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Inspiring Arts Exploration
“We want the arts to be part of the DNA of every student’s experience." – Catherine Cole, Divisional Dean of the Arts.
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Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for May 2019
The Seattle Times arts writers dish on next month’s most buzzworthy arts and entertainment events, which include several College of Arts & Sciences faculty and alumni.
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Flowering plants, new teeth and no dinosaurs: New study sheds light on the rise of mammals
A new study identified three factors critical in the rise of mammal communities since they first emerged during the Age of Dinosaurs.
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Emperor penguins flee unsteady ice after ‘unprecedented’ failure to breed
Biology professor Dee Boersma speaks about worrying population trends in Antarctica's emperor penguin colonies.
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Before I had kids, I vowed never to use baby talk. Here’s why I was wrong.
Patricia Kuhl, professor and co-director of UW's I-LABS, explains the benefits of using Parentese.
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A pod of orcas is starving to death. A tribe has a radical plan to feed them
With Washington state orca populations under threat, the Lummi Nation have their own rescue strategy. Sam Wasser of the Center for Conservation Biology and others weigh in.
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These artists want to draw the Chinese railroad workers back into history
An artist’s inspiration can come from anywhere. For UW Painting + Drawing Professor Lin Zhi, it happened in August 2001, on a road trip from Missouri to Seattle.
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Think opera is just for hoity-toity rich people? Not so! Here’s a beginner’s guide to this grand art form.
The region’s universities, including the University of Washington, put on opera performances ranging from inexpensive to free.
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Why you're more likely to cry on an airplane
Stephen Groening, a professor of Comparative Literature, Cinema, and Media, has been studying this phenomenon in the context of in-flight entertainment for years.
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5 Cool Courses for Autumn 2019
When registering for autumn quarter courses, why not sign up for something unexpected? Consider these intriguing offerings in the College of Arts & Sciences.