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George Lovell Named Divisional Dean for the Social Sciences at the UW
Former chair of the UW Department of Political Science takes on new role.
09/25/2017 | College of Arts & Sciences -
Seattle’s real Spider Man sets us straight: They’re not out to get you
With more than 170,000 glass vials containing spiders pickled in alcohol, yes, it is cramped in this room in the basement of the Burke Museum at the University of Washington.
09/22/2017 | Seattle Times -
Students see themselves sing, from the inside
A group of incoming freshman from Cornish College visited the UW's Speech and Hearing Clinic this week.
09/21/2017 | King 5 -
Here's Why They Put A Bunch Of Women On The Ceiling At Grand Central Terminal
Step inside the Main Concourse of Grand Central Terminal and you'll see a lot of hurried faces peeking at the ceiling. Emily Levesque, an astronomer at the UW, is quoted.
09/21/2017 | Forbes -
Op-ed: Repeal and replace is back, and scarier than ever
LA Times op-ed on the fate of the Affordable Care Act authored by Scott Lemieux, lecturer in political science at the UW.
09/21/2017 | LA Times -
The Race to Build a Computer Powerful Enough to Predict the Future
The race to build a computer powerful enough to predict the future, Thom Dunning is quoted.
09/20/2017 | Slate -
The A.I. “Gaydar” Study and the Real Dangers of Big Data
A new study suggests that facial-recognition software could identify an individual's sexuality. Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West are quoted.
09/19/2017 | New Yorker -
Life After the Storm: Children Who Survived Katrina Offer Lessons
Young survivors of Hurricane Katrina, now in their early 20s, say that overcoming the mental strain of displacement is a matter of finding one safe place or reliable person.
09/19/2017 | The New York Times -
Go, Baby! These Animal Babies Grow Up Without Any Help from Parents
The animal kingdom is home to all sorts of courageous youngsters. Nassima Bouzid, a doctoral candidate in the UW Department of Biology, is quoted.
09/19/2017 | National Geographic -
A woolly discovery
Long considered to be a myth, a Native blanket made of dog hair has surfaced at the Burke Museum.
09/19/2017 | Columns Magazine