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Two dancers performing with their arms outstretched

Tue, 01/21/2025 | College of Arts & Sciences

From dancer to doctor

Tessa Olmstead, now a third-year medical resident, appreciates lessons learned as an undergraduate studying dance and bioengineering at the UW.

A closeup of four, colorful microchips

Thu, 01/16/2025 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering

The future of chips

Electrical and computer engineering researchers are designing next-generation microchips for smartphones and microwave ovens to satellites and supersonic jets.

Group photo of Chemical Engineering students

Tue, 01/14/2025 | UW News

Contextualizing research

Assistant teaching professor Alex Prybutok shares how she adds the context behind the science in her chemical engineering courses.

Not Afraid of Falling at the Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering.

Fri, 01/10/2025

No fear here

Not Afraid of Falling, the whimsical new art installation in the Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering, is layered with metaphor, meaning — and a bit of magic.

An illustration of Daniel J. Evans in the foreground with a forest and mountain in the background.

Wed, 01/08/2025 | UW Magazine

Dan Evans: A life of reason

The civil and environmental engineering alumnus bettered the world as a senator, governor, community-college builder and champion of the environment.

Max Parsons headshot

Mon, 01/06/2025 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering

Quantum tech, research and education

As director of the Quantum Technologies Training and Testbed Lab, Max Parsons provides opportunities for students to gain hands-on experience exploring quantum phenomena.

Jack Grimm standing behind ion-beam scanning electron microscope

Thu, 01/02/2025 | UW News

How tooth enamel changes with age

By looking at individual atoms in tooth enamel, UW and PNNL researchers are learning what happens to our teeth as we age.

Illustration of a faceless figure in a suit with floating symbols and speech bubbles.

Mon, 12/30/2024 | UW Mechanical Engineering

Variational preference learning

Allen School Assistant Professor Natasha Jaques discusses her team's method for training AI systems that predict users’ preferences as they interact with the system, then tailor outputs accordingly.

Jaelynn Hunt-Osburn and Maelynn Dank hold a switch-adapted toy that looks like a snow globe.

Thu, 12/26/2024 | UW Mechanical Engineering

Adapting toys for families

The student group HuskyADAPT’s toy adaptation events provide accessible toys to families and equip students with engineering skills.

Daniel Alex headshot

Mon, 12/23/2024 | UW Aeronautics & Astronautics

Breaking through plasma's chaos

Ph.D. student Daniel Alex's research tackles one of fusion energy's greatest challenges: the unpredictable behavior of plasma itself.