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  • Race and Cheerios

    Communications associate professor Ralina L. Joseph takes a look at a recent breakfast cereal ad that sparked controversy because of its staring family.
    06/24/2013 | The Seattle Times
  • UW School of Drama lineup for 2013-14

    Plays by Tom Stoppard, Lanford Wilson and Mary Zimmerman will be staged by the school in the new season.
    06/21/2013 | The Seattle Times
  • Secret to a Healthy Chili Plant: Bird Digestion

    Passing through bird guts increases chili seed survival 370 percent according to Evan Fricke, a UW doctoral student in biology and lead author of a paper appearing online June 21 in Ecology Letters.
    06/21/2013 | UW Today
  • Free Online Public Speaking Course Opens to 40,000 Students

    You can join UW lecturer Matt McGarrity and learn how to become a better public speaker starting June 24.
    06/19/2013 | The Seattle Times
  • UW Ranks in Top 10 for Articles in Nature

    The University of Washington has been ranked seventh in the world for the number of articles published in some of the most widely cited journals in science.
    06/19/2013 | UW Today
  • Jackson School director featured in The Seattle Times

    Resat Kasaba says It would be wrong to think of the recent events in Turkey as another chapter in the "Arab spring" movements.
    06/17/2013 | The Seattle Times
  • Fathering against type

    In an op-ed piece, David Barash, professor of psychology, argues that because of biology, mammalian male parents may act in ways that are less than admirable, but human dads can trump nature.
    06/15/2013 | Los Angeles Times
  • UW research: World population could be nearly 11 billion by 2100

    A new United Nations analysis, using statistical methods developed at UW, shows the world population could reach nearly 11 billion by the end of the century, about 800 million more people than the previous projection issued in 2011.
    06/13/2013 | UW Today
  • Philip Howard's new book explores digital media role in Arab Spring

    Philip Howard, associate professor of communication, answers a few questions about his book with doctoral student Muzammil Hussain, "Demoracy's Fourth Wave: Digital Media and the Arab Spring."
    06/13/2013 | UW Today
  • Simpson Center announces 2013-14 funding awards

    The Simpson Center's Executive Board has awarded support to select UW scholars and projects for 2013-2014 year. Simpson Center funding sponsors a wide range of activities, including fellowships for UW faculty and doctoral students and more.
    06/13/2013 | The Simpson Center for the Humanities