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China's leaders reaffirmed their intention to turn urbanization into a powerful engine to drive growth and remake the economy, saying they would encourage rural residents to move to smaller cities, rather than Beijing, Shanghai and other megacities.

Three creative thinkers—an artist, an art historian, and a neuroscientist—are collaborating on Art and the Brain, a DXARTS course that explores the potential melding of art and neuroscience.

University of Washington Communication Professor Matt McGarrity writes about his experience teaching a massive open online course (MOOC) last summer

According to chemistry professor David Ginger, the institute will accelerate the pace of both scientific discovery and technology transfer while educating the next generation of clean energy leaders.

"Right now, solar cells are made like high-technology, like computer chips, but we want to make them cheap like newspaper," chemistry professor David Ginger told Inslee.

This week the arts roundup wraps up the end of fall quarter-- and the last Arts Roundup of 2013-- with a nice bow. During the roundup's winter hiatus, they encourage you to check out some of the ongoing exhibits on campus before they also come to a close.

In the Seattle Times year-long series highlighting 13 people poised to shape the future of the arts in the Northwest, we meet UW alumna Holly Arsenault (BA '01), executive director of Teen Tix.

Ross Reynolds talks to Dr. Philip Howard, leader of the Digital Activism Research Project at the University of Washington, about his research on digital activist.

This coming week, attend the UW Opera Theater to brush up on your "Le Nozze di Figaro," or enjoy the final weekend of the Undergraduate Theater Society's performance of "Woyzeck."

Barretto says the Republican Party has a great deal to lose in terms of Latino support, which could have significant consequences.