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March 25, 2021
This week at the UW, attend a book talk for “Empire of Convicts: Indian Penal Labor in Colonial Southeast Asia" and listen to the Jewish Questions podcast. washington.edu
March 10, 2021
Professor Michelle Liu shares literary works with employees at Microsoft and other companies to explore complex workplace issues. Read More
March 2, 2021
Sam Colgan, junior majoring in English and Economics; Natasha Lavides, sophomore majoring in Psychlogy; and Nuria Alina Chandra, freshman majoring in biochemistry are the 2019-2020 UW President's Medalists. washington.edu
February 18, 2021
A new novel by Zoe Mikuta, a junior studying English, is being released this Spring. dailyuw.com
February 17, 2021
This week at the UW, attend the Katz Distinguished Lecture, the 2021 Biamp PDX Jazz Festival with Ted Poor and Cuong Vu, and more. washington.edu
February 17, 2021
UW student Zoe Mikuta’s first book, “Gearbreakers,” is set to come out June 29. Mikuta has sold the film rights to “Gearbreakers,” and she’s currently working on its sequel, due out in 2022. Shawn Wong, professor of English at the UW, is quoted. iexaminer.org
February 1, 2021
Students share their experience with the ART 496 museum guide program, a year-long paid internship at the Henry Art Gallery. dailyuw.com
January 27, 2021
Sharma Shields (BA, English Literature, 2000) reads Törzs' "The Comet." spokanepublicradio.org
January 27, 2021
"Gearbreakers," the debut novel by Zoe Mikuta, a junior studying English, is set to come out in June. washington.edu
January 21, 2021
E.J. Koh, a doctoral student in English at the UW, has translated all 49 letters from her Korean mother into English and used them as the skeleton for her brief, but time- and continent-spanning memoir, “The Magical Language of Others,” published in early 2020 with Portland publisher Tin House. crosscut.com
January 10, 2021
This week at the UW, attend Meany on Screen events, listen to a lecture from Dr. Ruth Westheimer, and much more. washington.edu
January 5, 2021
UW graduates go on to work in a range of careers, whether it be law, medicine, or video game design. But it may surprise you to know that students in all three of these careers have majored in the same subject: English. dailyuw.com
January 5, 2021
College of Arts & Sciences Dean Stacey explains that there is an important civic, political, social, and cultural element to an education and that you can get that in a wide variety of majors. dailyuw.com
December 20, 2020
Frances McCue is a poet, writer, co-founder of nonprofit community writing center Hugo House and a teaching professor of English at the University of Washington. She reads a piece in a special installment of the GeekWire Podcast. geekwire.com
December 14, 2020
Here's a quick look at some giftworthy books and music created by UW faculty and staff in 2020, and a reminder of some recent favorites. washington.edu