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Making Art, Making Connections
While at the UW, artist Kyra Wolfenbarger has been a researcher, museum intern, and arts writer. What’s shaped her most are the people she’s met along the way.
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A New Vision for Neuroscience at the UW
WRF planning grant fuels effort to unify and elevate research on the brain across the university.
06/02/2025 | College of Arts & Sciences -
Opinion: Trumps new gold standard rule will destroy American science as we know it
"The new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way for state-controlled science," co-writes Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology at the UW.05/30/2025 | The Guardian -
A Seattle school banned smartphones here's what happened
Nine months ago, the Seattle school implemented one of the strictest phone bans in the citys public school district, requiring its 755 students to lock up their devices in pouches for the school day. Luca Magis-Weinberg, assistant professor of psychology at the UW, is quoted.05/30/2025 | GeekWire -
California's hummingbirds have changed their beaks in response to backyard feeders, study finds
Many bird enthusiasts like to hang bright red feeders filled with homemade sugar water to attract hummingbirds to their gardens. Now, new research suggests this common practice may be driving rapid evolutionary change in one species in California. Alejandro Rico-Guevara, assistant professor of biology at the UW and curator of birds at the UW Burke Museum, is quoted.05/28/2025 | Smithsonian Magazine -
Ways of Knowing Episode 3: Geez
The kingdom of Aksum was one of the most powerful empires in the world in the fourth century. It played a major role in the histories of Egypt, Persia and Rome, as well as the early days of Christianity and Islam. But Aksums accomplishments have long been overlooked because they are recorded in the ancient...05/28/2025 | UW News -
5 years after George Floyds death, where does Black Lives Matter stand?
As the five-year anniversary of George Floyds murder approaches, KING 5 is examining the current state of the Black Lives Matter movement. Alexes Harris, professor of sociology at the UW, is interviewed.05/26/2025 | KING 5 -
Backyard feeders changed the shape of hummingbird beaks, scientists say
A new study suggests that Anna's Hummingbirds in the western United States are not only keeping up with human influence on their habitat, they're thriving. Alejandro Rico-Guevara, assistant professor of biology at the UW and curator of birds at the UW Burke Museum, is quoted.05/26/2025 | NPR -
ArtSci Roundup: June 2025
From campus to wherever you call home, we welcome you to learn from and connect with the College of Arts & Sciences community through public events spanning the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. We hope to see you this June.
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Ways of Knowing Episode 2: Paratext
There is more to literature than the text itself. Anything that surrounds the text from the cover to chapter headings and author bios is known as paratext. This is what transforms text into a book. Richard Wattss research focuses on this under-examined aspect of literature. In this episode, Watts, an associate professor...05/22/2025 | UW News