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  • Seattle music producer brings home the Grammys

    Seattle musicians had a couple of nominations but not many wins at last weekend’s Grammys. One producer who did bring home a Grammy is Steve Rodby, artist in residence in the UW School of Music.

    04/08/2022 | KUOW
  • Burke Museum

    Burke Museum Named 2022 IMLS National Medal Finalist

    The Institute of Museum and Library Services announced today that the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture is among 30 finalists for the 2022 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. 

    04/08/2022
  • UW Special Collections librarian Sandra Kroupa looking at a old book with two students.

    A Digital Life for Print Texts

    While studying the impact of the digital revolution on texts, students created digital editions using print publications in UW Special Collections.

    April 2022 Perspectives
  • Portrait of Valerie Curtis-Newton. Photo by Joshua Huston.

    Unmasking the Activism of Community Theater

    UW Drama professor Valerie Curtis-Newton (MFA, 1996), who will present the University Faculty Lecture on May 3, has been stirring up "good trouble" and courageously unmasking uncomfortable truths for decades. 

    College of Arts & Sciences
  • Women Are Creating a New Culture for Astronomy

    A new generation of scientists is challenging the biased, hierarchical status quo in astronomy. The UW's Jessica Werk, Sarah Tuttle, and Emily Levesque, discuss.

    04/01/2022 | Scientific American
  • Area around Drumheller Fountain on the UW campus

    Cool Courses for Summer 2022

    It's time to think about summer quarter! Check out these cool Arts & Sciences courses to be offered this summer.

    03/31/2022 | College of Arts & Sciences
  • How happy are Seattle, and WA as a whole, compared to other cities and states?

    By some accounts, Seattle is among the most stressed and sleep-deprived metros in the nation, but let’s forget about that for a moment. New reports find Seattle, and Washington as a whole, rate high on the happiness scale. Milla Titova, assistant teaching professor of psychology at the UW, is quoted.

    03/31/2022 | The Seattle Times
  • Jean Wong outside the Colosseum in Rome.

    Rome the Roller Coaster

    Communication major Jean Wong shares the ups and downs of her UW study abroad experience in Rome. 

    April 2022 Perspectives
  • A Legacy for the Real World

    Professor of Philosophy Bill Talbott reflects on a career of practical inquiry

    03/24/2022 | College of Arts & Sciences
  • Together UW button common good

    The Common Good

    Dean Dianne Harris reflects on the Common Good and what that means for the future of higher education in the 21st century.

    03/18/2022 | College of Arts & Sciences