Perspectives Newsletter

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  A Bevy of Awards & a Retired Basketball Jersey

  Recent awards and honors celebrate Arts & Sciences faculty, staff, students, and alumni, including a Husky women’s basketball legend. 

  Perspectives newsletter

Opportunities to Explore

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  Exhibition: Artists & Poets

  Through April 19
  Tues-Fri, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm; Sat, noon to 5:00 pm
  Jacob Lawrence Gallery, School of Art Building
  This exhibition, exploring a legacy of collaboration between artists and poets, features Cauleen Smith’s “Wanda Coleman Songbook,” a contemporary example of exchange between artists and poets, and Dudley Randall's historic Broadside Press, which published Black poetry for Black audiences from 1966 to 1975.

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  Trump in the World 2.0 Spring Lecture Series

  Mondays, March 31 – June 2, 5:00 – 6:20 pm
  View via livestream; in-person course option for UW students
  The Jackson School of International Studies presents “Trump in the World 2.0,” a series of talks and discussions by UW faculty on the international impact of the second Trump presidency. The series is offered as a course for students and available to the public via livestream only. Registration is required.

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  Silkroad Ensemble: Uplifted Voices

  March 28, 7:30 pm
  Meany Hall – Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater
  Combining global musical traditions and contemporary innovation, “Uplifted Voices” brings together a stellar lineup of performer-composers from the Silkroad Ensemble in a series of pieces that highlight each artist’s musical storytelling -- often inspired by their homeland, ancestors, community, and family – to create a shared musical experience. 

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  Ways of Knowing Podcast, Season Two

  Coming in April
  The “Ways of Knowing” podcast, featuring Arts & Sciences faculty, connects humanities research with current events and issues. Each episode analyzes a work or an idea and provides additional resources for learning more. The podcast’s second season will launch in April as a continued collaboration between the UW and The World According to Sound. Watch for new episodes or catch up on the first season.

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  Faculty Recital: Tekla Cunningham

  April 10, 7:30 pm
  Meany Hall – Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater
  Violinist and School of Music artist-in-residence Tekla Cunningham plays works for solo baroque violin by Pisendel, Telemann, and a newly commissioned work by UW Professor Melia Watras. The recital combines music for solo baroque violin with two dancers performing the choreography of Anna Mansbridge, through a collaboration with the Seattle Bach Festival.

In The News

• DEI rollbacks highlight the uneasy relationship between corporations and Black consumers

  DEI policies have been in the crosshairs since President Trump arrived back in the White House. Many corporations have been proactively choosing to downsize their DEI programs or eliminate them completely. But one company is facing a unique level of backlash: Target. Timeka Tounsel, UW associate professor of communication, is interviewed.

  KUOW

• School of Music initiative engages Seattle’s young listeners

  A School of Music community engagement initiative, in partnership with the company Common Thread Arts, LCC, has brought hundreds of elementary school children to the UW to observe rehearsals and performances in a guided listening format.

  UW School of Music

• Proposed NIH funding cuts leave WA research institutions fearing ‘fiscal chaos’

  Dozens of universities and scientific institutions across Washington state are facing hundreds of millions of dollars in immediate cuts to NIH-funded programs, leading Washington to join a multistate lawsuit against the Trump administration. Carl Bergstrom, UW professor of biology, and other UW faculty and staff are quoted.

  The Seattle Times

• Grasshopper size changes suggest how to predict winners and losers under climate change

  As insect populations decrease worldwide, a study of thousands of grasshopper specimens from mountains in Colorado — comparing specimens from 65 years ago to those today — is helping researchers assess the impact of climate change. The study was led by Lauren Buckley, UW professor of biology.

  UW News