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Awards, Honors, and Professorships
Recent awards and honors to faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences.
December 2015 Perspectives -
Unlocking the segregation mystery of a Seattle theater
The Moore Theatre may have a deep dark past of segregation. Jeffrey Karl Ochsner, professor of architecture at the UW, and Quintard Taylor, professor of history at the UW, are quoted.
12/09/2015 | MyNorthwest -
Douglass North was a visionary
Douglass North, former economics professor at the UW and Nobel Prize co-recipient, died last month.
12/09/2015 | The Washington Post -
Culture wars, Christianity at heart of UW political scientist Mark Smith’s book ‘Secular Faith’
Mark A. Smith, a professor of political science and adjunct professor of comparative religion answers a few questions about his book for UW Today.12/08/2015 | UW Today -
Older women and the pitfalls of looking for love by logging on
The Internet is making it easier for older women to get outside their social circles for dating and romance, but it can make them more vulnerable to deception.
12/08/2015 | NPR -
Building a replica of native history
This December, Sven Haakanson Jr., curator of North American Anthropology at the Burke Museum, is creating a full-size replica of an Angyaaq, the Native boat made by the Sugpiat of Alaska.
12/08/2015 | Seattle Times -
Remembering Sarah Nash Gates
Sarah Nash Gates, former executive director of the UW School of Drama, was a longtime leader in the Seattle theater community.
12/08/2015 | College of Arts & Sciences -
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Did you just say ‘The’ Puget Sound?
The evolution of place's names in the Seattle area. Matt Sparke, professor of geography and international studies at the UW, is mentioned.
12/07/2015 | Crosscut -
Chinese parents go to court seeking to register 2nd children
Wan Changru's 6-year-old daughter is legally unregistered because her parents broke China's one-child policy in having her. Kam Wing Chan, a geography professor, is quoted.
12/07/2015 | CBS News