ football fans grateful for 'amazing' season
January 9, 2024

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…
Video: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Rorrer Lab seeks new life for plastic waste
January 2, 2024

At the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Rorrer Lab, Julie Rorrer, assistant professor of chemical engineering, is teaching students to explore ways to transform plastics into useful chemicals to make new plastic or fuel, shifting away from fossil fuel consumption and reducing waste plastics.
How will climate change affect how predators hunt prey? Two Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ professors teamed up to find out
December 19, 2023

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.
Holiday blahs? Why social connection, even talking to strangers, can help
December 12, 2023

Milla Titova, assistant teaching professor of psychology and director of the Happiness and Well-Being Lab at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, offers strategies for joy this holiday season.
Video highlights: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ News in 2023
December 1, 2023

This minute-long video is a glimpse at the video stories the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ News office produced in 2023, where Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ students, faculty and staff forged new connections and pushed boundaries for a better understanding of the world. Â
New research aims to reduce fatal bird collisions on campus
November 20, 2023

A project in the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ College of Built Environments, led by researcher Judy Bowes, is examining how building architecture contributes to bird collisions, and the ways bird-safe glass and other designs can help address the problem.
Video: Familiar ingredients make Afghan Food Guide easy to swallow
October 23, 2023

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…
Video: Highlights from Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ President’s annual address
October 12, 2023

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ President Ana Mari Cauce delivered her annual address to the community on Oct. 12. Highlights of the speech are reflected in this video. The audience was invited to attend the event remotely via livestream.
'From this day forward, you are a Husky': Incoming class welcomed at New Student Convocation
September 24, 2023

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ welcomed its incoming class and families on Sunday at the University’s 40th annual New Student Convocation.
Video: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ welcomes students to campus as thousands move into residence halls
September 20, 2023

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 8,500 students, including 78% of this year’s freshman class, are expected to move into Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ residence halls and apartments this week. Â
Video: New hives at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Farm welcome us to ‘bee curious’
September 7, 2023

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Farm welcomed an addition this spring: two bee hives in an apiary on the south side of the Center for Urban Horticulture. The hives will serve as a teaching tool for students who want to know more about agriculture and the function of pollinators in the ecosystem.
The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s Presidential Scholars — investing in tomorrow’s leaders
August 29, 2023

Each year, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ reviews thousands of applications from students who want to pursue their undergraduate studies at the state’s flagship university.
Q&A: As AI changes education, important conversations for kids still happen off-screen
August 16, 2023

Jason Yip, a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ associate professor in the Information School, discusses how parents and schools can adapt to new technologies in ways that support children's learning.
Thousands cheer on Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ graduates as more than 7,000 degrees conferred at Husky Stadium
June 10, 2023

More than 7,000 degrees were conferred to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ graduates Saturday at the 148th Commencement at Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium.
Video: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ School of Drama lead costumer retires after 15 years
June 8, 2023

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…
Video: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Architecture’s bench project turns an idea into an experience
June 7, 2023

In Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Architecture's Making and Meaning class, students built benches to learn about design and construction, and to create community.
DO-IT Center celebrates 30 years of championing students with disabilities, building community
May 17, 2023

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…
Video: What to wear? Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Libraries explores age-old question
May 15, 2023

Around the world, people begin each day by deciding what clothes to put on their bodies. A yearlong exhibit in the Allen Library explores a history of clothing and fashion, featuring a rotating selection of prints, books and artwork inspired by dress from the early 19th century to the present.
Video: Tiny, fierce hummingbirds are also an evolutionary delight for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, Burke researcher
April 27, 2023

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…
Awakening the canoe: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Canoe Family prepares for this summer’s Tribal Canoe Journey
April 24, 2023

Member of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Canoe Family have spent months carving traditional paddles using only hand tools, all in preparation for this summer's Tribal Canoe Journey.
National and local leaders convene at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ for discussion of CHIPS and Science Act, investing in scientific discovery
April 6, 2023

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…
Cherry blossoms get new visitors’ website, are on track for early April peak bloom
March 15, 2023

