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October 25, 2019
They met in a UW bibliography class. He was a 25-year-old from Brooklyn with a penchant for Renaissance literature. She was a 28-year-old Spanish teacher and teaching assistant in the Romance Languages Department from Paraná, Argentina. The class, on UW library resources, was required for English Department graduate students in... Read More
October 2, 2019
University of Washington Professor of Classics Sarah Stroub talks about her class, "STEM in the Ancient World." kuow.org
October 1, 2019
Linguistics professor Emily Bender explores the challenges involved when computers handle human language, and the ethical issues that can arise. Read More
October 1, 2019
Biology doctoral student Lyda Harris studies the environmental dangers of microplastics and advocates for reducing our use of plastics. Read More
September 26, 2019
Valerie Curtis-Newton, a leading Seattle director and UW drama professor weighs in on the surge of Black Women playwrights producing in Seattle. crosscut.com
September 20, 2019
How the self-proclaimed lover of life, Jordan Nicholson (BA, Drawing & Painting, 2012), followed his passions to become an accomplished photographer, artist and man about town. magazine.washington.edu
September 16, 2019
Professor Ann Nelson, who held the Kenneth K. Young Chair of Physics and was a tireless advocate for diversity in the field, died from a fall while backpacking in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness on August 4, 2019. Professor Nelson was a brilliant theoretical physicist who specialized in particle physics and... Read More
September 11, 2019
Theatre Puget Sound (TPS) announces today that Valerie Curtis-Newton will be the recipient of the 2019 Gregory A. Falls Sustained Achievement Award. broadwayworld.com
September 10, 2019
This film, four years in the making, was produced by Frances McCue, a senior lecturer in English, and directed by Ryan K. Adams, a filmmaker with Continuum College. washington.edu
September 9, 2019
Learn more about the study led by Kinsey Bice, a postdoctoral fellow in the UW Department of Psychology and the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences. washington.edu
September 4, 2019
Principle investigators include Jessica Beyer, co-director of the Jackson School’s Cybersecurity Initiative. washington.edu
August 26, 2019
The theoretical particle physicist Ann Nelson, who died on August 4 at age 61, was a font of brilliant ideas and a champion of ending discrimination in the field. quantamagazine.org
August 23, 2019
Department of Dance Professor Dani Tirrell receives the 2019 Mayor's Arts Award from the Office of Arts & Culture Seattle. seattle.gov
August 23, 2019
Guntis Šmidchens, head of the Baltic Studies program, reflects upon his personal experience of this moment. pri.org
August 22, 2019
Recent notable books by UW faculty members explore the legal history of Indigenous nations and the mentoring benefits of fan fiction, and more. washington.edu