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  • Letter to the Editor: Glad to be here

    Roy Black, affiliate professor of chemistry and of bioengineering at the UW, writes a letter to the editor in response to a review of "The Genesis Quest" by Michael Marshall.

    12/03/2020 | The New York Review
  • Early police stops had long-term consequences for Seattle’s Black youth, UW research shows

    Annie McGlynn-Wright, sociology PhD graduate, explains the results of a new study she worked on exploring the consequences of early interactions between police and Black youth.

    12/02/2020 | The Seattle Times
  • ‘Performing Flight’: UW drama professor Scott Magelssen’s book studies aviation through perspective of performance studies

    Drama professor Scott Magelssen's new book "Performing Flight: From the Barnstormers to Space Tourism" explores how performance and culture have affected aviation.

    12/02/2020 | UW News
  • For the first time in 40 years, the Polar Star sails north

    Once in a decade, America comes together to count every person in every home on every block in every neighborhood, coast to coast. In theory. Politics and a pandemic have made this year’s count extra fraught, says Sara Curran, director of the UW’s Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology and professor of international studies, of sociology and of public policy and governance. [This is the second segment in the Dec. 2 episode of the “The Record.”]

    12/02/2020 | KUOW
  • Staying Sane in a COVID World

    Arts & Sciences students share how they relax despite the stress of finals and COVID.

    12/02/2020 | College of Arts & Sciences
  • 2020: The Course

    Watch lectures online from the new interdisciplinary class "2020: The Course."

    12/01/2020 | Undergraduate Academic Affairs
  • The Language of the Land

    Lecturer of American Indian Studies Tami Hohn and her students Victor Andy and Shelby Cross discuss their experiences teaching and learning Southern Lushootseed.

    12/01/2020 | University of Washington
  • Study: 65 plant species have gone extinct in U.S., Canada

    More than 65 species of plants have gone extinct in the U.S. and Canada since European colonization, according to a new study. The study was conducted by a group of 16 experts from across the U.S., including Richard Olmstead, professor of biology at the UW. The study showed that far more plant species have gone extinct on the continent than previously documented.

    12/01/2020 | Seattle Weekly
  • Startup founded by ‘Love Lab’ experts releases new platform and tech tools to assess relationships

    Affective Software Inc., is releasing a new portal and products to harness technology in assessing and improving relationships. Affective Software was co-founded by John Gottman, professor emeritus of psychology at the UW, and Julie Gottman, who found fame with their research-based love and therapy institute and the so-called “Love Lab,” which opened in 1986 at the UW.

    12/01/2020 | GeekWire
  • Snowy owls: messengers from the land of the midnight sun

    Dr. Angelina Godoy, director of the Center for Human Rights, discusses the Northwest Detention Center's practice of solitary confinement.

    12/01/2020 | KUOW