The practice of double-majoring is rising at many colleges and universities as students fret about getting jobs in an economy seemingly shifting faster than single majors can keep up.

Planetary scientist Adeene Denton runs computer simulations to investigate Pluto, the moons of Saturn and other icy bodies in the solar system.

“There’s kind of a fear of graduating and going out into the job market,” said Wesson, a sophomore from Minneapolis who is double-majoring in international security and journalism. “And having more ...

Zohran Mamdani, who proudly calls himself a socialist and ran as a Democrat, solidly clinched the win and will be sworn in as mayor of New York City on January 1. Turnout was enormous: More than 2 ...

LRADs can transmit messages over long distances, but they can also emit extremely loud, high frequency sounds capable of causing pain, disorientation or psychological distress. While they have uses in ...

Chen Ning Yang (Ph.D. ’48), a Nobel Prize–winning physicist whose research transformed understanding of how particles behaved ...

Risky assets slid, with tech stocks and cryptocurrencies bearing the brunt of the selling, after long-simmering concerns ...

James Daniel Forbes, 78, died on Oct. 14, 2025 in Reno, Nevada after a short illness. Born in Oak Park on Sept. 10, 1947, the son of Adine Clare Forbes and Daniel Robert Forbes, he grew up in River ...

This Next Gen class is behind some of the year’s biggest entertainment. You can thank Carina Sposato for the tears you cried ...

Left tackle Carver Willis and left guard John Mills returned from injuries during No. 24 Washington's recent win against ...

From the late 1920s to the 1960s, the site at the UW Botanical Gardens was one of Seattle’s largest landfills. The soil at ...

The government shutdown is now officially the longest on record, surpassing the previous record of 34 days that occurred during President Trump’s first term in office. That shutdown, which lasted from ...