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Meet 'Humanities First'
The innovative program launches in fall 2020.
05/01/2020 | College of Arts & Sciences -
Initiative announces award of 21 COVID-19 rapid response grants
The UW Population Health department has awarded 21 different Faculty-lead teams grants totaling $350,000 , matched to approximately $820,000. Ali H. Mokdad is quoted.
04/30/2020 | UW Population Health -
Social isolation challenges Seattle’s ‘resilient’ mental health
Jonathan Kanter, associate professor of psychology, and Adam Kuczynski, graduate student in psychology, explain that most people in King County are adapting, but worry that could change.
04/30/2020 | Crosscut -
Opinion: The Coronavirus Could Rewrite the Rules for Silicon Valley
History Professor Margaret O'Mara looks back at the automobile industry's response to the Great Depression to predict how the coronavirus will effect big tech players.
04/30/2020 | The New York Times -
COVID-19 mental health crunch puts impetus on psychedelic drug innovation, doctor says
Dr. Sunil Aggarwal, affiliate professor of geography explains how doctors are striving to further research on the effects of certain psychedelics on mental health.
04/30/2020 | Geekwire -
Cool Courses for Summer 2020
Check out these cool Arts & Sciences courses for Summer 2020.
04/30/2020 | College of Arts & Sciences -
Cool Courses for Autumn 2020
It's not too early to think about autumn quarter! Check out these cool Arts & Sciences courses to be offered this fall.
04/30/2020 | College of Arts & Sciences -
The Pandemic doesn't have to be this Confusing
Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology, provides a comprehensive explanation on COVID-19, Coronavirus, and how to make sense of the current crisis in the Atlantic
04/29/2020 | The Atlantic -
Creating an app that could help fight the coronavirus
A UW app may be able to help slow the spread of coronavirus by tracking it's spread and alerting those who could help. Sham Kakade, professor of statistics at the UW, is interviewed.
04/29/2020 | KUOW -
UW books in brief: Chinese funerary biographies, skin lighteners through history, NYC neighborhood gentrification study, Arthurian verse-novel in translation
Recent notable books by University of Washington faculty members look at gentrification and inequity in a New York neighborhood, skin lighteners though history, female agency in Arthurian legend and biographical epitaphs in China across many centuries.
04/29/2020 | UW News