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KUOW enlists the help of UW historian Margaret O'Mara to discover what's behind one of Seattle's fastest growing neighborhoods.

NPR's CodeSwitch blog picked the brains of three people who have focused on depictions of Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders in the media to look at "yellowface" casting. LeiLani Nishime, assistant professor of communication, was one of the experts.

UW physics students build their own version of the Atlas particle detector, only much smaller - and using Legos.

Professor Brandi Cossairt's efforts to develop affordable solar energy using quantum dots earned her a UW Innovation Award.

The Burke Museum served as matchmaker and mentor for a project linking museums in Suquamish, Washington and Palawan Island, Philippines.

Sarah Nash Gates reflects on two memorable decades as executive director of the School of Drama and welcomes successor Todd London.

Professor Joel Migdal sheds light on the Middle East conflict and the U.S. role there in his book Shifting Sands.

Fear spiders and love sweets? Blame it on your Pleistocene ancestors. Professor Emeritus Gordon Orians explains the connection in a new book.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks to Robert Crutchfield, a professor of sociology at UW, and author of the book, "Get a Job: Labor Markets, Economic Opportunity, and Crime" about the increasing stratification of the labor market, and the connections between unemployment and crime.

A review of Jeanne Sakata's one-man play about Gordon Hirabayashi, a Seattle native, and alumni of the College of Arts & Sciences, who defied internment of Japanese Americans during WWII.