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  UW sees fewer students from China, India after federal immigration restrictions

  The University of Washington had a 9% decrease in students from China and India this fall, the home countries for about two-thirds of the university’s 7,900 international students.

  • Ann Dornfeld
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  Sen. Murray defends her shutdown stance amid looming health care cost increases

  Congress is back at work after the longest federal government shutdown ever that was triggered when Senate Democrats refused to approve a spending plan amid a standoff over expiring health care subsidies. Washington Democratic Sen. Patty Murray talked to KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about what happened and what comes next.

  • Kim Malcolm
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  The story of Whatcom Creek: an explosion, a tragedy, and a rebirth

  The story of the 1999 pipeline explosion in Whatcom Creek, and how a community and a creek began to recover after seemingly irreversible devastation.

  • Lucy Soucek

• Sniffs, scratches, sights and sounds: Ed Yong on how animals sense the world

  Chris Morgan talks with Pulitzer Prize winning author Ed Yong about the astonishing ways animals sense the world around us: from birds that navigate the open ocean by smell, to penguins that sense vibrations underground.

  • Lucy Soucek
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  Seattle School Board names lone superintendent finalist, a district leader recruited from Michigan

  An experienced district leader from Michigan is set to become the next superintendent of Seattle Public Schools.

  • Sami West
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  'Ghost students' are haunting WA community colleges — to steal financial aid

  AI-generated students are taking advantage of community colleges in Washington state, filling classes, and spiriting away federal loans and grants.

  • Ann Dornfeld
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  Another former teacher at Mercer Island High faces accusations of sexual misconduct

  For the second time in six months, the Mercer Island School District is responding to an allegation that it mishandled a sexual misconduct case involving a teacher. Investigate West reporter Moe K. Clark wrote both stories. She told KUOW’s Rob Wood about her reporting.

  • Rob Wood
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  Were school Covid closures worth it? Not really, UW study finds

  Covid-era school closures caused the U.S. significant economic and educational loss while being less effective than other transmission interventions, according to new research.

  • Sami West
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  No cops at Garfield High. Seattle School Board rejects plan to revive resource officer program

  Garfield High School will not get an armed on-campus Seattle police officer this year after all.

  • Sami West
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  UW investigating after intruder disrupts a class with slurs, apparent Nazi salute

  University of Washington police are investigating an incident where a man interrupted a human sexuality lecture. A viral video of the incident shows the intruder shouting gay and ableist slurs and appearing to make a Nazi salute as the class jeered him.

  • Ann Dornfeld

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