L&S News  Tag: research

Chris Muir, an assistant professor in the Department of Botany, is part of a team that received a three-year $1.3 million award from the National Science Foundation.

Andrea Dutton’s unconventional road led her from majoring in music to becoming a prominent geochemist and field geologist in the scientific community.

Assistant Professor Aja Watkins examines the sciences through a philosophical lens.

In her first-person essay about her experience as an Undergraduate Research Scholar, L&S senior Corina Robinson shares her belief that research and creative practice need each other and says “the world does not move forward unless we have both.”

John Berry is a transition metal chemist. That means he experiments with elements in “the big middle part of the periodic table” that are able to bond with one another in strange and interesting ways, producing electronic properties that can initiate new types of chemistry—including in the field of catalysis.

From mushrooms to mildews, fungi form the webs of life. UW experts are working to expand our knowledge of their roles and powers.

Researchers at the UW’s School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences find innovative ways to improve our daily lives.

A new study led by sociology professor Michal Engelman, finds that Poor health — not aging itself — decreases older Americans’ likelihood of voting and that early and absentee voting can help people continue voting even when they experience health challenges.

Psychology graduate student, Katharine Scott intends to find the answer by focusing her research on a multitude of forces that lead to the creation and perpetuation of children’s biases and how to counteract them.