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Winners: CONDUCTORS (orchestra), 2019-20
David Rahbee, director of orchestral activities in the School of Music won the American Prize for the college/university category.
08/26/2020 | The American Prize -
Want to climb Everest? New study identifies factors that influence success.
Raymond Huey, professor emeritus of biology, explains the factors that lead to success when climbing Everest.
08/26/2020 | Inverse -
Seattle-Area Rental Ads Study
A new UW study looked at language in rental ads in the Seattle area and found that they often reinforced preconceived ideas about various neighborhoods.
08/26/2020 | KNKX -
Mount Everest summit success rates double, death rate stays the same over last 30 years
Raymond Huey, professor emeritus of biology, explains the results of his new study on the summit and death rates on Mount Everest.
08/26/2020 | UW News -
Opportunities to Explore
Check out opportunities to explore the College of Arts & Sciences from your home.
August 2020 Perspectives -
CAS in the News
A sampling of recent stories in local and national media featuring College of Arts & Sciences faculty.
August 2020 Perspectives -
Terms in Seattle-area rental ads reinforce neighborhood segregation, study says
Ian Kennedy, sociology graduate student, is the lead author of a study on Seattle-area rental ads and how they can reinforce segregation.
08/25/2020 | UW News -
Burnout, splinter factions and deleted posts: Unpaid online moderators struggle to manage divided communities
The real world is seeping into online communities and making them harder to moderate. Charles Kiene, a doctoral student in communication, is quoted.
08/25/2020 | The Washington Post -
Do STEM toys actually teach kids science and math?
Do toys advertised as teaching STEM actually work? Allison Master, a research scientist at the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, is quoted.
08/25/2020 | LiveScience -
Designing Cutting-Edge Materials From Home
Xiaosong Li, chemistry professor brings computational science to the virtual classroom during COVID-19.
08/25/2020 | Clean Energy Institute