Department of Biology

At the Summer Institute in Life Science, offered by UW Biology Program, middle school teachers do a lot of hands-on learning--and gain ideas for their own classrooms. 

Art Levinson (1972), head of biotech firm Genentech, got his start working in a faculty lab as a UW student.

The UW's Medicinal Herb Garden, home to hundreds of medicinal plants, has a long and colorful history.