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Mental Illness as a Social Construct
In Making Minds and Madness, Professor Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen argues that many mental health conditions are as much a social construct as medical diagnosis, with doctors or therapists and their patients creating them together.
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Banishment as City Policy
The growing trend of allowing police to "banish" citizens from certain neighborhoods is explored in Banished: The New Social Control in Urban America, by UW Professors Katherine Beckett and Steve Herbert.
May 2010 Perspectives -
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Dancing Lessons in Yakima
As part of a Dance Program course on teaching methods, UW undergraduates traveled to Yakima to teach dance to high school teens involved in the GEAR UP Program.
May 2010 Perspectives -
From Robots to Boomerangs, It's All About Math
When 1,200 high school students descend on the UW campus for Math Day each year, they discover that math explains many things—including card tricks and a boomerang's flight path.
May 2010 Perspectives -
A UW-Inspired Shakespearean Romp
Athletes, ROTC students, young scholars, and returning students join with drama students to perform A U-Dubber Night's Dream, a Shakespeare adaptation that incorporates the experiences of UW students.
May 2010 Perspectives -
Students Collaborate with Seniors for Anthropology Project
Working in teams with seniors from the Pike Market Senior Center, students in a course on qualitative research methods learned to embrace the "organized chaos" that is field research.
May 2010 Perspectives -
Tribal Museum Program Launches with UW Involvement
A new Tribal Museum Program is now offered through the Northwest Indian College, thanks to the vision of UW Professor Emeritus James Nason and the involvement of Burke Museum staff.
May 2010 Perspectives -
Women's Center Moves to A&S
The UW Women's Center is moving from its old home under the Provost's Office to a new one in the College of Arts & Sciences.
May 2010 Perspectives