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Amazon Uses ‘Hardball’ Non-Competes in Ways California Rivals Can’t
A lawsuit against a cloud services employee who left to join Google highlights Amazon’s aggressive tactics to retain talent. Margaret O'Mara, professor of history, is quoted.
06/17/2020 | Bloomberg -
Biden and Trump Are Fighting Each Other in a Changed World
Political science faculty Megan Ming Francis, Jake Grumbach, and Christopher Parker discuss 2020's leftward-tilting electorate.
06/17/2020 | The New York Times -
Sorrow: UW Modern Band: SP20 Digital Series
The UW Modern Band, advised by Cuong Vu, jazz studies chair, created Sorrow, improvisations born of COVID-19 and protests against systemic racism.
06/17/2020 | UW School of Music Youtube Channel -
Mathematics professor Tatiana Toro honored by SAMSI
Professor Toro is the recipient of the 2020 Blackwell-Tapia Prize.
06/16/2020 | UW News -
Virtual graduation: Tech tools help Univ. of Washington host first-ever remote ceremony
The University of Washington's virtual graduation ceremony and all the technology that made it possible is explained in this article.
06/16/2020 | GeekWire -
Science, politics and trolls: How Carl Bergstrom became a voice of clarity on the coronavirus
NBC News profiles Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology, who has emerged as one of the nation’s top experts during the coronavirus pandemic.
06/15/2020 | NBC News -
A moment where protest leads to change? UW professor sees an historic arc
Michael McCann, professor of political science, puts into context the peace and the violence of protests against police brutality.
06/15/2020 | KUOW -
Feeling lonely in your marriage? Why it's common and how to speak up
At a time when couples are spending more time together than ever, some may also discover they’re lonely in their marriage. Pepper Schwartz, professor of sociology, is quoted.
06/15/2020 | NBC Today -
The white press has a history of endangering black lives going back a century
Megan Ming Francis, associate professor of political science, discusses how the white press has historically endangered Black lives.
06/15/2020 | The Washington Post -
UW Arts Division welcomes ten new faculty members
The new hires represent all academic arts departments and programs.
06/15/2020 | College of Arts & Sciences