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  • UW Center for Human Rights Gears Up

    The new Center for Human Rights, based in the College of Arts and Sciences with Angelina Godoy as director, hopes to encourage broad collaboration on human rights issues. “It’s gratifying to see how readily colleagues across the campus have embraced the Center’s interdisciplinary vision,” says Godoy. 

    February 2010 Perspectives
  • Academic Learning Links

    Most undergraduates arrive at the UW with only a vague understanding of various academic disciplines and the distinct perspective that each provides. A&S hopes to increase students' awareness of various disciplines through Academic Learning Links, a pilot project for freshmen. 

    February 2010 Perspectives
  • At the Biology Book Club, Scientists Join the Discussion

    Have you ever read a book steeped in science and wished you could discuss it with an expert in the field? That's the idea behind the Biology Book Club, introduced by a professor and a staffer in the Department of Biology. 

    December 2009 Perspectives
  • Ensuring That Health Care Reaches "The Last Mile"

    Craig Nakagawa (’89) is co-founder of VillageReach, an NGO aimed at improving health care distribution systems in the most distant reaches of developing countries, beginning with Mozambique.

    December 2009 Perspectives
  • In Bogotá, Collaboration at Every Step

    Matthew Alexander (‘01) is founder of Ahmsa, an NGO in Bogotá, Colombia that provides skills training, microcredit, and other support to alleviate poverty in Bogotá.

    December 2009 Perspectives
  • A Dynamic Duo Helps Sudanese Locally and Abroad

    Harriet Dumba (‘04, ‘07) and Agnes Oswaha (‘05, ’09) founded the Southern Sudanese Women’s Association to help new refugees connect and settle into life in the U.S.

    December 2009 Perspectives
  • Creating Opportunities for Students in Rural China

    Anthropology Professor Steve Harrell, PhD students Barbara Grub and Tami Blumenfield, and alumna Victoria Poling ('04) created the Cool Mountain Education Fund, providing scholarships for students in China’s Liangshan region to continue their studies beyond primary school.

    December 2009 Perspectives
  • Former Slavic Major and Biotech CEO Leads A&S Board

    H Stewart Parker ('79, '81) spent nearly two decades at the helm of Targeted Genetics. Now she brings her considerable talents to her role as chair of the College of Arts and Sciences Board. 

    December 2009 Perspectives
  • A Course Celebrates Writers and Writing

    How's this for a course assignment? Fall in love with a novel and three poems. The assignment hints at what's to come in Writers on Writing, a lecture course designed to remind students that "literature is a joy." 

    December 2009 Perspectives
  • The Great Depression—On the Web, On the Stage

    The current financial crisis has renewed interest in the Great Depression, so a UW history professor has created a website about the period and the School of Drama has scheduled staged readings of two Depression-era plays.

    December 2009 Perspectives