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Veteran Seattle Times travel writer Stanton Patty dies at 89
UW journalism and communication alum Stanton H. Patty, who wrote for The Seattle Times for 34 years and traveled the globe writing, has passed away.09/09/2015 | The Seattle Times -
Finding Friday Harbor
Take a look behind the Friday Harbor Laboratories where students can study everything from orcas to algae on the rocky shores of San Juan Island.09/08/2015 -
Gender, corporate culture at Boeing explored in new book ‘Capitalist Family Values’
Author Polly Myers is a lecturer in the University of Washington Department of History and the Integrated Social Sciences.09/08/2015 | UW Today -
UW scientists are pioneering research on ‘body maps’ in babies’ brains.
Researchers at the University of Washington’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) are among the first scientists worldwide to study body maps in the infant brain.09/08/2015 -
Iran treaty is rare, hopeful note for future of Middle East
Jackson School of International Studies Director Reşat Kasaba on why Congress should support the Iran nuclear agreement and how it introduces a rare hopeful note for the future of the Middle East.09/07/2015 | The Seattle Times -
Can millennials save unions?
Jake Rosenfeld says that although there have been significant strides in the last few years, he doesn’t see a big labor revival on the way.09/07/2015 | The Atlantic -
Grant will help Native American undergraduates attend first scientific meeting
A grant from the National Science Foundation to bring six Native American undergraduate students to their first scientific meeting09/04/2015 -
Last rights: Ethics of the death penalty in Washington state
Humanities Washington hosted a discussion of issues surrounding the death penalty. UW sociology research by Katherine Beckett is referenced.09/04/2015 | KUOW -
Citizen scientists help unravel secrets of star formation
Analysis of thousands of photographs of the Andromeda galaxy taken by the Hubble Space Telescope could help explain how stars were born in our own galaxy.09/04/2015 -
Earth observations show how nitrogen may be detected on exoplanets, aiding search for life
Observations of nitrogen in Earth’s atmosphere by a NASA spacecraft 17 million miles away are giving astronomers fresh clues on faraway planets.09/03/2015