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#UWinnovates

Fighting fire before it sparks

The entrepreneurial undergrads behind Voltair are harnessing drone technology to prevent wildfires from starting along rural power lines.

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#HuskyExperience

Pit Stop

Meet UW Formula Motorsports, the student group behind the wheel — and build — of an award-winning race car.

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#UWinnovates

From Classroom to
Cutting-Edge

Meet UW undergrad Samir Faruq, who’s getting hands-on research experience at the Institute for Protein Design to prepare for a career in medicine.

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#UWinnovates

Smart Attack

UW physician-scientist Jake Sunshine wants your watch to save your life. See how he’s making it happen.

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Be Boundless

News & events

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Husky Soccer

Huskies advance to the Elite Eight of NCAA Tournament

With one kick to keep the Huskies season alive, Lucy Newlin swung her left foot and sent her penalty into the right corner of goal, sending Washington past top-seed Virginia.

Tournament Central

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Giving

AI@UW to advance artificial intelligence and emerging technologies

A foundational $10 million gift from philanthropists Charles and Lisa Simonyi will establish a new initiative, AI@UW, to support the UW’s global leadership in advancing AI, machine learning and related areas of computing.

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UW and the Community

The UW embarks on new strategic planning process

The UW has launched an inclusive, community-informed process to develop a plan that will guide the University through 2030.

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Fast Facts

Honors & awards

8 uw faculty have won the nobel prize

Undergrad research

8000+ undergraduate students participate in at least one quarter of research.