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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 -
2015 Sloan Research Fellows announced, UW earns 5
Five University of Washington students were selected as 2015 Sloan Research Fellows. The awards are presented to early-career scientists and scholars who are selected as the next generation of leaders in the sciences, mathematics, and economics.02/23/2015 | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation -
Interior Secretary has 'much to learn' from Kivalina's Inupiaq elders on climate change and village relocation
Joshua Griffin, doctoral candidate in anthropology at the UW, co-authors a report on Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell's meeting with community elders, hunters, and search and rescue volunteers in Inupiaq, Alaska.02/23/2015 | Huffington Post -
Immanuel Kant Considers Bertha
Paul Franco, acting assistant professor of philosophy, considers what a dead German philosopher would say about the drill stuck under Seattle's waterfront.02/19/2015 -
The cost of a decline in unions
Columnist Nicholas Kristof writes that as unions wane, it's "increasingly clear that they were doing a lot of good in sustaining middle class life." Jake Rosenfeld, a labor expert at the UW and the author of "What Unions No Longer Do," is quoted.02/19/2015 | New York Times -
University of Washington leads the nation in Peace Corps volunteers
The University of Washington produced the most Peace Corps volunteers for 2015, reclaiming the top spot with 72 alumni currently in service.02/18/2015 | UW Today -
Are you there Immanuel Kant? It's me, Bertha
In a guest piece, Paul Franco, acting assistant professor of philosophy, considers the plight of Bertha from the perspective of Immanuel Kant.02/18/2015 | The Stranger -
Manufacturing growth can benefit Bangladeshi women workers
The life of a Bangladeshi garment factory worker is not an easy one. But new research from the University of Washington indicates that access to such factory jobs can improve the lives of young Bangladeshi women.02/17/2015 | UW Today