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Incoming IxD professor James Pierce discusses cybersecurity research, efficacy of remote learning
Incoming Interaction Design Professor James Pierce discusses his discipline, his background, and his style of teaching, and how it is impacted by remote learning.
05/19/2020 | The Daily -
ArtSci Roundup: Former Prime Minister of Italy Talk, Pandemic Urbanism Symposium, and more
This week at the UW, see a plethora of virtual opportunities, including a talk with the former prime minister of Italy.
05/19/2020 | UW News -
Special Report: 'Death Sentence'-The Hidden Coronavirus Toll in U.S. Jails and Prisons
Prisons during the coronavirus face shortages for testing and treatment. Marc Stern, faculty member at the School of Public Health is quoted.
05/18/2020 | New York Times -
‘We danced, we connected’: ‘L'Appel à la Danse’ shows dance as a unifier of communities, cultures, individuals
The documentary “L'Appel à la Danse” — “The Call of Dance” in English, celebrates dance as a language that crosses cultures and borders.
05/18/2020 | The Daily -
Big Tech was first to send workers home. Now it’s in no rush to bring them back.
Tech giants are in no hurry to bring employees back into the office, citing social and economic responsibility as a few of the reasons. Margaret O'Mara, professor of history, is quoted.
05/18/2020 | Washington Post -
“We Can’t Not Talk about It”: History Instructors Teach the Virus
It's very intense to teach the history of another recent pandemic that's still shaping our lives right now with a pandemic shaping out lives in historically unprecedented ways.
05/18/2020 | Department of History -
Staff feature: What it’s like to photograph the stories of a quiet university campus and bustling medical center amid a pandemic
Dennis Wise, UW Photographer, reports his experiences taking photographs of the school at both its busiest and most deserted time during the pandemic. Photographs from Wise are shown.
05/15/2020 | UW News -
ArtSci Roundup: Faculty recital: Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, ‘Developing Capacity Through Collaborative Action,’ and more
The UW shares a multitude of activities associated with Arts and Sciences including but not limited to book discussions, cello performances, and more.
05/15/2020 | UW -
At age 6, he and his classmates fled Mount St. Helens. 40 years later, this reporter recalls that day
Austin Jenkins recalls their harrowing escape from the Mount St. Helens eruption with his school camping trip. Emily Menon Bender, professor of linguistics at the UW, is quoted.
05/15/2020 | KUOW -
Comparing the Great Depression in Washington to the COVID-19 crisis
Parallels are drawn between the 1920s great depression and today's Coronavirus manufactured depression. James Gregory of the UW's History Department is quoted.
05/14/2020 | MyNorthwest