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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 29/04/2026

Explore recent research from the @uofwa.uw.edu: how sunbirds sip nectar through straw-like tongues, why the Seattle Fault might not pose as great a risk as previously thought, how to gauge landslide dam risk in the PNW and more. www.washington.edu/news/2026/04...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 27/04/2026

Scientists at the @uofwa.uw.edu have discovered a new ancient rodent-like species 🐭🌿 Named Cimolodon desosai, it was about the size of a golden hamster, lived both on the ground and in trees, and likely feasted on fruits and insects. www.washington.edu/news/2026/04...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 21/04/2026

@uofwa.uw.edu physicists David Hertzog and Peter Kammel helped an international team win the 2026 Breakthrough Prize for Fundamental Physics for decades of research on the muon, a particle with unusual properties that could point to new physics. www.washington.edu/news/2026/04...

David Hertzog stands in front of a machine

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 20/04/2026

Unfortunately for science fiction fans, desert worlds outside our solar system are unlikely to host life, according to new research from @uofwa.uw.edu. www.washington.edu/news/2026/04...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 15/04/2026

@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social named @uofwa.uw.edu Claire Willing a 2026 Early Career Fellow. Willing, @uw-sefs.bsky.social, studies fungal ecology, looking at how fungi are evolving and supporting plant communities as the climate changes. www.washington.edu/news/2026/04...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 14/04/2026

@rcalo.bsky.social newest book, “Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach,” published late last year, is a guide to a legal analysis of regulation and technology. www.washington.edu/news/2026/03...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 09/04/2026

New discoveries from the @vrubinobs.bsky.social are reshaping our view of the solar system. Using early data from the Simonyi Survey Telescope, scientists have identified 11,000+ new asteroids. Software from @uofwa.uw.edu DiRAC helped power these findings. www.washington.edu/news/2026/04...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 07/04/2026

The @uofwa.uw.edu graduate and professional degree programs again were recognized as among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best Graduate Schools released late Monday. www.washington.edu/news/2026/04...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 06/04/2026

New evidence suggests that a disease-causing tapeworm that has been spreading across the U.S. and Canada has arrived in the Pacific Northwest. The tapeworm, called Echinococcus multilocularis, was found in one-third of coyotes surveyed from the Puget Sound region. www.washington.edu/news/2026/04...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 01/04/2026

Cheryl Wright-Wilson and Raymond Wilson have made a bequest of more than $8M to be shared among the College of Education, the School of Pharmacy and UW Medicine’s BRaIN Laboratory. The gift will add scholarships, expand access and support cutting-edge research. www.washington.edu/news/2026/03...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 31/03/2026

From ocean depths to tennis courts 🎾🌊 @uofwa.uw.edu researchers uncover new insights on nautilus habitats, carbon-negative courts and marine life response to changing temperatures. www.washington.edu/news/2026/03...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 27/03/2026

Forest thinning in Washington’s Cascades could help tackle two climate challenges at once. 🌲❄️ New UW research shows strategic thinning can boost snowpack up to 30% while reducing wildfire risk. www.washington.edu/news/2026/03...

A person sets up a drone in the snow for research

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 25/03/2026

Indigenous people in the U.S. face a higher risk of fatal police violence near American Indian/Alaska Native reservations, per a first-of-its-kind national study. About 73% of AIAN people killed by police voice were on or within 10 miles of a reservation. www.washington.edu/news/2026/03...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 23/03/2026

An oddly-behaving star led two @uofwa.uw.edu astronomers to capture rare evidence of a collision between two planets in a distant solar system. The discovery could aid scientists in their search for worlds similar to our own. www.washington.edu/news/2026/03...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 20/03/2026

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’s time to bloom. www.washington.edu/news/2026/03...

Cherry blossom trees in front of a building on a college campus

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 18/03/2026

Ravens aren’t following wolves to kill sites, they’re using memory to find food. New research co-led by @uofwa.uw.edu shows ravens map and revisit areas where wolf kills are most likely, sometimes flying more than 150 km to check for a meal. More: www.washington.edu/news/2026/03...

