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  • The Year of Fire and Burning Air

    "As I write, my city has been invaded. It is the month when Seattle weather normally gleams with clarity, yet my throat burns and the trees at the end of the block are being dissolved by a Martian haze. Across the street, my neighbor’s house appears as if in a grainy sepia photograph. I can only think that the atmosphere has materialized for us what an excess of carbon really feels like," writes Scott Montgomery, lecturer of international studies at the UW.

    09/18/2020 | The Global Policy Journal
  • 6 ways mail-in ballots are protected from fraud

    "One of us is a political scientist at the University of Washington, and the other is a former elections commissioner who now studies voting laws. We can explain why voter fraud is so rare – especially for mail-in ballots," write Jake Grumbach, assistant professor of political science at the UW, and Charlotte Hill, of the University of California Berkeley.

    09/17/2020 | The Conversation
  • From Washington to Trump, all presidents have told lies (but only some have told them for the right reasons)

    "A recent survey of presidential deception found that all American presidents – from Washington to Trump – have told lies, knowingly, in their public statements. As a political philosopher, with a focus on how people try to reason together through political disagreement, I argue that not all lies are the same," writes Michael Blake, professor of philosophy and of public policy and governance at the UW.

    09/17/2020 | The Conversation
  • Meet KUOW's Summer 2020 RadioActive youth producers

    Emily Chua, freshman, is a Summer 2020 producer for KUOW's RadioActive.

    09/17/2020 | KUOW
  • A BODY IN MOTION

    Louis Maliyam, ’21, came to the U.S. for computer science — and along the way discovered dance.

    09/15/2020 | University of Washington
  • UW political scientist Megan Ming Francis named one of 12 grant-supported ‘Freedom Scholars’ for work on economic and social equity

    Megan Ming Francis, University of Washington associate professor of political science, has been named one of 12 grant-supported “Freedom Scholars” in a new $3 million initiative by the Marguerite Casey Foundation and Group Health Foundation, working together. Scholars are recognized for work “shifting the balance of power to families and communities that have been historically excluded from the resources and benefits of society.”

    09/15/2020 | UW News
  • The University of Washington mourns the loss of Bill Gates Sr.

    Though Bill Gates Sr., may have graduated from the University of Washington nearly 70 years ago, in many ways he never really left.

    09/15/2020 | UW News
  • Acting Let Rainn Wilson Erase His ‘Hopelessly Nerdy’ Image

    Rainn Wilson, a UW School of Drama alumnus, discusses his life and career. 

    09/15/2020 | The Wall Street Journal
  • Alumna Highlight: Hana Ra (’20) & the OceanEYEs Citizen Science Project

    Hana Ra, UW Biology ’20 alumna, discusses her involvement with the OceanEYEs Citizen Science Project.

    09/15/2020 | Department of Biology
  • New Guide for Understanding COVID Data

    Statistics and Sociology Professor Adrian Raftery is lead author on a guide to understanding COVID-19 data, for those making public health decisions.

    September 2020 Perspectives