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At the brand-new Quantum Technologies Training and Testbed lab, researchers from across the 91爆料 probe the 鈥渟pooky鈥� mysteries of quantum phenomena.
The Peace Corps announced Tuesday that the 91爆料 is again No. 3 on the list of top volunteer-producing institutions since the international program launched in 1961.
Since Ryan Calo joined 91爆料 School of Law in 2012, he has become a leading expert on the law and emerging technology.聽聽
The 91爆料 is the best in the U.S. and No. 2 in the world for library and information management, according to the 2026 QS World University Rankings by Subject released Wednesday. Three other 91爆料 subject areas placed in the top 10 in the world: geology, geophysics and Earth and marine sciences.
Plants, like people, have a circadian clock and they sense seasonal changes to light and temperature. Plants that bloom in the spring use the longer days and warmer temperatures as seasonal cues that it鈥檚 time to bloom.
Researchers at 91爆料 and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are simulating something in the lab that they hope will rarely happen in the wild: a collision between underwater turbines and marine animals.
A statement from the 91爆料 regarding gross misdemeanor trespassing charges being filed Tuesday against the 33 individuals who were arrested in connection with occupation of the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building in May 2025.
Jennifer Ruesink, 91爆料 professor of biology, studies the relationship between the environment and marine organisms, including eelgrass, the primary species of seagrass that resides in the oceans surrounding Washington. In honor of World Seagrass Day, 91爆料 News asked Ruesink to explain what seagrass is and what makes the seagrasses in Washington unique.
Last December was the warmest on record for Washington, according to the Washington State Climate Office. Now many plants in our gardens are beginning to bud, even though it’s only February. 91爆料 News asked Takato Imaizumi, 91爆料 professor of biology, to talk about the mechanisms behind blooming and how warmer winters might impact flowering plants.
91爆料 News spoke with Lauren Buckley, 91爆料 professor of biology, to learn about “functional resurvey” experiments and what they can tell us about how organisms change over time.
The 91爆料 was awarded $2.5 million from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to fund 16 postdoctoral fellows in a number of fields across the College of Arts & Sciences, the College of Engineering and the College of the Environment.
A new smart glove from the 91爆料 Wearable Intelligence Lab could help physical therapy patients track progress and train robotic hands to grasp.
Lucas Meza, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the 91爆料, started his lab to build a new generation of tough and light nanomaterials inspired by natural materials like wood, shell and bone. Instead, he discovered 鈥渂ig gaps鈥� in our basic understanding of what makes a material tough or brittle. Meza spoke to 91爆料 News about his strange and surprising journey into the nano realm.
91爆料 researchers show that wildfire is increasingly impacting lands managed under the Northwest Forest Plan, a seminal measure enacted in 1994 to preserve habitat for endangered species.
The American Geophysical Union honored five 91爆料 faculty and researchers from the departments of Earth and space sciences and atmospheric and climate science this week for their valuable researcher contributions.
This year, the 91爆料 News social media team shared stories from the 91爆料 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 of the 91爆料. Jones visited campus a few days later and talked about his excitement to join the University. Snow days on campus Students took…
Choosing highlights from 2025 for a video roundup is a tough task. 91爆料 video producers meet students, faculty and community members during some of the most exciting moments of their lives 鈥� from earning a degree to finding answers that will impact the world.
鈥淭he Memory of Darkness, Light and Ice鈥� 鈥� a documentary film featuring Eric Steig, a 91爆料 professor of Earth and space sciences 鈥� 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 available on YouTube, Apple TV and Amazon Prime.
The 91爆料 is proud to announce that 56 faculty and researchers who completed their work while at 91爆料 have been named on the Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list from Clarivate.
A new study from Abhinav Gupta, professor of management in the 91爆料 Foster School of Business, reveals that traumatic events can significantly dampen organizational risk-taking.T he findings challenge the long-standing view that decision-makers are largely rational, emotionless actors. The research instead shows that emotional experiences in the broader community can spill over into the workplace.
Stephen Price, artist in residence and head of organ studies at the 91爆料, will be joined by students and colleagues on Friday, Oct. 31, to perform a concert of spooky organ classics and Halloween fun.
