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New Stroum Center podcast series ‘Jewish Questions’ explores anti-Semitism, features UW faculty
A new podcast from the University of Washington’s Stroum Center for Jewish Studies explores issues of Jewish life, with anti-Semitism — at home and abroad, presently and in history — the topic of its first season.
03/10/2021 | UW News -
HCDE student Annie Liu receives Adobe Research Scholarship
Annie Liu, a junior majoring in Human Centered Design & Engineering and minoring in Digital Art and Experimental Media, has been awarded the Adobe Women-inTechnology Scholarship.
03/10/2021 | Human Centered Design & Engineering -
ArtSci Roundup: Bambitchell: Dolphins, ships and other vessels, Illustrating Injustice: The Power of Print, and More
This week at the UW, attend the final lecture in the Protest, Race, and Citizenship Across African Worlds series, UW Dance Presents, and more.
03/09/2021 | UW News -
Renamed campus road honors Indigenous history
Tami Hohn, assistant teaching professor of American Indian Studies, has helped to create a new street sign for a newly renamed campus road.
03/09/2021 | UW Magazine -
Feminine Women Find It Easier To Prove Sexual Harassment At Work
While one would hope that cases of sexual harassment are treated very much on their merits, research from the University of Washington shows that this is sadly not the case. It finds that women who are young, who act and appear feminine, and who are “conventionally attractive” are far more likely to be believed in any accusations they make about sexual harassment.
03/08/2021 | Forbes -
Opinion: ‘Insurmountable’ legal debt should not make you irredeemable
“The current system of [legal] fines and fees has created an albatross around the necks of the state’s lowest income residents,” writes columnist Naomi Ishisaka. UW sociology professor Alexes Harris is quoted.
03/08/2021 | The Seattle Times -
Revolutionary BIPoC women of the UW: Kemi Adeyemi
Kemi Adeyemi, gender, women, & sexuality studies professor, is featured in the Daily for her work at the UW.
03/08/2021 | The Daily -
‘Prototypical women’ more likely to receive sexual harassment support
Bryn Bandt-Law, lead researcher and psychology graduate student, discusses the results of her study, which showed that traditionally feminine women are more likely to be believed when making accusations of sexual harassment.
03/08/2021 | The Daily -
Civics lesson: Why did the Founding Fathers want a Latin phrase on my American nickel?
The nation’s first motto was “E pluribus unum.” What does that mean? Scott Lemieux, assistant teaching professor of political science at the UW, is quoted.
03/07/2021 | The Spokesman-Review -
In 1930, Blacks and Whites protested unemployment together. Police attacked them.
On March 6, 1930, International Unemployment Day, the demonstrators outside the White House and in many U.S. cities were met with violence. UW history professor James Gregory is quoted.
03/06/2021 | The Washington Post