| 5/15/2008 | Increase Diversity of Grain Supplies In an op-ed piece, Lucy Jarosz, associate professor of geography, writes that "now (is) the time to begin to rethink and rework the global food system so that corn, wheat and rice are available to all people -- not just those who can afford to buy them." Seattle PI | View | |
| 5/13/2008 | New Holly Struggles with Cultural Divide In the Beacon Hill area, New Holly is an experimental and controversial public housing program attempting to mingle socio-economic groups. The goal of the federally funded project is elimination of poverty pockets in cities and more daily interaction among diverse residents. Alexes Harris, assistant professor of sociology, is quoted. Seattle PI | View | |
| 5/12/2008 | Gregoire Raises $1.3 Million in April Gov. Chris Gregoire's supporters flooded the Democrat with campaign contributions in April, injecting more than $1.3 million into her rematch against Republican challenger Dino Rossi. Bryan Jones, professor of political science, is quoted. Seattle Times | View | |
| 5/12/2008 | Seattle Reaches Out After China Quake The 7.9-magnitude quake that rocked China sent local residents with ties to the disaster zone scrambling to make contact with family and friends. Steve Harrell, associate professor of Chinese, and several students are quoted. Seattle PI | View | |
| 5/9/2008 | American String Project Comes to Life Again The Post-Intelligencer previews the upcoming concert season of the American String Project. Co-founder Barry Lieberman is an artist-in-residence in the School of Music. Seattle PI | View | |
| 5/7/2008 | Celebrating Israel's 60th - Differing Reasons Local Palestinian-Americans and pro-Israel Jews will separately mark the 60th anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel this week. Joel Migdal, professor of international studies, is quoted. Seattle Times | View | |
| 5/5/2008 | Warming Threat Worse in Tropics While global warming is expected to be strongest at the poles, it may be an even greater threat to species living in the tropics, scientists say. Joshua Tewksbury, assistant professor of biology, is quoted. Los Angeles Times | View | |
| 5/1/2008 | Tse-whit-zen Artifacts Under Lock & Key One of the Pacific Northwest's most astonishing archaeological finds in a generation has languished for more than a year, lingering on metal shelves in a Seattle warehouse, unseen by the public and unexamined by scientists. Steve Denton, program manager at the Burke Museum, is quoted. Seattle Times | View | |