University of Washington President Ana Marie Cauce, left, speaks at the inaugural convening of Society + Technology at the UW, alongside Monika Sengul-Jones, center, and Ryan Calo, two leaders of the ...

Technologies like generative AI, augmented reality, robotics, and quantum computing hold tremendous promise for addressing major societal challenges and unlocking unimagined opportunities. From ...

Warfare is being transformed by the information revolution. However, history has demonstrated that it is exceptionally difficult to know how new technology will redefine warfighting before the audit ...

The population of the world has surpassed 7.5 billion and continues to climb, while weather & climate changes are creating more stress to agriculture, arable land is decreasing, and finite water ...

In 2023, after a decade of significant progress in its development and use, artificial intelligence (AI) burst into the public consciousness, expanding our sense of possibility, challenging how we ...

Curricular Outcome: Ability to function in a multidisciplinary setting. The Science Technology and Society requirement (formerly the Multidisciplinary requirement) is met by completion of an approved ...

The first Model T hit the market more than 100 years ago, in 1908. For American consumers, mass access to the automobile was a miracle—a game changer that enabled vast opportunities for commerce, ...

Curricular Outcome: Ability to function in a multidisciplinary setting. The Science Technology and Society (STS) requirement is met by completing a Science, Technology and Society course . Note: ...

An interdisciplinary course developed in partnership with the historic museum highlighted a host of ethical issues that arise in compiling and maintaining medical archives and artifacts. Christian ...

There’s a growing sentiment in the country that technology doesn’t always serve the public interest. These examples make clear that colleges need to change their approach to technological progress.

research with impact through connections both to wider academia and beyond to the public and private sector Members of the Law, Technology and Society group contribute to the wider discourse on public ...