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Annual Perseid Meteor Shower peaks Wednesday night!
The University of Washington Astronomy Department has compiled a list of their favorite places to watch meteors.08/11/2015 -
Why Seattle needs to talk about race
Professor Quintard Taylor says people talk about race without understanding the historical context in which it is shaped. Unsurprisingly, people talk past each other even when they are well-meaning.08/11/2015 | Crosscut -
Do we really want empires of connected things?
Philip Howard, professor in the Department of Communication, asks questions about how the "Wild West" of internet connected devices should be regulated.
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UW builds largest Sephardic digital library
Seattle is home to one of the most vibrant Sephardic Jewish communities in the country, and UW professor Devin Naar is working to keep its dying language, Ladino, alive.
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Center stage
After scoliosis surgery, Annie Morro, ’15, is pursuing her passion for performing as a member of the UW musical theater program’s inaugural graduating class.
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Using DNA to track elephant poachers
How elephant dung and ivory tusk samples can help save the African elephant08/10/2015 -
Why the silence of moderate conservatives is dangerous for race relations
A pair of professors say the persistence of racism rests in part on the inability of moderate conservatives to recognize its continued negative effects.
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These Americans work 1.2 billion hours a week without pay
New research has found that a third of Americans are informal caregivers, putting in 1.2 billion hours per week.08/10/2015 | MSN -
Seattle Jews weigh becoming Spanish citizens, more than 500 years after expulsion
In Seattle's large and vibrant Sephardic community, Spain's new law offering dual citizenship to descendants of Jews it kicked out in 1492 is prompting mixed emotions.08/09/2015 -
What the world looks like with a bionic eye
A UW study offers new insight on restorative vision and the human experience.08/07/2015