U-District social service providers aiding people experiencing homelessness are embracing Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s plan to rapidly expand shelter and emergency housing.

In January 2026, the Duwamish River Community Coalition (DRCC) and the UW Center for Disaster Resilient Communities (CDRC) released a report 18 months in the making regarding nature-based strategies ...

A new study published in Science Immunology in February 2026 suggests that women experience pain differently from men due to a key immune system response. Researchers have found a biological mechanism ...

Nestled between houses on the winding Northeast Ravenna Boulevard, Seven Coffee Roasters Market & Cafe sells roasted specialty coffee, grocery staples, and serves as a community gathering spot. The ...

The UW Concrete Canoe team is gearing up for the Regional Symposium. Its first competition of the season will be the Pacific Northwest Concrete Canoe Competition, taking place from April 10 to 12.

Helion’s technology is founded in nuclear fusion, which occurs when two atoms combine under intense heat and pressure and ...

Fear of large carnivores such as the grizzly bear is a valid and common sentiment — grizzly attacks can be aggressive and sometimes fatal. However, there is now an emotion that outweighs this fear for ...

Editor’s note: “What is [...]?” is a section-wide column that explores the STEM majors at UW and explains what they are. In this edition, contributing writer Becca Sylte-Riggers explores neuroscience.

Eleftheria Roumeli, a materials science and engineering associate professor, highlighted three challenges in the use of plastics that contribute to the urgent need for sustainable materials: excessive ...

The interdisciplinary American modernism movement that rose in the United States in the first half of the 20th century reflected sweeping cultural shifts and rapid industrialization and urbanization, ...

A complex suite of factors go into whether a mosquito chooses to bite you or the person next to you. Many people point to the idea that it comes down to blood type, but the science is more complicated ...

But that is exactly what the Washington men’s basketball team did Wednesday against USC in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament, winning 83-79 in overtime. With 59 seconds left in overtime, ...