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Valerie Curtis-Newton misses live theater. The head of directing and playwriting at the University of Washington School of Drama and the founding artistic director for Seattle-based theater company The Hansberry Project, Curtis-Newton is firm in this belief: The magic of theater is untranslatable to another medium.

Jared Mace, a design student at the UW, is uplifting spirits by including an inspirational message with each coffee purchase at a cafe in Edmonds.

Thanks to nostalgia, the literary legacy of the USSR has a long afterlife in India. Jessica Bachman, a UW doctoral student in history, is quoted.

James Tweedie, professor of cinema and media studies, has been awarded a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship.

This week at the UW, attend the first art graduation exhibition, a talk entitled Filming Ethnographic Textures: Representing the Atmospheric Politics of Peruvian Cultural Practices, and more.

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

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

Scientists are struggling to explain why the gray whale population plummeted by nearly a quarter between 2016 and 2020. Sue Moore, affiliate professor of biology and of aquatic and fishery sciences, is quoted.

Jake Grumbach, political science professor, discusses the state of police reform in the United States.

Research from the UW Center for Human Rights has confirmed disturbing human rights violations at the Northwest Detention Center.