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How gang kid re-created himself as a scholar, with guidance
Earning a PhD in Comparative Literature from UW, a future professor is rescued from a life of violent crime by books and people who saw his promise.03/06/2015 | Seattle Times -
Daylight saving time: Why do we have to lose an hour of sleep?
A 2013 Rasmussen Reports poll found that only 37 percent of surveyed Americans thought daylight saving time was worth the hassle. Hendrik Wolff, an environmental economist at the UW, is quoted.03/06/2015 | LA Times -
Legislative Explorer lets you track every bill in Congress since 1973
Legislative Explorer is an interactive tool that lets you explore what actually happens in Congress -- which bills are introduced, where they go, and what their ultimate fate is. UW political scientists Nicholas Stramp and John Wilkerson developed it.03/06/2015 | Washington Post -
Women Who Rock host fifth annual (un)conference on Saturday
The fifth annual Women Who Rock "unconference" event, to be held Saturday, March 7, at Rainier Valley Cultural Center in South Seattle. The event's theme, Rocking Media Justice, celebrates the use of social media to document the realities of marginalized communities.03/04/2015 | UW Today -
David Horsey discusses Charlie Hebdo, editorial cartooning in volatile times
David Horsey is a two-time Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist who graduated from the University of Washington with a bachelor's degree in communication in 1975.
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Between-class act
The Bandaloop dance troupe, vertical dancers, performed at University of Washington, between classes on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015.
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Jumpstart Your College Experience
Through immersive and intensive freshman study abroad in León, Spain you can take your first steps toward a transformative undergraduate experience at UW.
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Seattle-area group heads to Deep South to honor civil-rights struggle
The group of 52 plans to see people and places that were key to the civil-rights efforts in the 1950s and 1960s, and are still important today.02/26/2015 | Seattle Times -
Who loses, who wins in FCC's net neutrality ruling?
KUOW's Bill Radke asked Hanson Hosein, director of the Communication Leadership program at the University of Washington about the FCC's latest ruling.02/26/2015 | KUOW -
Arts Roundup: Music, drama — and Mark Morris Dance Group
As February ends and March begins, the arts present a variety of events. In drama, the School of Drama opens the slapstick satire, “The Hostage.”
02/25/2015 | UW Today