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Seattle Scientists Unearth Washington's First Ever Dinosaur Fossil
Washington State has its first dinosaur. Researchers at the Burke Museum and UW Biology say they excavated a weathered, 80 million year old thighbone from a beach on Sucia Island in the San Juans.05/20/2015 -
Biology Professor's Calling: Teach Deaf Students They Can Do Anything
UW Biology graduate Caroline Solomon, now a faculty member Gallaudet University, inspires a new generation of biologists and students who are deaf or hard of hearing.05/20/2015 -
The Makah whale hunt seen through the lens of history
Joshua Reid talks about his new book, "My Country is the Sea: The Maritime World of the Makahs." Reid arrives in the fall to be a UW associate professor of history and American Indian Studies.05/20/2015 | KUOW -
No Longer Wanting to Die
An op-ed by Will Lippincott in The New York Times details his experience with Dialectical Behavior Therapy, an innovative approach to mental illness, developed by UW Professor Marsha Linehan.05/16/2015 -
Senior Josh Kim Co-authors Paper Published in the "American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings"
Economics senior Joshua Kim is hardly a fan of sports — but his knack for digging up information about the NFL and its players became his ticket to presenting a preliminary paper at the AEA.05/15/2015 | Department of Economics -
Painting by numbers
A group of "data artists" is creating conceptual works using information collected by mobile apps, scientists and more. Gina Neff, author and associate professor of communication at the UW, is quoted.05/14/2015 | The Atlantic -
Is gender identity biologically hard-wired?
The science of gender identity isn't fully understood, but new research points to a complex set of factors, including biological ones.05/13/2015 | PBS News Hour -
As middle class fades, so does use of term on campaign trail
The once ubiquitous term "middle class" has gone conspicuously missing from the 2016 campaign trail, as candidates and their strategists grasp for new terms for an unsettled economic era.05/11/2015 | The New York Times -
China's sustainable cities of the future
Kam Wing Chan, a professor of geography, comments on China's rural-urban migrants.05/10/2015 | Huffington Post -
How the housing crisis left us more racially segregated
The housing crisis was also a major migration event, although we seldom think of it that way. As many as 10 million families lost their homes to foreclosure.05/08/2015 | The Washington Post