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Finding Joy in Dance & STEM
“I feel like my experience at the UW has been incredibly well-rounded," says Eddie McClary, who earned bachelor's degrees in dance and biochemistry.
Daryl Maeda selected dean of Arts & Sciences
UW Provost Tricia R. Serio announced that Daryl Maeda will serve as the next Katherine and John Simpson Endowed Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, effective July 13 (pending approval from the UW Board of Regents).
Unearthing Clues to Past Lives
Through excavations at a former plantation and a related anthropology thesis, Raquel Matthews is advancing our understanding of the lives of enslaved people.
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How a Northwest tribe and an endangered sea creature are helping each other
One of the most endangered sea creatures of the Pacific Ocean is getting a leg up in the kelp forests of Washingtons San Juan Islands: a 24-armed sea star called the sunflower star. Researchers are working with the Samish Indian Nation to bring this pizza-sized predator back from the brink of extinction after a vast underwater pandemic. Jason Hodin, a research scientist at the UW Friday Harbor Laboratories, is quoted. Tess Chapman, Chloe Schwab and Julia Knopf, all research assistants at the UW Friday Harbor Laboratories, are mentioned. -
Counting Those Living Unsheltered: UW and the 2026 Point-in-Time Count
The Seattle Homelessness Count is a UW Department of Sociology project led by Professor Almquist with graduate students and UW partners. It develops and pilots new methods for counting unsheltered people experiencing homelessness, with particular attention to individuals who do not actively engage with services and are most likely to be missed by conventional enumeration.
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Acclaimed JSIS professor Reşat Kasaba retires after 41 years at UW
Kasaba served as director of the Jackson School of International Studies (JSIS) for 10 years. Kasaba also served as Director of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Near and Middle East Studies (NMES) intermittently between 2004 and 2024. He’s now retiring from his position after 41 years at UW.
UW Arts Events
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