The cherry blossoms at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ campus are a seasonal tradition and celebration for the entire region. This year’s colder-than-usual spring is demanding a little more patience. Mark your calendars and plan your visit for a peak bloom expected in early April.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ law professor goes to music school, launches interdisciplinary Music Law & Policy class
March 7, 2023

Peter Nicolas, professor of law and adjunct professor of music at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, recently launched a new class. Music Law & Policy combines Nicolas' legal training with his growing academic interest in the study of music.
Video: Lummi Nation School students visit Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ to talk to International Space Station astronaut
February 17, 2023

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.
Hitting the snow with a new course on accessibility and disability justice
February 2, 2023

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…
Video highlights: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ News in 2022
December 14, 2022

The year 2022 saw the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ community coming together again with in-person classes, events and fascinating research that make videographers excited to hit “recordâ€� and share these scenes with you.
‘Good manners are good economics’: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s Anthony Gill on the value of giving
December 2, 2022

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ political science professor Anthony Gill explains the social and economic value of gift-giving — and how even unwanted gifts help promote trust and build relationships.
‘Everything that you need is already in you’: Supporting young women of color through the Sisterhood Initiative
November 28, 2022

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.
Bats are everywhere, but they get special attention around Halloween
October 27, 2022

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.
Video: Highlights from 2022 Annual President’s Address
October 21, 2022

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…
Video: Finding — and keeping — the perfect fit for a prosthetic leg
October 13, 2022

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…
Chamber Dance Company shifts focus, reimagines repertoire in return to stage
October 6, 2022

Comprised of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ graduate students, the Chamber Dance Company works to perform, record and archive dance works of artistic and historical significance. This year, the company will exclusively perform contemporary works created within the last 15 years.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s incoming class, one of the university’s largest and most diverse, welcomed at New Student Convocation
September 26, 2022

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ on Sunday held its 39th annual New Student Convocation, which returned to Alaska Airlines Arena, Hec Edmundson Pavilion, for the first time since 2019.
Video: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ welcomes students back to campus with move-in days
September 21, 2022
The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s campus again is bustling as students began moving into residence halls on Tuesday and will participate in annual fall activities for incoming undergraduates. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 10,000 students are expected to move into campus housing this week.
New Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Photonic Sensing Facility will use fiber-optic cables for seismic sensing, glaciology and more
August 17, 2022

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…
Video: Improvised Music Project Festival’s new format focuses on recording process
June 15, 2022

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
Is there snow in that tree? Citizen science helps unpack snow’s effect on summer water supplies
June 13, 2022

To investigate what happens to snow intercepted by trees, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researchers created a citizen science project called Snow Spotter.
Video: Classes of 2020, 2021 and 2022 honored in weekend graduation celebrations
June 12, 2022

On Saturday, for the first time since 2019, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ held in-person Commencement ceremonies at Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium where the University conferred degrees on the Class of 2022. On Sunday, it welcomed alumni from the 2020 and 2021 school years for a Return to Husky Stadium Graduation Celebration.
With EcoCAR, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ students experience post-COVID camaraderie under the hood of a hybrid vehicle
May 26, 2022

With the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ students modified a 2019 Chevrolet Blazer to use electrification, advanced propulsion systems and automated vehicle technology. It’s an opportunity for students — across four years — to take a car from design to a consumer-ready product.
Video: Alexes Harris draws attention to low representation of people of color in bone marrow registry
May 26, 2022

In 2016, Alexes Harris was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer. But a search for a bone marrow donor turned up only five matches, and none ended up being a donor. People of color are underrepresented in the bone marrow registry; according to Be The Match, the nation’s largest bone marrow registry, white people have…
Video: Experts collaborate to troubleshoot necessary fires and harmful smoke
May 24, 2022

Forest fire smoke can make you sick, and we're experiencing more them. In terms of public health, it seems logical to reduce forest fires to limit unhealthy air pollution, but forest managers are increasingly seeing prescribed burning as an essential tool to reduce explosive wildfires. How should we plan to deal with the impacts of…
Video: Rubbish is reborn as 'Trash Art' in unique contest
April 1, 2022

