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  • Surveying the Native art of the Pacific Northwest

    Professor of Art History Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse explains what it's like to be a student in her class, Native Art of the Northwest Coast.

    03/01/2021 | UW Magazine
  • The Kraken Are Coming!

    David Bonderman, who graduated in 1963 with a degree in Russian languages, is part-owner of the Kraken, Seattle's new hockey team. Another Husky, Ryan Minkoff, who graduated in 2015 with a BA in economics, has played for a professional hockey team in Finland.

    03/01/2021 | UW Magazine
  • Quantum Leap

    UW scientists explain new developments in the field of quantum computing.

    03/01/2021 | UW Magazine
  • "Can’t sleep? The moon may be to blame"

    Biology professor Horacio de la Iglesia and biology postdoctoral researcher Leandro Casiraghi explain the results of their new study on the moon's effects on sleep.

    03/01/2021 | UW Magazine
  • Has the COVID-19 pandemic forever altered human behavior?

    It feels like the pandemic is changing everything, but as vaccine rollout progresses and we squint at what appears to be a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, the question to ask now is whether any real changes we’ve had to adopt during a year of pandemic life will stick around in the years to come. The UW’s Steve Goodreau, professor of anthropology, and Fabio Ghironi, professor of economics, are quoted.

    02/28/2021 | The Seattle Times
  • A bust of York appears in a Portland park

    A bust of York, the only Black member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, has appeared in Mount Tabor Park in Portland. In an interview from the program "Oregon Experience: Searching for York," UW history professor Quintard Taylor talks about York’s role in the expedition.

    02/28/2021 | Oregon Public Broadcasting
  • Behind the Curtain

    Devin Naar, professor of Sephardic studies and history and faculty at the Stroum Center for Jewish studies, explains the history for Seattle's Sephardic community of the recently demolished Seattle Curtain factory.

    02/28/2021 | Tablet
  • The Illuminating Work Of Barbara Earl Thomas Is Finally In Display At The Seattle Art Museum

    Barbara Earl Thomas, who received both her BA and MA in art from the University of Washington, has an exhibition on display at the Seattle Art Museum.

    02/27/2021 | The Seattle Medium
  • Deems Tsutakawa, in-demand Seattle jazz pianist, dies at 69

    Deems Tsutakawa, a superb pianist who studied ethnomusicology at the UW, has passed away.

    02/27/2021 | The Seattle Times
  • United Nations: Countries’ pledges to cut emissions are far too meager to halt climate change

    A study by Adrian Raftery, statistics professor, is cited in this article about how much global emissions must fall to halt climate change.

    02/26/2021 | The Washington Post