UW recognized across all campuses with Carnegie Foundation Community Engagement reclassification
January 12, 2026
The University of Washington has again earned a prestigious recognition for the impact and importance of the connections faculty, students and staff have with local, regional and global communities.
Arboretum Foundation and UW Botanic Gardens unite after decades of partnership
January 9, 2026
The Arboretum Foundation and the University of Washington Botanic Gardens will combine operations under a single nonprofit organization: Seattle Botanic Gardens.
The vast majority of US rivers lack any protections from human activities, new research finds
January 9, 2026
Rivers cover more than 4 million miles of the U.S., but protections for rivers are piecemeal, accounting for less than 20% of total river length and varying widely by region, shows a new study co-led by the University of Washington.
UW researchers analyzed which anthologized writers and books get checked out the most from Seattle Public Library
January 8, 2026
UW researchers analyzed the checkout data from the last 20 years of the 93 authors included in the post-1945 volume of “The Norton Anthology of American Literature,” which is assigned in U.S. English classes more than any other anthology. Sci-fi was especially popular.
Jason Campbell named UW chief financial officer and senior vice president for finance, planning and budgeting
December 23, 2025
University of Washington President Robert J. Jones and Provost Tricia R. Serio announced that Jason Campbell will become the chief financial officer and senior vice president of finance, planning and budgeting effective Jan. 1.
ArtSci Roundup: January
December 22, 2025
Come curious. Leave inspired. For those near and far, we invite you to start the year with us through a range of events, performances, exhibitions, podcasts, and more. In addition, sign up to receive a monthly notice when the ArtSci Roundup has been published. ArtSci On Your Own Time Podcast: Frequencies: The Henry’s Audio Companion (Henry…
AGU recognizes five UW researchers in the College of the Environment
December 19, 2025
The American Geophysical Union honored five University of Washington faculty and researchers from the departments of Earth and space sciences and atmospheric and climate science this week for their valuable researcher contributions.
Saturn’s biggest moon might not have a global ocean — but the search for life isn’t over
December 17, 2025
More than a decade ago, data from the Cassini mission to Saturn suggested that the planet's largest moon, Titan, had a vast ocean of liquid water below its frozen surface. In a new study, UW researchers teamed up with NASA scientists to show that the interior is likely composed of slushy layers instead.
Q&A: From 'mongoose-like' to lions, tigers and bears (oh my) — how changes in Earth's climate shaped carnivorans
December 16, 2025
New research led by the University of Washington suggests that two different climate transitions millions of years ago fueled the diversification of carnivoran body plans.
Video: Drivers struggle to multitask when using dashboard touch screens, study finds
December 16, 2025
New research from the UW and the Toyota Research Institute explores how drivers trade off between cognitive tasks, driving and using the vehicle's touch screen. Researchers placed participants in a driving simulator and had them complete memory tests while interacting with the simulator’s touch screen.
Households using more of the most popular WIC food benefits stay in the program longer, UW study finds
December 15, 2025
The WIC program provides families food in specific categories. New research finds that households who redeem more of their benefits in the most popular food categories are more likely to remain in the program long-term.
AI can pick up cultural values by mimicking how kids learn
December 11, 2025
A new University of Washington study suggests that AI could learn cultural values by observing human behavior, similar to how children learn by watching and interacting with adults. Researchers had AI systems observe two cultural groups playing a video game. The AI systems were able to learn each group’s degree of altruism and apply this…
Social media highlights: UW News 2025
December 10, 2025
This year, the UW News social media team shared stories from the University of Washington community with reporters, news outlets and our social media followers. We also promoted special events happening around campus. Here are some of favorite moments from 2025. Welcome President Jones! The Board of Regents named Robert J. Jones the 34th President…
AI headphones automatically learn who you’re talking to — and let you hear them better
December 9, 2025
Researchers at the UW have developed AI-powered headphones that automatically isolate conversation partners in a noisy soundscape. The system employs AI models that listen for the back-and-forth pattern of conversation and mute voices that aren’t following the established rhythm.
Video: The UW's 2025 storytelling highlights
December 3, 2025
Choosing highlights from 2025 for a video roundup is a tough task. UW video producers meet students, faculty and community members during some of the most exciting moments of their lives — from earning a degree to finding answers that will impact the world.
Social media research tool can reduce polarization — it could also lead to more user control over algorithms
December 3, 2025
A web-based method was shown to mitigate political polarization on X by nudging antidemocratic and extremely negative partisan posts lower in a user’s feed. The tool, which is independent of the platform, has the potential to give users more say over what they see on social media.
Los Angeles wildfires prompted significantly more virtual medical visits, UW-led research finds
November 26, 2025
Research led by the University of Washington and Kaiser Permanente Southern California sheds new light on how the 2025 Los Angeles fires affected people’s health, and how people navigated the health care system during an emergency.
Counting salmon is a breeze with airborne eDNA
November 26, 2025
In a new study, University of Washington researchers collected salmon DNA in air filters near a stream, showing that eDNA can move between air and water, a possibility scientists hadn’t accounted for that opens new avenues for monitoring aquatic species.
In a new documentary, UW researchers investigate when Greenland was ice-free
November 25, 2025
“The Memory of Darkness, Light and Ice” — a documentary film featuring Eric Steig, a UW professor of Earth and space sciences — tells the story of a U.S. military and research base established in Greenland during the Cold War, and how the samples collected there are driving modern climate science. The film is now…
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list includes 56 UW faculty and researchers
November 25, 2025
The University of Washington is proud to announce that 56 faculty and researchers who completed their work while at UW have been named on the Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list from Clarivate.