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  • The C21 Experience at UW

    In July of 2014, more than 60 freshmen traveled to Leon Spain for a unique chance to discover the power of liberal arts learning. Accompanied by the staff of the Center for 21st Century Liberal Learning (C21) and the Dean of the College of Arts and Science, the students grew together as a community and prepared for their first year of college. 

    Learn more about C21: http://www.artsci.washington.edu/c21/
     

    09/24/2014 | College of Arts & Sciences
  • 'Celebrity and its Discontents': The 2014 Performing Arts Lecture Series

    From Helen of Troy to the Kardashian sisters, celebrities have fascinated the public for centuries. Why? And what is the effect on those in the spotlight?
    09/23/2014 | UW Today
  • Dying brain cells cue new brain cells to grow in songbird

    Exploration of songbird brain cells may lead the way to treatments for lost human neurons because of aging, severe depression or Alzheimer's disease.

    09/23/2014 | UW Today
  • Carnegie Corp. awards $5-million to tie international research to policy

    Five international-affairs programs, including the Jackson School, will split $5-million from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to finance projects aimed at bridging the gap between academic research and policy making.
    09/23/2014 | The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • Integrated social sciences degree among several new programs

    Through new degree programs starting this fall at the University of Washington, students will learn architecture from a liberal arts perspective, complete social sciences degrees online, become expert in the teaching of science, and much more.
    09/22/2014 | UW Today
  • On the path past 9 billion, little crosstalk between U.N. sessions on population and global warming

    Adrian E. Raftery, professor of statistics and sociology, offers thoughts on the many benefits of action around the world's projected rapid population growth.
    09/20/2014 | NY Times Blogs
  • How the aid and development industry helped cause Africa's Ebola outbreak

    James Pfeiffer, professor of global health and anthropology, discusses how Western agencies devoted to reducing global poverty imposed policies on African nations that discouraged many from investing in public infrastructure, such as basic health care.
    09/19/2014 | Humanosphere
  • World population to hit 11bn in 2100

    The world's population is now odds-on to swell ever-higher for the rest of the century, posing grave challenges for food supplies, healthcare and social cohesion, according to a new UW-led study.
    09/18/2014 | The Guardian
  • Mad Campus Outdoor Art

    The free outdoor MadArt exhibit on the UW campus lets children climb on, walk through or lie under many of the pieces- and even add to one of them.
    09/17/2014 | Seattle's Child
  • Giant cowboy invades UW!

    If you happen to see a 28-foot cowboy looming over the campus at the University of Washington, never fear. He's a big softy! The "Lone Stranger" is the largest of 12 works that make up Mad Campus.
    09/17/2014 | Evening Magazine