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  • Dean's Academy Futurists

    Rethinking the Academy Update

    February may be the shortest month of the year, but it was very busy, especially for our College of Arts & Sciences Rethinking the Academy initiative. We were grateful to have an extra, 29th day this year since all aspects of the initiative were activated.

    03/12/2024 | College of Arts & Sciences
  • OpenAI GPT sorts resume names with racial bias, test shows

    Recruiters are eager to use generative AI, but a Bloomberg experiment found bias against job candidates based on their names alone. Emily Bender, professor of linguistics at the UW, is quoted.
    03/08/2024 | Bloomberg
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    Fellows, Futurists & More Awards

    Recent awards and appointments celebrate Arts & Sciences faculty, staff, and alumni research, leadership, and more. 

    March 2024 Perspectives
  • How air pollution can make it harder for pollinators to find flowers

    Certain chemicals break down a primrose’s key fragrance molecules, blunting its scent. The UW's Jeff Riffell, professor of biology, and Joel Thornton, professor of atmospheric sciences, are quoted.
    03/07/2024 | Science
  • 5 Indigenous artists and scholars on Lily Gladstone, the Oscars and more

    Five local Native American artists and cultural workers shared their feelings about how Lily Gladstone’s Oscar nomination blazes a new path for Indigenous creatives as well as the racist tropes still targeting Native Americans in the media. Charlotte Coté, professor of American Indian studies, is interviewed.
    03/06/2024 | The Seattle Times
  • Scientists CT-scanned thousands of natural history specimens, which you can access for free

    Scientists CT-scanned thousands of natural history specimens, which you can access for free

    Natural history museums have entered a new stage of discovery and accessibility â one where scientists around the globe and curious folks at home can access valuable museum specimens to study, learn or just be amazed. This new era follows the completion of openVertebrate, or oVert, a five-year collaborative project among 18 institutions to create 3D reconstructions of vertebrate specimens and make them freely available online. The team behind this endeavor, which includes scientists at the University of Washington and its Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture, published a summary of the project March 6 in the journal BioScience, offering a glimpse of how the data can be used to ask new questions and spur the development of innovative technology.
    03/06/2024 | UW News
  • Sarah Levin-Richardson in her office, with books on shelves behind her.

    Lifting Marginalized Voices — from Ancient Rome

    "Interesting, frustrating, and necessary,” is how Sarah Levin-Richardson, professor of Classics, describes her research into the lives of enslaved individuals in the ancient world. 

    March 2024 Perspectives
  • A seated student consultant takes notes while another student stands to practice a speech.

    The Truth About Public Speaking

    Becoming an effective public speaker requires planning and practice. Professor Matt McGarrity and consultants at the UW Center for Speech & Debate are available to help.

    March 2024 Perspectives
  • How humans lost their tails

    A newly discovered genetic mechanism helped eliminate the tails of human ancestors. David Kimelman, professor emeritus of biochemistry at the UW, is quoted.
    03/04/2024 | Scientific American
  • A tiny, Welsh mouse likes to be clean and tidy, and so do other animals

    Apparently humans aren't the only animals who are neat freaks. Find out how this small rodent and other animals also declutter. James Ha, emeritus research professor of psychology at the UW, is quoted.
    03/04/2024 | Discover Magazine