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The Challenge of Peer-Produced Websites

Professor Benjamin Mako Hill studies why successful peer-produced websites like Wikipedia eventually struggle to maintain their openness to new contributors.

Audrey Spurgeon wearing a headset in a broadcast control room.

Finding Focus Behind the Camera

UW junior Audrey Spurgeon is on the broadcast team for Husky athletic events, thanks to an internship through the Big Ten Network's StudentU program.

UW chemistry professor Alshakim Nelson in his lab

Through Chemistry and 3D Printing, New Materials Emerge

A research team led by Alshakim Nelson uses 3D-printing to develop bioplastics with potential applications in medicine, engineering, and more.

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ArtSci Roundup: June 2025

From campus to wherever you call home, we welcome you to learn from and connect with the College of Arts & Sciences community through public events spanning the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. We hope to see you this June.

05/23/2025 | College of Arts & Sciences
Ways of Knowing Episode 2: Paratext

There is more to literature than the text itself. Anything that surrounds the text from the cover to chapter headings and author bios is known as paratext. This is what transforms text into a book. Richard Wattss research focuses on this under-examined aspect of literature. In this episode, Watts, an associate professor...

05/22/2025 | UW News
Analysis: Empathy can take a toll but 2 philosophers explain why we should see it as a strength

"Empathy can make people weaker both physically and practically, according to social scientists. Consider the phenomenon known as empathy fatigue, a major source of burnout among counselors, nurses and even neurosurgeons. These professionals devote their lives to helping others, yet the empathy they feel for their clients and patients wears them down, making it harder to do their jobs," co-writes Colin Marshall, associate professor of philosophy at the UW.

05/22/2025 | The Conversation