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Connecting to nature is the key to healthy urban living
The University of Washington reported that the key to healthy urban living is finding connections to nature.
06/05/2016 | Examiner -
Teaching assistant jobs cut at UW; faculty and students protest
UW faculty and students are protesting a decision to cut 25 teaching assistant positions in the College of Arts & Sciences.06/03/2016 | KUOW -
A transgender child's journey
Eight-year-old Rachel White’s transgender journey has only begun. Despite support at home and school, there is no easy path ahead.06/03/2016 | Spokesman Review -
Art, design — and a ‘coffin-cradle’ for storytelling: Graduate student work intrigues at annual Henry Art Gallery show
The graduating class of Master of Fine Arts and Master of Design students from the School of Art + Art History + Design show their thesis work at the Henry Art Gallery through June 26.
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Could this distant 'super Earth' planet sustain life?
Astronomers think they've found a "super Earth" that might be capable of sustaining life. UW scientists Eric Agol, Rory Barnes, Cecilia Bitz, Benjamin Charnay and Victoria Meadows were involved.06/02/2016 | CBS News -
How prison debt ensnares offenders
A new book by the UW's Alexes Harris (sociology) chronicles how scores of former inmates and the people they harmed are jointly cheated by a cyclical and cynical state-sponsored debt spiral.06/02/2016 | The Atlantic -
The necessary choice
The Greek economy has shrunk by a staggering 25 percent since 2006, and the unemployment rate closed at 24.4 percent in January and is predicted to rise after the new package of austerity measures.06/01/2016 | Huffington Post -
Airbnb bans N. Carolina host as accounts of racism rise
Airbnb banned a host in North Carolina Wednesday after he used racist language to tell a woman who had just booked a room she was not welcome because she was black.06/01/2016 | USA Today -
UW cuts social science TA jobs as more undergrads shift to math, science
College students are flocking to science and math, and leaving behind the social sciences, leading the University of Washington to cut teaching positions in history, political science and other fields06/01/2016 | Seattle Times -
The gay Cuban-American breaking barriers in Washington
University leaders might talk about the virtues of diversity but they don't often embody it.05/31/2016 | BBC