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#UWdiscovers
### 'Kind of a crazy idea'
UW Professor David Baker was awarded a Nobel Prize for his success with ‘the almost impossible feat of building entirely new kinds of proteins.’
[Read story](https://magazine.washington.edu/feature/david-bakers-work-started-as-kind-of-a-crazy-idea-then-turned-into-a-nobel-prize/?utm_source=uwhp&utm_medium=top-story&utm_campaign=david-baker)
#UWdiscovers
### Cosmic 'conveyor belt'
UW astronomers are part of an international team documenting how elements forged in stars — and found in humans — get circulated beyond our galaxy and back home again.
[Read story](https://www.washington.edu/news/2025/01/03/galaxy-carbon-conveyer-belt/?utm_source=uwhp&utm_medium=tiles&utm_campaign=cosmic-conveyor)
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### Blazing a trail with wildfire research
A national increase in wildfires has sparked UW researchers to respond in many ways — from developing safety technology to uncovering long-term hazards.
[Wildfire research](https://www.engr.washington.edu/news/article/2024-09-02/blazing-trail-wildfire-research/?utm_source=uwhp&utm_medium=top-story&utm_campaign=wildfire-research)
#UWinnovates
### FASTER SCIENCE
CoMotion, the UW’s innovation hub, is helping accelerate bioengineering professor Valerie Daggett’s quest to detect and treat Alzheimer’s earlier.
[Read story](https://magazine.washington.edu/feature/comotion-a-champion-for-innovation-at-the-uw-supports-research-by-valerie-daggett-and-altpep-to-detect-alzheimers-earlier/?utm_source=uwhp&utm_medium=top-story&utm_campaign=comotion-research)
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**UW and the Community**
### The growing struggle to afford groceries
Washington State Food Security Survey shows high food insecurity, with grocery prices a top concern. Groceries were the most common expense reported as hard to afford in the past month, followed by housing, according to a recent survey.
[Key findings](https://deohs.washington.edu/hsm-blog/growing-struggle-afford-groceries-washington-state/?utm_source=uwhp&utm_medium=tile&utm_campaign=food-security)
**Honors and Awards**
### UW leads as a top Fulbright producer
The University of Washington is a top producer of Fulbright students and scholars for 2024-25, with 13 students and six faculty members earning awards in the prestigious international exchange program.
[More details](https://www.washington.edu/news/2025/02/25/the-uw-once-again-is-a-fulbright-top-producer-2/?utm_source=uwhp&utm_medium=tile&utm_campaign=fulbright-scholars)
**Honors and Awards**
### Celebrating the 2023–24 Undergraduate Medalists
From the thousands of undergraduate students at the UW, three are selected each year for the prestigious President’s Medalist Award. Samuel Perkowski, Mia Grayson and Cher Zhang were selected by a committee for their high GPAs, rigor of classes and number of Honors courses.
[Student profiles](https://www.washington.edu/uaa/2025/02/05/celebrating-the-2023-24-undergraduate-medalists/?utm_source=uwhp&utm_medium=tile&utm_campaign=president-medalists)
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