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Dawg Daze Digest: Planetarium Shows, Art Tours, Trivia, Information Sessions and more!
Kick off the Autumn quarter and celebrate a return to campus with these can’t-miss recommendations from the College of Arts & Sciences.
09/08/2023 | College of Arts & Sciences -
New Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science
Researchers from the University of Washington and Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture will be partners in the newly announced $30M NSF Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science.
09/08/2023 | Burke Museum -
Emily M. Bender: The 100 most influential people in AI 2023
Emily M. Bender doesn't consider herself an AI researcher. The professor of linguistics at the UW is, first and foremost, a linguist. But her gimlet-eyed research on the dangers of large language models and her withering cross-examinations of the AI hype cycle have made her one of the industry's most formidable critics.
09/07/2023 | Time -
Opinion: Filipinos exhibited at 1904 World's Fair docked in Tacoma
"Like many readers, I was floored by the story of brutality and exploitation at the heart of the Washington Post's recent series on the Smithsonian's complicated history of collecting and preserving human remains," writes columnist Matt Driscoll. James Gregory, professor of history at the UW, is quoted.
09/06/2023 | Tacoma News Tribune -
Building a Family through Tribal Canoe Journey
The UW participated in its first Tribal Canoe Journey, with students, faculty, staff, and alums working together as a family — the Shell House Canoe Family, č̓away̓altxʷ ʔiišəd — to make it all happen.
September 2023 Perspectives -
How's Your BS Detector?
Frustrated to see misleading information published as fact, professors Carl Bergstrom (Biology) and Jevin West (Information School) created a wildly popular UW course and book, "Calling Bullshit."
September 2023 Perspectives -
Harvard professor Avi Loeb says he found interstellar objects in the deep sea -- others are skeptical
A discovery like this could change how we think about life in this solar system by providing clues into how it operates in others. Peers question whether the evidence is sufficiently extraordinary to prove this extraordinary claim. Don Brownlee, professor of astronomy at the UW, is quoted.
09/04/2023 | Salon -
High School Teachers Get Schooled in Physics
High school teachers spent four weeks at the UW Summer Institute in Physics and Physical Science to improve their understanding and teaching of physics.
September 2023 Perspectives -
AAPI community members in Beacon Hill share concerns over recent robberies
Some people in the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community in South Seattle are sharing their concerns about a recent string of robberies in the area. They are not only concerned with the violent crimes, but with how the city has been handling the situation. Connie So, teaching professor of American ethnic studies at the UW, is quoted.
08/31/2023 | KING 5 -
Researchers prefer same-gender co-authors, UW study shows
A new study from the University of Washington and Cornell University shows researchers more likely to write scientific papers with co-authors of the same gender, a pattern that can’t be explained by varying gender representations across scientific disciplines and time. Carole Lee, associate professor of philosophy, is quoted.
08/29/2023 | UW News