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- @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...
- Reposted by UW NewsMeet Dr. Estell Williams, an emergency surgeon, community builder, dedicated mentor and the University of Washington 2026 honoree for Black History Month!
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- 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...
- Reposted by UW NewsSEAHAWKS ARE GOING TO SUPER BOWL LX!!!! Seattle Seahawks beat the LA Rams, 31 - 27! Hopefully you got to follow along and catch each incredible play of this nail-biting game in real time, but if not then find the whole-game archive at: pnsn.org/data-researc...
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- Reposted by UW NewsRashid Shaheed got things started right away with an opening kickoff return touchdown, the 12s rocked the house, and the Seahawks never looked back! SEAHAWKS WIN 41-6 and move onto the NFC Championship Game! @seahawks @nfl
- "Individualized learning has its place. But decades of educational research is also clear that learning is a social endeavor at its core. Classrooms that privilege personalized AI chatbots overlook that fact," Niral Shah writes in @us.theconversation.com.
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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- 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...
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- The @agu.org honored five @uofwa.bsky.social faculty and researchers from the Earth and space sciences and atmospheric and climate science departments for their valuable research contributions.
- 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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- 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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- @agu.org honored five @uofwa.bsky.social faculty and researchers from the @uwess.bsky.social and atmospheric and climate science departments this week at the annual meeting in New Orleans.
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- 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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- 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...
- A new study from @uofwa.bsky.social reveals that traumatic events can significantly dampen organizational risk-taking.
- Reposted by UW NewsPlease check out the paper for our full results, and this nice press release put out by @uwnews.uw.edu! newsroom.uw.edu/news-release...
- 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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- 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. Video: www.washington.edu/news/2025/12...
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- A new tool has shown to mitigate political polarization on X by nudging antidemocratic and extremely negative partisan posts lower in a user’s feed. The tool has the potential to give users more say over what they see on social media.
- “The Memory of Darkness, Light and Ice,” follows scientists working with decades-old ice and sediment samples from Greenland to better understand long-term climate change. @uwenvironment.bsky.social professor Eric Steig is among the researchers featured.
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- 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...
- 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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- Reposted by UW NewsA heartfelt thank you to an anonymous donor for funding tuition for senior-year clinical rotations for @uofwa.bsky.social Medical Laboratory Science seniors — now and for decades to come. The educational program, which awards a Bachelor of Science degree, is offered by the @uwsom-wwami.bsky.social.
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- The @uofwa.bsky.social 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.
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- UW researchers discuss their study which surveyed 166 gamers about how video games sparked meaningful changes in their lives.
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- 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 hope that quantum dots can one day be useful for more than just illuminating TV screens.
- A statewide initiative to put more healthy, climate-friendly grains on people’s plates has received a $19 million boost, which will sustain every step in building a network from the field to the fork.
- @uwlaw.bsky.social 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 school.
- New @uofwa.bsky.social-led research attributes accelerated warming to reduced cloud reflectivity. As efforts to improve air quality have reduced pollution, clouds became less mirror-like, letting more solar radiation reach Earth and revealing the true impact of greenhouse gases.
- 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 new @uofwa.bsky.social-led study shows that space dust sandwiched between layers of sediment tells scientists where and when ice covered the Arctic, and what happened to marine life when it disappeared.
- As cuts to food assistance programs threaten to slash access to universal school meals, a new study led by the @uofwa.bsky.social finds another potential benefit to the programs: Students in participating schools were less likely to have high blood pressure
- A new study led by the @uofwa.bsky.social makes an important contribution, analyzing data from more than 20,000 births to find that pregnant people who are exposed to wildfire smoke are more likely to give birth prematurely.
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- 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...
- The 2025 Space Diplomacy Symposium at the @uofwa.bsky.social will be held on Nov. 9. The annual symposium, which brings together experts from across the world, aims to center diplomacy in civilian, commercial and military space activities.
- Reposted by UW NewsThe latest #GlobalHealth #Politics #Podcast episode is out. Listen to @uwnews.uw.edu Prof James Pfeiffer on #Debt, #Austerity & #Decolonization globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/epis... @kenworthy.bsky.social @akentikelenis.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social @billgates.bsky.social
- 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.
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- @uofwa.bsky.social researchers analyzed data collected in the decade following the Paris Agreement, an international treaty signed in 2015 to limit warming by cutting emissions.
- 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...
- 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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- 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...
- 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.
- One Ocean Week Seattle drew hundreds of people to Seattle to discuss marine ecosystems, the seafood industry and more. Participating UW researchers share highlights, connecting the week’s events to ongoing efforts to understand and protect marine ecosystems and coastal communities.
- Reposted by UW NewsThe Canopy Neurodiversity Foundation awarded a $15 million grant to the UW Information School to support the launch of the UW Institute for Neurodiversity and Employment. ischool.uw.edu/news/2025/10...
- Medicine isn’t just about finding the right therapies — it’s also about getting them to where in the body they’re needed. These new smart proteins can autonomously read bodily cues to zero in on the exact locations of diseases. @coledeforest.bsky.social
- 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...
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- Reposted by UW NewsOur article “Mitigation efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and meet the Paris Agreement have been offset by economic growth” www.nature.com/articles/s43..., w Jitong Jiang & Skylar Shi just published. See also the @uwnews.uw.edu release www.washington.edu/news/2025/10...
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- "Scary is subjective, yet certain films stand out for their ability to have you cowering in your seat." Ungsan Kim, assistant professor of Asian Cinema at the @uofwa.bsky.social, has some spooky recommendations for Halloween.
