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  • ‘Ancient Future’ questions our relationship with the natural world

    Master of Fine Arts student Payton Cahill's thesis project, "Ancient Future," "transcends the limits of the gallery space through a prompting of collective reflection."

    06/01/2021 | The Daily
  • The Broken Promise of Retirement

    Caitlin Zaloom reviews “American Bonds: How Credit Markets Shaped a Nation,” by Sarah Quinn, associate professor of sociology at the UW.

    06/01/2021 | The New York Review
  • Can't Hold Him Back

    Larry Gossett, monumental Seattle civil rights activist and the first UW student to graduate with a degree in African American Studies, has recieved the Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus, the highest honor bestowed upon a UW graduate.

    06/01/2021 | University of Washington Magazine
  • Tatiana Toro Named Director of Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI)

    Tatiana Toro, Craig McKibben & Sarah Merner Professor in Mathematics, will be the next director of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute.

    06/01/2021 | College of Arts and Sciences
  • Professors Nonpareil

    Distinguished Teaching Award winners Andrea Carrol, associate teaching professor of chemistry, discusses how her life has changed during the COVI-19 pandemic.

    06/01/2021 | UW News
  • George Rodriguez, ’09, tells stories of identity and humanity through his art

    George Rodriguez, who graduated in 2009 with a MFA at the UW, discusses his art and how he "fell for clay".

    06/01/2021 | UW News
  • UW bids farewell to trio of transformational leaders

    Robert Stacey, who served on the faculty of the Department of History for 33 years and retires after serving as dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, is honored.

    06/01/2021 | UW News
  • The Movement to Protect Your Mind From Brain-Computer Technologies

    Recording memories, reading thoughts and manipulating what another person sees through a device in their brain may seem like science fiction plots about a distant and troubled future. But a team of multi-disciplinary researchers say the first steps to inventing these technologies have already arrived. They want to put in place safeguards for our most precious biological possessions: our mind. Sara Goering, professor of philosophy at the UW, is quoted.

    05/31/2021 | Gizmodo
  • Civilians In Myanmar Fight Back Against Authoritative Regime

    Resistance to the military coup in Myanmar continues to grow, and social media images now show a military force training to defend the shadow civilian government. Mary Callahan, associate professor of international studies at the UW, is interviewed.

    05/31/2021 | NPR
  • The hills are alive — with the sound of the alphorn

    Gary Martin, Assistant Teaching Professor of Near Eastern Languges and Civilization, discusses his fascination with the alphorn.

    05/31/2021 | My Edmonds News