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Eddie McClary does a high kick while lifting a red stool overhead during a dance performance.

Finding Joy in Dance & STEM

“I feel like my experience at the UW has been incredibly well-rounded," says Eddie McClary, who earned bachelor's degrees in dance and biochemistry.

Daryl Maeda selected dean of Arts & Sciences

UW Provost Tricia R. Serio announced that Daryl Maeda will serve as the next Katherine and John Simpson Endowed Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, effective July 13 (pending approval from the UW Board of Regents).

Two people excavating a shallow section at an archaeological site.

Unearthing Clues to Past Lives

Through excavations at a former plantation and a related anthropology thesis, Raquel Matthews is advancing our understanding of the lives of enslaved people.

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Initial Thoughts on Penelope in Nolan's Odyssey

Christopher Nolan's latest film, The Odyssey, has everyone talking, including classicists. UW Classics professor Olga Levaniouk, who has long studied Homer and the Odyssey, shares her thoughts about the movie in general and in particular what she liked about the figure of Penelope, played by Anne Hathaway.

07/28/2026 | Classical Continuum
Death, Humor, and a Bingo Wheel

In a recent School of Drama production about the transition from life to death, actors swapped roles nightly, creating a different experience with each performance.

August 2026 Perspectives
Opinion: The AI apocalypse that isnt coming

"Artificial intelligence can increasingly perform a white-collar employees tasks. What it cannot do is vouch for the result. Yet a new slasher genre, the jobs apocalypse, threatens that AI will displace the regular nine-to-five and claims to be scarier than your grandfathers zombie flick," writes Victor Menaldo, professor of political science at the UW.

07/13/2026 | The Washington Post