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For some top nonprofits, changing the world begins in Seattle
The Pacific Northwest is at the epicenter of a push to improve global health. Margaret O’Mara, associate professor of history at the UW, is quoted.
04/09/2016 | The New York Times -
Seattle's "diverse" neighborhoods are surprisingly segregated
Sociology doctoral students found that some Seattle neighborhoods may not be so diverse when you analyze the area block by block.
04/08/2016 | KUOW -
Can the U.S. and Russia avoid an Arctic arms race?
Professor Vincent Gallucci writes in The National Interest about the growing tension between the U.S. and Russia in the Arctic.
04/08/2016 | The National Interest -
Marine preserve to help penguins in a ‘predictably unpredictable’ place
Biology Professor Dee Boersma applauding new regulations by the government of Ecuador.04/06/2016 -
There's Even More Scientific Proof Bilingual Kids Are Smarter
Researchers at the University of Washington's Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences tested a group of 16 11-month-old babies, half of whom were raised with solely English speakers.04/05/2016 -
Why is AI female? How our ideas about sex and service influence the personalities we give machines
If AI is sexless. Why are the majority of the personalities we construct for these machines female? Michelle Habell-Pallán, associate professor gender, women and sexuality studies is quoted.04/04/2016 | GeekWire -
Facing armageddon in South Asia
Jackson School alumna Hannah Haegeland discusses the risk of more bloodshed between Indian and Pakistan.
04/01/2016 | Foreign Affairs -
India’s nuclear dangers
Alumna Hannah Haegland talks about India's responsibilities as a nuclear state.
04/01/2016 | Foreign Policy -
U.S. taps Silicon Valley to bolster military space power
The United States is the world’s leading military space power. But the future of that status is not assured in an era characterized by a return to competition from Russia and China.03/28/2016 | Forbes -
Big honors to A&S in UW Awards of Excellence
The University of Washington has announced this year’s Awards of Excellence recipients, several come from the College of Arts & Sciences.
03/28/2016 | UW Today