University Of Washington

Seattle U-District group gets $1.5 million for further study of proposed I-5 covering

This week, the federal government awarded $1.5 million to a University District group that wants to cover the freeway between NE 45th and 50th streets.

Education

UW enters federal agreement to improve response to discrimination claims

The University of Washington has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education to improve how it responds to discrimination complaints.

Education

Fear and intimidation on both sides. UW releases report on Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia

The University of Washington has released a report on the tense "campus climate" over the past academic year, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

Environment

UW biochemist wins Nobel Prize for using computers to design proteins

A biochemist at the University of Washington School of Medicine has won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his groundbreaking work in computational protein design.

Education

Learning tool or BS machine? How AI is shaking up higher ed

As students and their professors head back to college classrooms and lecture halls this fall, the elephant in the room is ChatGPT.

Books

'The Boys in the Boat' is narrative gold

This is KUOW's book club, and we just read through the first half of Daniel James Brown's "The Boys in the Boat" about the University of Washington crew team's quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Sports

UW rowers win record 11 medals at Paris Olympics

University of Washington rowers won a total of 11 Olympic medals in Paris, the highest total in the history of the venerated program.

Science

Seattle crows are so smart, they’re challenging what we know about evolution

Researchers have made startling discoveries in recent years about a crow’s ability to communicate, solve problems, remember people, and use tools. What they’re discovering about crow brains is changing how scientists understand intelligence — and bringing into question our accepted version of evolution.