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‘FISH IS A LIVELIHOOD’

Working with tribal partners, UW grad student George Darkwah and team created a satellite-based tool to protect the salmon runs crucial to Washington state’s Native communities, ecosystem and economy.

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Power builder

From the UW’s Evans School of Public Policy & Governance to national racial-justice leadership, Marc Philpart is helping build a new future through the Black Freedom Fund.

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Life Goals

He was a soccer-loving kid from Wapato, Washington — and now Luis Carmona, ’17, ’22, works with the Seattle Sounders’ and Seattle Reign’s RAVE Foundation to give kids better access to play.

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From 'science fiction' to science reality

Better treatments for cancer and beyond are on the horizon thanks to the philanthropy-powered, AI-enabled work of the UW Institute for Protein Design.

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Huskies at the Winter Olympics

Celebrate the Huskies who will take the global stage at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games in Italy.

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News & events

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Environment

NASA selects UW-led teams for satellite missions

The satellite missions seek to better understand Earth and improve capabilities to foresee environmental events and mitigate disasters.

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UW and the Community

20 UW faculty members join new Research Impact Advocates program

The UW Office of Research’s new program helps faculty scientists engage and inspire the public about the benefits of research.

Meet the researchers

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Research

AI model rivals human experts

UW and Ai2 research team built OpenScholar, an open-source AI model designed specifically to synthesize current scientific research. In tests, OpenScholar cited sources as accurately as human experts.

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Fast Facts

Rankings

The UW is ranked as a top 10 value public college by the Princeton Review 2025.

Honors & awards

8 uw faculty have won the nobel prize