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    CAS in the News

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

    March 2021 Perspectives
  • Exclusive: U.S. urged to join South America in fighting China fishing

    The U.S. should consider leading a multilateral coalition with South American nations to push back against China’s illegal fishing and trade practices, a U.S. intelligence agency has recommended in a document obtained by Axios. Tabitha Grace Mallory, affiliate professor of international studies at the UW, is quoted.

    03/23/2021 | Axios
  • It’s World Water Day. Here’s why democracies do better at delivering water equally to all.

    “Creating and maintaining water infrastructure is expensive. Because governments work with limited budgets, they ration money to extend or improve infrastructure. And because water access is critical to human existence, politicians have control over a valuable resource," write Aseem Prakash, professor of political science at the UW, and Sijeong Lim of Korea University in Seoul.

    03/22/2021 | The Washington Post
  • It’s World Water Day. Here’s why democracies do better at delivering water equally to all.

    Aseem Prakash, Walker Family Professor of Political Science and the founding director of the Center of Environmental Politics, explains the importance of access to safe water sources.

    03/22/2021 | The Washington Post
  • Anti-Asian acts and policies are an ugly part of our history

    From Snohomish County to Congress, condemnations came swiftly. Anti-Asian acts are on the rise and were highlighted by Tuesday’s shooting deaths of eight people in Georgia. Local history shows how Asians were targeted long ago, by brutal attacks and through government actions, even as their toil helped build the Northwest. The UW Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest is mentioned.

    03/21/2021 | Herald Net
  • 'What's going to happen to me?' Reflecting on a pandemic college year, through the words of student newspapers

    USA Today examines coverage of COVID-19 in college newspapers. UW Daily staff Jake Goldstein-Street and Mac Murray are quoted.

    03/20/2021 | USA Today
  • In Seattle as everywhere, hope is ahead — but we haven’t hit the ‘post’ in post-traumatic stress from COVID-19

    A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the “what ifs” having come true, therapists hear story after story of collective trauma, grief and loss, all through a computer or phone screen. Jane Simoni, professor of psychology at the UW, is quoted.

    03/20/2021 | The Seattle Times
  • Opinion: The GOP Has some voters it likes and some it doesn’t

    Columnist Jamelle Bouie writes of Georgia's election legislation, "This is what it looks like when a political party turns against democracy. It doesn’t just try to restrict the vote; it creates mechanisms to subvert the vote and attempts to purge officials who might stand in the way. Georgia is in the spotlight, for reasons past and present, but it is happening across the country wherever Republicans are in control." Jake Grumbach, assistant professor of political science at the UW, is quoted.

    03/20/2021 | The New York Times
  • Emily Levesque: How Have Telescopes Transformed Our Understanding Of The Universe?

    Astronomers once gazed at the night sky and charted the stars using their naked eyes. Emily Levesque, associate professor of astronomy at the UW, describes how generations of telescopes have unlocked the wonders of the universe.

    03/19/2021 | NPR
  • Opinion: Stand up against anti-Asian hatred, misogyny and violence

    "We are outraged and deeply saddened by the massacre of the eight people in Atlanta. We give our love, support and deep condolences to the victims and their families. We grieve for their loss and for the violence surging against Asian American Pacific Island communities, especially women, who make up 70% of those victimized in the 3,800 hate crimes reported between March 1, 2020, and Feb. 28, 2021," write Connie So, teaching professor of American ethnic studies at the UW; Sutapa Basu of the University of Washington Women’s Center; and Velma Veloria, a former Washington State Representative.

    03/19/2021 | The Seattle Times