A Seattle lawyer sued Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna Thursday. The lawsuit is about McKenna's position on Obama's health care act. Retired UW law professor Robert Aronson is supporting the lawsuit as an expert witness.
Taso Lagos, program director for the Greece study-abroad program at the UW, writes in an op-ed about the advantages that social media provide for public dialogue.
It doesn't matter which side of the Apple Cup rivalry you're on: if you are a college student, you should expect to pay more for college in the fall.
A copyediting error appears to be responsible for critical features of the human brain that distinguish us from our closest primate kin, new research finds. Evan Eichler, professor of genome sciences, is quoted.
The Collective Intelligence conference at MIT was the first-ever interdisciplinary research conference on the subject. Kate Starbird, incoming assistant professor in human centered design and engineering, is quoted.
Two University of Washington students designed a bra called the "JoeyBra" that can hold your cell phone. We let Jesse buy it, who let the Rat City Roller Girls try it.
GeekWire Radio talks with Adam Bruckner, professor of aeronautics and astronautics, about space and our possible future in it.
The University of Washington and Seattle Parks and Recreation are looking for the vandals that destroyed newly planted exotic trees at the Arboretum.
Tuition is going up for all Washington State University students, and some are concerned that people are starting to get priced out of a college education. UW's expected tuition increase is noted.
Pianist Robin McCabe and violinist Maria Larionoff close out the University of Washington chamber series, "Barry Lieberman and Friends," with selections by Ravel, Mendelssohn and Saint-Saëns.
It's important to respect your elders, children are reminded. It seems that this goes for trees, too. James Lutz, research scientist in the College of the Environment, is quoted.
The moon will appear large in the sky Saturday night and Sunday morning, but that does not mean we're in for a slew of natural disasters.Seismologist John Vidale is quoted.
Digital hearing aids can do wonders for faded hearing, but other devices can help, too, as audio technology adds new options. Jay Rubinstein, director of the Virginia Merril Bloedel Hearing Research Center, is quoted.
Authorities say vandals have destroyed eight recently planted trees in Seattle's Washington Park Arboretum. UW and Seattle police are investigating the crime.
The closed Kimberly Clark mill has left a legacy of cancer-causing dioxin.David Eaton, a professor of environmental occupational health sciences, is quoted.
Internationally acclaimed video-and-sound artist Gary Hill, who has lived in Seattle since 1985, gets the grand treatment at Henry Art Gallery with a career retrospective titled "Gary Hill: glossodelic attractors."
A young Battle Ground photographer is building a campaign to build suicide awareness. James Mazza, professor of psychology, is quoted.
McKinstry is expanding its clean tech incubator program, adding an additional 18,000 square feet of space and a conference center at its facility in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood. The UW's New Ventures Facility is mentioned.
Fishermen who catch chinook salmon in the Salish Sea probably are not depriving killer whales of a meal, at least not to the extent that some people believed. Ray Hilborn, professor of aquatic and fishery sciences, is quoted.
Seattle has decided to end its experiments in neighborhood broadband. But it is putting energy into a project with the UW to use city assets for a small pocket of fast broadband, perhaps in South Lake Union.
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