Ravens fly above a pack of wolves in the snow

Ravens fly around a pack of wolves at a kill site

Researchers apply a tracking device to a raven

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 17/03/2026

Marine energy — power harvested from tides, waves and currents — has enormous potential as a clean, renewable resource. But more information is needed about how commercial installations of underwater turbines or power-generating buoys could affect marine wildlife. www.washington.edu/news/2026/03...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 04/03/2026

Forest managers in the eastern Cascades selectively thin forests to promote wildfire resilience. New research from the @uofwa.uw.edu shows that the same process can also increase seasonal snowpack, providing some relief to drought-prone areas throughout central WA www.washington.edu/news/2026/03...

Snow covered mountains with evergreen trees

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 03/03/2026

A team led by @uofwa.uw.edu researchers has created DopFone, a system that uses an off-the-shelf smartphone’s existing speaker and microphone to accurately estimate fetal heart rate. www.washington.edu/news/2026/02...

An illustration of a phone on a pregnant stomach.

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 26/02/2026

@vrubinobs.bsky.social has issued its first real-time alerts of changes in the night sky. The ultrafast alerting system, developed at @uofwa.uw.edu will eventually detect up to seven million changes in the cosmos every night and notify scientists around the world. www.washington.edu/news/2026/02...

Rubin Observatory at night with the Milky Way

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 12/02/2026

The Olympics aren’t just about medals. 🥇🌍 A new course taught by Kyle Haddad-Fonda, lecturer of history at @uofwa.uw.edu, explores how the Games have shaped global politics, identity and power for nearly 130 years. www.washington.edu/news/2026/02...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 10/02/2026

This is the Egg Nebula seen in a whole new way. 🥚✨ New image-processing techniques revealed this latest look, built from NASA/ESA Hubble data captured in 2009. Bruce Balick, @uofwa.uw.edu professor emeritus of astronomy, led the original research. esahubble.org/news/heic2604/

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 05/02/2026

@uofwa.uw.edu was awarded $2.5 million from the @moorefound.bsky.social to fund 16 postdoctoral fellows in a number of fields across the @uwartsci.bsky.social, the College of Engineering and the @uwenvironment.bsky.social. www.washington.edu/news/2026/02...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 27/01/2026

A new smart glove from the UW Wearable Intelligence Lab can “feel” using an electronic sense of touch. The project is a collaboration with MIT’s Computational Design and Fabrication Group and Multisensory Intelligence Lab. www.washington.edu/news/2026/01...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 14/01/2026

New research led by the @uofwa.bsky.social suggests that two different climate transitions millions of years ago fueled the diversification of carnivoran body plans. www.washington.edu/news/2025/12...

A mongoose stands alert on dirt and grass, gazing forward. It has brown speckled fur, a pink nose, and alert eyes. The background is blurred with green vegetation.

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 13/01/2026

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 @uofwa.bsky.social www.washington.edu/news/2026/01...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 12/01/2026

UW has been recognized by the Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement, signaling the university's commitment to community engagement efforts on campus and with community partners. #CarnegieCE2026 www.washington.edu/news/2026/01...

Cherry blossoms on UW Seattle campus, fall colors on UW Bothell campus and a staircase on UW Tacoma campus

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 09/01/2026

The Arboretum Foundation and the University of Washington Botanic Gardens will combine operations under a single nonprofit organization: Seattle Botanic Gardens. www.washington.edu/news/2026/01...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 08/01/2026

Previous data from the Cassini mission to Saturn suggested that the planet’s largest moon, Titan, had an ocean of liquid water below its frozen surface. In a new study, UW researchers show that the interior is likely composed of slushy layers instead. www.washington.edu/news/2025/12...

Six images of Titan are arranged in two rows against a black backdrop.

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 06/01/2026

UW researchers 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 rhythm. www.washington.edu/news/2025/12...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 05/01/2026

A UW study had people work with LLMs to pick candidates for jobs, from computer systems analyst to nurse practitioner. Without suggestions, participants’ choices exhibited little bias. But when provided with recommendations, participants mirrored the AI’s biases. www.washington.edu/news/2025/11...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 17/12/2025

The waters bordering North America could soon be inhospitable to critical marine creatures if the Northeastern Pacific Ocean continues to acidify at the current rate, a new study shows. More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/11...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 15/12/2025

Let’s get one thing out of the way: All hummingbirds fight. Most species fight for food, using their tiny bodies and sharp bills to force competitors away from flowers. But the green hermit hummingbird fights to win a mate. More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/11...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 10/12/2025

