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Choreographer Will Rawls on Opacity and the Glitch
Choreographer Will Rawls discusses his craft and first solo exhibition "Everlasting Stranger" at the Henry Art Gallery.
08/13/2021 | Art in America -
A Russian Reconnection
Marina Dunaravich reconnected with Russian language and culture years after leaving Russia as a child. A new scholarship celebrates her Russian heritage and family.
August 2021 Perspectives -
Hello Campus, We've Missed You!
What place on the UW Seattle campus do you miss the most? Arts & Sciences faculty, staff, and students weigh in.
August 2021 Perspectives -
Treating Cancer Through Math
What if math could detect, treat, and ultimately prevent cancer? Ivana Bozic, assistant professor of applied mathematics, wants to find out.
August 2021 Perspectives -
UW human rights report questions compliance with state law restricting cooperation with immigration officials
The Clark County Sheriff’s Office staffers regularly shared nonpublic information with ICE about immigrants booked into the county jail, according to a report published by the UW Center for Human Rights. Phil Neff, project coordinator at the center, is quoted.
08/12/2021 | The Seattle Times -
Report: WA law enforcement agencies still cooperate with ICE, despite state law banning practice
Local law enforcement agencies across Washington have worked with federal immigration agents to detain undocumented immigrants, despite a state law banning such collaborations. That’s according to a new report from the UW Center for Human Rights. Angelina Godoy, professor of law, societies and justice and of international studies and director of the Center for Human Rights at the UW, is interviewed.
08/11/2021 | KUOW -
WA law enforcement continues to violate Keep Washington Working Act by feeding info to ICE
Police, jail staff and other local law enforcement across Washington continue to share information with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, and Customs and Border Protection, facilitating arrests and deportations, despite a law that prohibits such cooperation, according to a new report by the UW Center for Human Rights.
08/11/2021 | KNKX -
Report: Washington police agencies continued working with ICE despite sanctuary laws
Collaboration between police departments and federal immigration enforcers has persisted around Washington, despite laws designed to tamp it down, according to a report released on Wednesday. Phil Neff, project coordinator at the UW Center for Human Rights, is quoted.
08/11/2021 | OPB -
‘More pepper, please’: New study analyzes role of scent compounds in the coevolution of bats and pepper plants
Sharlene Santana, a UW professor of biology and curator of mammals at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Jeffrey Riffell, a UW professor of biology, former UW postdoctoral researcher Zofia Kaliszewska, and UW doctoral alum Leith Leiser-Miller have authored a new study on the scent compounds of pepper.
08/11/2021 | UW News -
The maximum human life span will likely increase this century, but not by more than a decade
"When Jeanne Calment of France died in 1997 at the age of 122 years and 164 days, she set a record for oldest human. That record still stands. As statisticians who study demography, we expect that record will be broken by 2100," write the UW's Michael Pearce, a doctoral student in statistics, and Adrian Raftery, professor of statistics and of sociology.
08/10/2021 | The Conversation