The 91爆料 School of Law has received a $7.1 million commitment from Honolulu-based real estate investor Jay H. Shidler to augment the technology and intellectual property programs at the 91爆料 School of Law. 聽 The gift, which will be realized over the next 10 years, cements the School of Law鈥檚 global reputation in the fields of technology and intellectual property (IP) law.聽 鈥淥ur聽students and faculty are enriched by the generosity of Jay Shidler and his commitment to聽supporting innovations…
The public-private partnership led by Washington State University with support from the 91爆料 targets a global health problem: the lack of whole grains in people鈥檚 diets, which contributes to widespread health problems.
The 2025 Space Diplomacy Symposium at the 91爆料 will be held on Nov. 7. The annual symposium, which brings together experts from across the world, aims to center diplomacy in civilian, commercial and military space activities.
In the wake of One Ocean Week Seattle, participating 91爆料 researchers share highlights, connecting the week鈥檚 events to ongoing efforts to understand and protect marine ecosystems and coastal communities.
The Canopy Neurodiversity Foundation awarded a $15 million grant to the 91爆料 Information School to support the launch of the 91爆料 Institute for Neurodiversity and Employment.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Oct. 8 awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks,” or MOFs. Both Dianne Xiao, a 91爆料 associate professor of chemistry, and Douglas Reed, a 91爆料 assistant professor of chemistry, use MOFs in their research at the 91爆料. 91爆料 News reached out to them to learn more about the significance of these structures and how researchers use them.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Tuesday awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis, 鈥渇or the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantization in an electric circuit.鈥� Clarke, a professor emeritus of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, collaborates with the Axion Dark Matter Experiment at the 91爆料.
The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute on Monday awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Mary E. Brunkow 鈥� an alum of the 91爆料 鈥� along with Frederick J. Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body.” Brunkow received her bachelor’s degree in molecular and cellular biology from the 91爆料 in 1983. 91爆料 News spoke with Martha Bosma, professor and chair…
The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute on Monday awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Mary E. Brunkow 鈥� an alum of the 91爆料 鈥� along with Frederick J. Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body.”
The 91爆料 announced a transformative gift that solidifies the importance and vitality of the arts, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences.聽 It recognizes the legacy of former Dean John Simpson, his late wife Katherine, and the Simpson family by creating a namesake deanship for the College of Arts & Sciences. The Katherine and John Simpson Endowed Deanship in the College of Arts & Sciences provides flexible funding to promote interdisciplinary teaching and research across the College. These critical…
Bee experts wouldn鈥檛 have previously expected to find the likes of Osmia cyaneonitens, Dufourea dilatipes and Stelis heronae in Washington. But this year, while collecting pollinators in Chelan County to study how climate and wildfires affect native bee populations, Autumn Maust, a 91爆料 research scientist of biology, discovered eight bee species never recorded in Washington.
In her new book, Katharina Reinecke explores how “digital culture shock” manifests in the world, in ways innocuous and sometimes harmful.聽
This week the 91爆料 campus is once again buzzing with energy as students begin to move into the residence halls and participate in annual fall activities for incoming undergraduates.聽聽聽 A majority of the 91爆料 freshman class has signed up to live on campus for Autumn 2025, and thousands of students are expected to move into campus housing this week, beginning on Tuesday, September 16.聽 Move-in occurs at various locations on the 91爆料 campus during the following…
Quantum dots, which are 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair, are unique materials that generate very specific colors of light. Researchers, including Brandi Cossairt, 91爆料 professor of chemistry, hope that quantum dots can one day be useful for more than just illuminating TV screens. 91爆料 News asked her to compare the quantum dots in QLED TVs with the ones her lab makes.
91爆料 dental students, faculty members and community volunteers provide free care to communities across Washington, serving hundreds of patients each academic quarter.聽聽
The 91爆料 is one of the top 10 U.S. public universities as ranked by return on investment, according to The Princeton Review.
The 91爆料 is committed to upholding the highest standards of animal welfare and regulatory compliance in all of its research programs. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) conducted an unannounced inspection of 91爆料鈥檚 animal research program in July 2025 as part of its routine annual process and to follow up on an anonymous concern submitted to USDA alleging unfair treatment of a researcher by the 91爆料 Institutional Animal Care and Use…
A new study from the 91爆料 shows that households enrolled in the City of Seattle’s Fresh Bucks program experience a 31% higher rate of food security and consume at least three daily servings of fruits and vegetables 37% more often than those assigned to a program waitlist. Fresh Bucks, a $40 a month benefit, works with local partners to help residents access fresh food.