Perspectives Newsletter

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  Four Students Shine as 2024 Dean's Medalists

  This year’s Arts & Sciences Dean's Medalists have wide-ranging interests, from renewable energy to video-game music to the role of nationalism in international conflict.

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  Meet Our 2024 Graduate Medalists

  Dynamic, groundbreaking, and astounding — that’s how faculty describe the work of the College’s 2024 Arts & Sciences Graduate Medalists. 

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  Celebrating Excellence in Arts & Sciences in 2024

  Learn about College of Arts & Sciences faculty, staff, students, and alumni who have been celebrated by the UW this spring for their accomplishments. 

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Opportunities to Explore

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  Meany Center's Upcoming Season

  Subscriptions for Meany Center for the Performing Arts' 2024-25 season are now on sale! Full series packages and the "Choose Your Own Series" ticket options are available. Single tickets go on sale July 31. Check out the coming year's lineup of performances!

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  Exhibition: Hank Willis Thomas

  Through August 4
  Henry Art Gallery
  Don’t miss the opportunity to see the Henry Art Gallery exhibition “Hank Willis Thomas: LOVERULES - From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation,” with 90 works across a range of media. Through the mining and reframing of iconic imagery and texts, Thomas connects historical moments of resistance to our lives today.

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  Astronomy on Tap

  Monthly, fourth Wednesday, 7 – 9 pm
  Bickersons Brewhouse (Ballard)
  Astronomy on Tap (AoT) presents accessible, engaging science presentations at local breweries on topics ranging from planets to black holes to the beginning of the Universe, often with games and prizes to test and reward your newfound knowledge. AoT Seattle is organized by UW Astronomy graduate students. Learn more -- including how to get information about upcoming events -- at the link above.

In The News

• This revolutionary new observatory will locate threatening asteroids and millions of galaxies

  Beginning next year, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will use the world’s largest digital camera to give us a whole new view of the Universe. Mario Jurić, UW professor of astronomy, is quoted.

  Smithsonian Magazine

• Analysis: Journalism has become ground zero for the vocation crisis

  "Fewer people are seeing a life in news as a worthwhile career. This reflects a broader problem — namely, the ways that relentless economic pressures are pushing people away from socially important careers," writes Matthew Powers, UW associate professor of communication.

  The Conversation

• The scents and colors mosquitoes are drawn to

  Some humans are tastier than others — to mosquitoes, anyway. Chemical compounds on our skin attract the mosquitoes, and some of us just smell more appetizing than others. Jeff Riffell, UW professor of biology, is quoted.

  TIME

• What Spotify’s gamble can tell us about the future of audio streaming

  Spotify announced it will raise subscription prices in July, the second price increase in a year. The platform looks to expand into more than just music, having invested in podcasts and increasing its audiobook presence. Gabriel Solis, dean of the UW College of Arts & Sciences and UW professor of ethnomusicology, is interviewed.

  LAist