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  • UW to host second International Ladino Day Dec. 4.

    The University of Washington Sephardic Studies Program and the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies will host the second annual celebration of International Ladino Day with an event at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, in Kane Hall room 130.
    11/12/2014 | UW Today
  • UW statistician, philosopher win prize for detecting bias in peer review

    In the wake of a 2011 study that found black applicants for National Institutes of Health grants were significantly less likely to receive funding than their equally qualified white counterparts, the health agency began to look at ways to uncover and address bias in how it awards research funding.
    11/12/2014 | UW Today
  • Seattle area's growth shows the power of the market, and planning

    In an op-ed piece, Dick Morrill, professor emeritus of geography, looks at Seattle's population growth over 64 years, the changing character of the population, 1970 and 2010, and the planning context for growth.
    11/10/2014 | Crosscut
  • Fendall Yerxa, former news anchor, UW professor, dies at 101

    Fendall Yerxa, former ABC News anchor, Washington bureau chief for The New York Times and UW journalism professor, died Oct. 19 at 101.
    11/06/2014 | Seattle Times
  • Zebrafish stripped of stripes

    Within weeks of publishing surprising new insights about how zebrafish get their stripes, the same University of Washington group is now able to explain how to "erase" them.

    11/06/2014 | UW Today
  • Studies cast doubt on value of Daylight Saving Time

    Does Daylight Savings Time save electricity too? Not so fast says assistant economics professor Hendrik Wolf.
    11/01/2014 | Wall Street Journal
  • What caused a Seattle mega-church to disband?

    Seattle's Mars Hill Church announced Friday that it will disband its network of churches. James Wellman, associate professor of American religion, is quoted.
    11/01/2014 | KUOW
  • A natural fix for ADHD?

    What happens when part of a nomadic tribe settles down and what can that tell us about ADHD? Dan Eisenberg, assistant professor of anthropology explains.
    10/31/2014 | New York Times
  • Arts Roundup: Exhibitions, music-- and ArtBreak

    Music and exhibitions lead this week in the arts as David Alexander Rahbee conducts the UW Symphony and the School of Music presents the annual Halloween Organ Concert featuring spooky classics.
    10/30/2014 | UW Today
  • Jason and Walter's Excellent Arctic Adventure

    During a visit to the Canadian Arctic to study Inuktitut, the Inuit language, students experienced firsthand the language's connection to the land.

    October 2014 Perspectives