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As tech companies continue to delay return to offices, some service workers hope for a full return in the coming months. Margaret O'Mara, professor of history at the UW, is quoted.

Aseem Prakash, professor of political science, discusses the situation in Afghanistan and its possible effects on climate change policy.

Check out opportunities to explore the College of Arts & Sciences from your home and on campus.

A sampling of recent stories in local and national media featuring College of Arts & Sciences faculty and students.

There are structural reasons people are swayed by anti-vaccine propaganda. Sneering at the unvaccinated won't solve them. Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology at the UW, is quoted.

Amazon is making another move into physical retail, this time with plans to open department store-like locations in Ohio and California that would sell items such as clothing and electronics, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Margaret O'Mara, professor of history at the UW, is quoted.

The authors of a new study on youth mental health during COVID-19 explain their research and results.

Alfredo Arreguin and James Garlick, both former students at the University of Washington, are featured in this article about their work.

Former SARS patients who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 appear able to fend off all variants of SARS-CoV-2 in circulation, as well as ones that may soon emerge, a new study suggests. Neil King, assistant professor of biochemistry at the UW, is quoted.

"In an effort to ‘recognize the medical spectrum of gender identity,’ The American Medical Association now recommends removing sex labels entirely from birth certificates. As an associate teaching professor at the UW, who teaches human sexuality to about 4,000 undergraduate students every year, I strongly believe that Washington state should follow this recommendation," writes Nicole McNichols, associate teaching professor of psychology at the UW.