Bottle tops, face masks and dog hair — these are all items usually destined for the dumpster. But Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Recycling came up with a unique art contest that takes waste from garbage to gallery.
Video: New face mask guidance for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's 2022 spring quarter
March 30, 2022

With the start of spring quarter on March 28, face masks became optional — but still recommended — inside most Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ facilities. In light of the policy change, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ News spoke with several experts about what to expect on campus, how the current science and transmission rates inform our policy, and emotions and feelings we…
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ welcomes community to view cherry blossoms; peak bloom expected mid-March
March 10, 2022

The 29 cherry trees in the Quad usually reach peak bloom the third week of March, and this year is on track to meet that timing.
Multi-state study of monetary sanctions finds widespread inequities, far-reaching consequences
March 2, 2022

Alexes Harris, professor of sociology at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, discusses her team's five-year, eight-state study of legal financial obligations, and their findings that court-imposed fines and fees perpetuate inequality.
Faculty programs welcome most diverse cohort in recent Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ history
February 16, 2022

Angélica Amezcua never thought she’d achieve a doctoral degree, never mind landing a tenure-track job at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ. Raised in Mexico, she moved to California when she was 11, and she’s the first in her family to earn a Ph. D. She once believed that a career in academia was unattainable due to…
Video: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ News 2021 highlights
December 17, 2021

As the year draws to a close, we present highlights from video stories produced by Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ News during 2021 — a year where the COVID-19 pandemic continued to impact our lives.
Video: Modeling how debris affects buildings during a tsunami
December 13, 2021

Researchers are modeling how tsunami debris pushes on a building — either by hitting it or getting lodged on it and creating a dam. They are also looking for patterns in the way floating debris moves around and against rigid shapes. The information may help in designing buildings in coastal communities that can better withstand…
Video: Peer Health Educators help students meet life's challenges
December 9, 2021

Who do you talk to when you have a problem? For a student, it's most likely a friend. Because young people tend to talk first to someone in their peer group, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's LiveWell created a Peer Health Education program where trained students teach other students about taking care of themselves and each other.Â
Video: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ students build purifiers that can remove virus particles, other pollutants
November 22, 2021

A Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ class that normally is about air pollution has pivoted to focus on another airborne health hazard — coronavirus aerosols. As part of the class project, students are designing and building air purifiers and testing how effective they are.
Video: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ pauses to recognize those with military service
November 11, 2021

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's annual Veterans Day ceremony, held on Thursday at the Medal of Honor Memorial near Red Square, featured music by the Husky Marching Band and a formation of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) cadets.
Video: Standard time is better for us, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ expert says
November 4, 2021

On Sunday, Nov. 7 we switch from daylight saving time to standard time. A Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ expert in circadian rhythms says that’s a good thing.
Video: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Farm's Perry Acworth talks about pumpkins large and small
October 28, 2021

Perry Acworth, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Farm manager, talks about different varieties of winter squash — from the palm-sized pie pumpkin to Cucurbita maxima, which can produce giant pumpkins.
Video: Great ShakeOut drill tests new earthquake early warning system
October 28, 2021

At 10:21 a.m. on Oct. 21, teacher Wade Johnson's science class at Port Susan Middle School scrambled under their desks as part of the annual Great American ShakeOut. It was Stanwood Camano School District’s first live test of its earthquake early warning system with all 13 of its schools participating in a “Drop, Cover, and…
Video: Highlights from 2021 Annual President's Address
October 20, 2021

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ President Ana Mari Cauce delivered her 2021 annual address, sharing her perspective on the road ahead as we work together to recover from the pandemic and support equity and well-being for our community of faculty, staff and students.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Resilience Lab aims to change campus culture toward compassion and mindfulness
October 11, 2021

Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs Ed Taylor chats with Director of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Resilience Lab Megan Kennedy about how students, faculty and staff can create a more supportive, compassionate environment in which to learn and discover as the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ community comes back to the campuses and recovers from the traumas…