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#UWinnovates

Fighting fire before it sparks

The entrepreneurial undergrads behind Voltair are harnessing drone technology to prevent wildfires from starting along rural power lines.

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#HuskyExperience

Pit Stop

Meet UW Formula Motorsports, the student group behind the wheel — and build — of an award-winning race car.

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#UWinnovates

From Classroom to
Cutting-Edge

Meet UW undergrad Samir Faruq, who’s getting hands-on research experience at the Institute for Protein Design to prepare for a career in medicine.

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#UWinnovates

Smart Attack

UW physician-scientist Jake Sunshine wants your watch to save your life. See how he’s making it happen.

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Be Boundless

News & events

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Husky Soccer

Huskies advance to the Sweet 16

For the second match running, Alex Buck finished a near full-field run off by hitting the back of the net, scoring the golden goal in Washington’s 1-0 overtime win over No. 4 Arkansas.

Tournament Central

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Giving

AI@UW to advance artificial intelligence and emerging technologies

A foundational $10 million gift from philanthropists Charles and Lisa Simonyi will establish a new initiative, AI@UW, to support the UW’s global leadership in advancing AI, machine learning and related areas of computing.

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UW and the Community

The UW embarks on new strategic planning process

The UW has launched an inclusive, community-informed process to develop a plan that will guide the University through 2030.

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Fast Facts

Honors & awards

8 uw faculty have won the nobel prize

Undergrad research

8000+ undergraduate students participate in at least one quarter of research.