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An earthquake warning in your hand

Rumblings started underground — and phones lit up. For the first time ever in Washington, ShakeAlert sent real-time warnings just seconds before the shaking began.

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#ResearchMakesAmerica

Solutions for a changing world

UW Engineering researchers turn environmental insight into tools for healthier communities: cleaner power, sustainable materials, resilient water, and disaster preparation and recovery.

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Engineering the Future

Equipped with her doctorate, recent grad Gizem Gökçe-Alpkılıç is using AI-powered tools to create proteins and solve global challenges, like drug-resistant infection.

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Going beyond

All three UW campuses have received the Carnegie Foundation’s Community Engagement Classification, recognizing the University’s deep and broad collaborations with our communities.

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News & events

Portrait of Mike Halperin and Jodi Green
Give to the UW

Gates Volunteer Service Award announced

The 2026 GVSA goes to Jodi Green and Mike Halperin, lifelong connectors and learners who champion the UW as a force for good. The award honors individuals whose long-term volunteer efforts of time, service and philanthropy have encouraged others to similarly support the UW.

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Washington Clean Energy Testbeds staff scientists fabricate battery electrodes by the meter using the state-of-the-art roll-to-roll coater in the new lab for pilot-scale pouch cell battery manufacturing.
Clean Energy Institute

The West Coast’s first open-access battery lab opens

Startups and researchers can now build prototype battery cells at industry scale at the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds.

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Research

UW researchers respond to recent concerns over AI risk

Five experts unpack recent reports of AI agents hacking systems and examine what the public should ask of the companies building these tools.

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Fast Facts

Did you know?

70% of UW seniors graduate with no known debt.

Rankings

The UW is ranked as a top 10 value public college by the Princeton Review 2025.