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Travis Oberlander's "Layover", UW alumnus, had a world premier at SIFF 2014
Oberlander, graduated with International Studies major and Japanese minor, returns to Seattle with a film to premier at SIFF on May 30.05/29/2014 | The Daily -
PTSD treatment cost-effective when patients given choice
A cost-analysis study by the UW Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress shows that letting patients choose their course of treatment is less expensive than assigning a treatment.05/28/2014 | UW Today -
Students advocate for extension lecturers through letter to Michael Young
The students from the Department of English's Masters of Arts for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (MA TESOL) program gathered on Tuesday afternoon to deliver a letter to President Michael Young's office in Gerberding Hall that outlined their dissatisfaction with the UW's treatment of extension lecturers.05/27/2014 | The Daily -
Cherry trees from Japan to grace UW campus
The trees are a gift from the Japan Commerce Association of Washington to the UW Department of American Ethnic Studies to celebrate the long history of Japanese-American relations at the university and in Seattle.05/24/2014 | Northwest Asian Weekly -
The troubling rise of the anti-immigrant far right in Europe
Taso Lagos, foreign studies director for UW's Hellenic Studies, writes that summer visitors to Europe should consider the growth of extreme anti-immigrant politics across the continent.05/23/2014 | Seattle Times -
A shimmery sea blob may have just upended evolutionary history
A squishy little sea creature fished out of the Salish Sea may be rewriting our history of how animal life first evolved.05/22/2014 | KPLU -
Sociologist examines the relationship between work and crime
In his new book, "Get a Job: Labor Markets, Economic Opportunity, and Crime," University of Washington sociologist Robert Crutchfield takes on the popular notion that the unemployed are more likely to commit crimes.05/22/2014 | UW Today -
22 books by Seattle-area writers for summer
Seattlepi.com's science blogger adds a book to the summer reading list: "Einstein's Bridge," a science fiction novel published in 1998 by UW emeritus professor of physics John Cramer.05/22/2014 | SeattlePI -
Is Mark Cuban right about the pervasiveness of prejudice?
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban ignited a firestorm with candid comments on his own biases. The Washington Post talks to UW psychologist Anthony Greenwald about the nature of racial bias.05/22/2014 | The Washington Post -
Exhibit preview: IVA Honors + Juried Show
Here's a public service announcement if you haven't noticed: there's a monster residing in the Art Building. Curled in the Jacob Lawrence Gallery is a loud, colorful, woven, feathered, bedazzled dragon of a show replete with gnashing teeth, wagging tongue, Hello Kitty decals, and multiple video screens.05/22/2014 | The Daily