Emily Levesque, @uofwa.bsky.social astronomy, spoke with @king5news.com.web.brid.gy about the biggest and best discoveries to come from the James Webb Space Telescope this past year. Story: www.king5.com/article/weat...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 04/12/2025

During last fall’s salmon run @uwenvironment.bsky.social collected salmon environmental DNA from the air along Issaquah Creek. Combined with visual counts from the salmon hatchery, the eDNA allowed researchers to track salmon numbers during the fall migration. More www.washington.edu/news/2025/11...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 03/12/2025

Research from @uofwa.bsky.social & Kaiser Permanente Southern California sheds new light on how the 2025 LA fires affected people’s health. The results suggest that people may rely more heavily on virtual health care during climate-related emergencies. More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/11...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 26/11/2025

Over 600 years ago, a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the northeastern Caribbean. Flooding scattered coral boulder across the island. These skeletons hold clues about tsunami history. More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/10...

A person rests their hand on a coral skeleton.

A person examins a large coral skeleton.

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 24/11/2025

Bee experts wouldn’t have previously expected to find the likes of Osmia cyaneonitens, Dufourea dilatipes and Stelis heronae in Washington. But this year, researchers added eight new bee species to a list of the state’s native pollinators. More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 21/11/2025

Analysis of data from the Cassini space probe has identified organic compounds within jets of water ice erupting from Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Some of the compounds have never before been identified on another world beyond Earth. More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/10...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 11/11/2025

This year's Distinguished Alumni Veteran Awardee is Elizabeth Bridges, ’91, ’98, U.S. Air Force.

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 11/11/2025

Today the @UW honored those who have served and sacrificed as members of the United States armed forces. Images from the #Veterans Day ceremony:

A serious woman with her hand on her heart and an American flag in the foreground.

A man in uniform is placing a large flower covered wreath on a stand in a plaza.

An American flag on a pole waves in the wind against a blue sky.

We look past the back of a speaker at a podium to a crowd of seated people listening.

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 05/11/2025

Researchers at the @uofwa.bsky.social have created a recyclable, flexible and self-healing composite material that could replace traditional circuit boards in future generations of wearable electronics. More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/10...

Monochromatic close-up shows rough texture

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 03/11/2025

There was a UW Women’s Basketball team all the way back in 1899!? And if you’re wondering whether the uniforms were comfortable… they weren’t. 😅 Safe to say today’s gear is an upgrade.

A vintage photo shows nine young women in dark dresses, posed with a basketball on a patterned rug. Some stand, others sit, in front of a decorative backdrop and window. The image is framed with a dark border.

A team photo of the Washington Huskies women's basketball team, featuring players in purple jerseys. A husky dog with a 'W' bandana sits at the center with a basketball. Players are flashing the 'W' hand sign.

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 31/10/2025

Total enrollment is up across all three @uofwa.bsky.social campuses for the 2025-26 academic year, according to the annual census count released this month. More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/10...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 31/10/2025

Stephen Price, artist in residence and head of organ studies at the University of Washington, will be joined by students and colleagues on Friday, Oct. 31, to perform a concert of spooky organ classics and Halloween fun. More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/10...

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 30/10/2025

Halloween debate: Are Asian horror films scarier? “We shouldn’t underestimate the cultural and historical particularities,” Ungsan Kim, an assistant professor of Asian cinema at the @uofwa.bsky.social said. "Audience reception differs by context." More: nwasianweekly.com/2025/10/hall...

Professor Kim gives a lecture in front of a screen showing skeletons

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 29/10/2025

In a recent study, @uofwa.bsky.social researchers demonstrated that octopuses use the sensitive suckers on their many arms to track down food by “tasting” airborne flavor molecules. This is the first observation of octopuses using this technique, captured in this spooky time lapse photo.

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 22/10/2025

Some more photos of the coral boulders on Anegada, the northernmost of the British Virgin Islands.

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 20/10/2025

Over 600 years ago, a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the northeastern Caribbean. Flooding scattered coral boulder across the island. The corals died but their skeletons remain. Scientists are learning that these skeletons hold clues about tsunami history. www.washington.edu/news/2025/10...

A person stands next to the skeletal remains of a coral boulder.

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 08/10/2025

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