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    10 Stories from 2022

    It's been a year! Here are ten popular College of Arts & Sciences stories from 2022. 

    12/28/2022 | College of Arts & Sciences
  • Faculty Feature: Katy Pearce

    Katy Pearce, an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington (UW), is dedicated to advancing research in the field of social and political uses of technology, while also supporting students and colleagues. With a focus on digital divides and inequalities and the use of information and communication technologies for marginalized people and social movements in non-democratic states, Pearce is passionate about bridging the gap between the theoretical and lived experiences of people around the world.

    12/23/2022 | University of Washington Libraries
  • Opinion: Christmas lights brought to you by a Jew from the Muslim world

    "Americans spend more than half a billion dollars annually on 150 million units of imported Christmas lights. U.S. News & World Report ranks the best Christmas light displays. And ABC’s reality TV show “The Great Christmas Light Fight” recently premiered its 10th season. Christmas lights, in short, are not only ubiquitous but also central to American culture. But that has not always been the case. The man credited with popularizing Christmas lights in the early 20th century, Albert Sadacca, had never celebrated Christmas. In fact, he was a Jew from the Muslim world," writes Devin Naar, associate professor of history and Jewish studies at the UW.

    12/21/2022 | The Washington Post
  • The “Selling Sunset” Theory

    Dean Harris describes how Elizabeth Gordon, editor of House Beautiful, one of the premier home design magazines of the postwar period, espoused the style we now call midcentury modernism as a gentler alternative to the often harsher styles of prewar Europe. Dean Dianne Harris' writing is mentioned.

    12/20/2022 | dwell.com
  • Sleeping in Seattle: Meet Horacio de la Iglesia

    Learn about the sleep scientist and UW professor of biology, Horacio de la Iglesia, whose influential sleep research helped demonstrate the benefits of delaying school start times for Seattle high schoolers. Read writer Nicole Reeve-Parker's Faculty Friday, Spotlight.

    12/16/2022 | The Whole U
  • ArtSci Roundup: January Preview

    ArtSci Roundup: January Preview

    Start the new year with lectures, performances, exhibitions and more.

    12/15/2022 | UW News
  • Trouble falling asleep at night? Chase that daytime light, study shows

    Trouble falling asleep at night? Chase that daytime light, study shows

    A study measuring the sleep patterns of students at the University of Washington found that students fell asleep later in the evening and woke up later in the morning during winter, when daylight hours on the UW Seattle campus are limited and the skies are notoriously overcast. Researchers believe the students' natural circadian clocks were being "pushed back" or delayed in winter because they were not getting enough exposure during the day to natural light, and that getting more daytime light exposure can help reverse this.

    12/12/2022 | UW News
  • UW professor says you’ll succeed even if you buy the wrong gifts

    Anthony Gill, a UW political science professor, argues in a new paper that gift-giving has long-term positive effects for society and the economy, regardless of what you buy.

    12/12/2022 | The Seattle Times
  • Public art in Seattle’s light rail stations has a deeper backstory than you’d think

    Public Art is a tough genre, which might explain why most of it is so perfunctory, but a tour of Seattle's light rail stations unearths some striking artwork. School of Art + Art History + Design Assistant Professor Whitney and alum Mary Ann Peters are quoted. 

    12/09/2022 | The Seattle Times
  • LaShawnDa Pittman

    LaShawnDa Pittman Shows the Love

    LaShawnDa Pittman, American ethnic studies and sociology professor, is excited to think together as the newest Hanauer appointee. Pittman's research centers socially marginalized women and those living with poor health resources/outcomes. Interrogate notions of “Western Civilization" in class and/or discuss what matters to you at an upcoming salon talk.

    12/09/2022 | UW News