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‘But my tail light isn’t broken, officer’: A conversation on policing and race
Megan Ming Francis, assistant professor of political science at the UW, says there's a long history of distrust between minority populations and police.12/17/2015 | KUOW -
UW conservationists celebrate new protected areas for Argentine penguins
Dee Boersma, professor in Biology has studied Magellanic penguins there for more than 30 years.12/16/2015 -
Does it matter that Greenpeace journalists lied?
Matthew Powers, assistant professor of communication at the UW, writes about Greenpeace journalist posing as energy company representatives to expose academics-for-hire.
12/16/2015 | The Conversation -
History meets geography: James Gregory’s collaborative digital project tracks key 20th century social movements
It’s one thing to read that the NAAPC grew from three branches in 1912 to 894 branches in 1945, but it’s more revealing to watch that expansion on an interactive map.
12/15/2015 | UWToday -
'Sea is My Country' author set for Neah Bay book reading Thursday
Joshua Reid, author of "The Sea Is My Country: The Maritime World of the Makahs," and associate professor of history, will give a presentation Thursday afternoon.
12/15/2015 | Peninsula Daily News -
Graphic novels and the art of Jewish memory
Tamar Benzikry, UW Class of 2005, returned to campus as the instructor for "Graphic Novels and Jewish Memory." Read more about Benzikry's passion for arts and education.12/15/2015 | Stroum Center for Jewish Studies -
How Trees Try to Cope With Climate Change
UW Biology Professor Janneke Hille Ris Lambers and student Leander Anderegg release new study.12/14/2015 -
In reforming its hukou system, is China also creating a labor shortage for its biggest cities?
"China's decision to allow more families to have a second child is an effort to confront the problem of an aging population," writes Kam Wing Chan, professor of geography at the UW.12/14/2015 | South China Morning Post -
The racial terror of lynching
Assistant professor Megan Ming Francis discusses what Americans can learn from the history of lynching in the U.S.
12/13/2015 | MSNBC -
Van rescue for homeless: ‘We go to places where people don’t want to go’
A man is using his story of escaping homelessness to try to get others out, too. Kyle Crowder, professor of sociology at the UW, is quoted.
12/11/2015 | Seattle Times