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- Are you curious what your eyes reveal about your risk of Alzheimer’s?
- Do you know what your car’s worn tires mean for coho salmon?
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Featured stories in the latest issue
Renewing student creativity
A sustainable partnership is giving surplus campus trees new life as affordable building materials — and providing real-world experience for student furniture makers.
20 years of extraordinary alumni impact
Celebrate two decades of alumni changemakers in business, human rights and health across the globe.
UW ranks no. 15 in world
Times Higher Education has recognized the UW for being a leader in bringing together researchers from different fields to tackle big challenges, ranking it No. 15 in the world for interdisciplinary science research.