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- Are you curious what your eyes reveal about your risk of Alzheimer’s?
- Do you know what your car’s worn tires mean for coho salmon?
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Featured stories in the latest issue
Ticking off the ticks
UW graduate student Alex Eisen developed the Tick Dashboard to alert hikers in Washington to the pests’ presence. Now you and other citizen scientists can help keep that tracker ticking.
Three degrees at age 21 — and he’s just getting started
As an undergrad, Bellevue-raised Omeed Yazdani conducted cancer research and founded a nonprofit to provide prosthetics devices to children in underserved communities. Now he’s headed to medical school — proving what’s possible with purpose and a Husky spirit.
Breaking ballpark barriers
UW alums Angie Mentink, who studied communication, and Melissa Robertson, who studied law, have broken new ground in high-profile positions with the Seattle Mariners.