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Secrets of the stars

How UW astronomers, the world’s largest survey telescope and a revolutionary new view of space will upend what we thought we knew about the universe.

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PARENTING IN PRISON

Through the Partnership for Healthy Parenting, UW Speech & Hearing Sciences faculty and students help incarcerated birth parents build strong relationships with their babies. 

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INCLUSION IN ACTION

The UW’s Haring Center for Inclusive Education helps schools create classrooms where students with a range of abilities learn and thrive together.

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COMING FULL CIRCLE

As a UW student and Alaska Native, Sherri Berdine, ’08, found support in the University’s Indigenous community. She now leads the way as UW director of tribal relations.

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News & Events

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Rankings

UW among top 20 in the world, No. 3 in US publics

The University of Washington is No. 18 in the world — and No. 3 among U.S. public universities — on the 2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities.

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UW and the Community

How to protect health in extreme heat

A team of UW researchers from the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and UW Medicine is leading collaborative research, creating new tools and building partnerships to help Washington and the Pacific Northwest get ready for a hotter future.

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Environment

UW-led research helps predict Northwest US wildfire severity

New research identifies a method to predict burn severity for future fires by looking at the relationship between fire size and patterns of burn damage.

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Fast Facts

Did you know?

There are nearly 300 specialized research centers at the UW.

Honors & Awards

7 uw faculty have won the nobel prize