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Somali refugees hold meal cards outside a feeding center at an Ethiopian transit camp in September 2011. Severe drought in the Horn of Africa created serious food security issues for many people.UW's trees were used as one test of a computer model used to predict changes in peak bloom of Washington, DC, cherry trees depending on how much warming might occur.Electrical response overlaid on the inner aortic wall.Amanda Taylor, left, and Julie Stein, co-editors of "Is it a House?"An artist's conception depicts a multituberculate in its natural habitat at the time of the dinosaurs.Richard Zerbe

Food Security at Risk

Models underestimate future temperature variability

Early Bloomers

D.C. cherry trees won't wait in warming world

Mysteries of the Heart

Ferroelectric switching discovered for first time in soft biological tissue

Is It a House?

New book details archaeological excavations on San Juan Island

Competing with Dinosaurs

Highly complex teeth allowed mammals to flourish

Solving Economic Riddles

UW Professor untangles a 70 year old paradox

iSchool Professor Batya Friedman named 2012-13 University Faculty Lecturer

Batya Friedman

Batya Friedman, a professor in the University of Washington Information School, has been named University Faculty Lecturer for 2012-13. Chosen by a faculty committee led by Provost Ana Mari Cauce, Friedman is known for technology design that supports important human values. Read More…

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Gaydar automatic and more accurate for women's faces, psychologists find

Examples of faces used in the gaydar experiment.

After seeing faces for less than a blink of an eye, college students have accuracy greater than mere chance in judging others’ sexual orientation. Read More…

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Together We Make History!

1901 - Kincaid Research

In honor of our 150th anniversary, we are pleased to present a timeline of education and research at the UW. Take a tour of our beginnings from a small university of 30 students to the premier university we are today.

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