Perspectives Newsletter

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  2025 Awards of Excellence

  Learn about Arts & Sciences faculty and staff who have been celebrated with UW Awards of Excellence this spring.

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  Honors for Impact, Innovation & More

  From Husky 100 to the National Academy of Sciences, dozens of Arts & Sciences faculty and students have received recent recognition.

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Opportunities to Explore

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  Visit the Biology Greenhouse

  UW Life Sciences Building
  3747 W Stevens Way NE
  The UW Biology Greenhouse, home to more than 4,000 plants from diverse habitats, is open to the public for walk-in browsing on non-holiday Wednesdays (noon - 4 pm) and on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month (10 am - 2 pm). Docent-led tours for 8+ people are also available but must be booked ahead.

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  First Look: Spirit House & Charlene Liu

  Thursday, August 14, 6-8 pm
  Henry Art Gallery
  Celebrate two bold new art experiences at the Henry with music, drinks, and summer vibes! Explore Spirit House and Charlene Liu’s vibrant mural, enjoy ping pong and a feel-good playlist, and linger late in the galleries — open until 8 PM. Free admission. RSVP is encouraged.

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  Meany Center: 2025-26 Season

  Subscriptions on sale now
  Single tickets on sale starting August 5
  Meany Center for the Performing Arts presents world-renowned performers in concerts during the academic year through four series: Dance, Chamber Music, Piano, and Crossroads. Ticket subscriptions for all of the 2025-26 series are on sale, with an option to create your series by picking four or more events from the upcoming season. Single tickets go on sale August 5.

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  Ways of Knowing Podcast, Season Two

  Online
  The “Ways of Knowing” podcast, featuring Arts & Sciences faculty, connects humanities research with current events and issues. In Season 2, faculty explore the digital humanities, ancient languages, mathematics, and more. The podcast is a collaboration between the UW and The World According to Sound. Keep up with new episodes at the link above.

In The News

• UW helps bring the cosmos into focus as the Vera C. Rubin Observatory unveils a new glimpse into the solar system

  A new era of astronomy and astrophysics began in June as the first images captured by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory were released, demonstrating the extraordinary capabilities of the new telescope and the world’s largest digital camera.

  UW News

• 5 dark facts to remember in the face of AI hype

  Emily M. Bender, UW professor of linguistics, and Alex Hanna share five key insights from their new book, "The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want." The book is an exploration of the hype around artificial intelligence, whose interests it serves, and the harm being done under this umbrella.

  Fast Company

• Meet the artist, promoter and producer who shaped Seattle's cultural landscape: Terry Morgan

  From promoting punk bands to designing light festivals, Terry Morgan has shaped Seattle’s cultural landscape for 50+ years. As an African American studies major at the UW, Morgan, ’76, studied widely outside his major, in areas from video art to electronic music.

  University of Washington Magazine

• New faculty books: Artificial intelligence, 1990s Russia, song interpretation, and more

  Learn about recently published books by Arts & Sciences faculty, including “The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want,” co-authored by Emily Bender, professor of linguistics; “Moscow 93” and “Tales of Bart: A Novel in Three Acts,” by José Alaniz, professor of Slavic languages and literature; and “Ne me quitte pas: A Song by Jacques Brel and Interpreted by Nina Simone and Others,” by Maya Angela Smith, Arts & Sciences associate dean for equity, justice, and inclusion and professor of French.

  UW News