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Underrepresented college students benefit more from ‘active learning’ techniques in STEM courses
A new study by researchers, Ellie Theobald and Scott Freeman, at the University of Washington shows that...Read more
Climate change at Mount Rainier expected to increase ‘mismatch’ between visitors and iconic wildflowers
Without cuts to our carbon emissions, by the end of this century, scientists expect that snow...Read more
Carl Bergstrom, biology professor, has been busy working to raise awareness of the importance of accurate and reliable information regarding the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
Together with independent...Read more
Deborah Giles, research scientist for Sam Wasser's University of Washington Center for Conservation Biology, was featured in the Seattle Times article "What killed hundreds of mighty gray whales?...Read more
Horacio de la Iglesia and Gideon Dunster's research is featured in the Altmetric Top 100. Read the original paper ...Read more
The Indianapolis Zoo today announced six finalists for the $250,000 Indianapolis Prize, one of the leading animal conservation awards in the world. These finalists are recognized as among those...Read more
Carl Bergstrom, biology faculty, was recently interviewed on an episode of NPR's All Things Considered "Troll Watch: Misinformation about the Coronavirus."
The disease caused by coronavirus has killed more...Read more
“Insidious confusion” is a useful shorthand for how experts say disinformation about coronavirus is mutating and spreading faster than the outbreak itself. University of Washington researchers ...Read more
Without their keen sense of smell, mosquitoes wouldn’t get very far. They rely on this sense to find a host to bite and spots to lay eggs.
And without that...Read more