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July 1, 2020
Quintard Taylor, a history professor emeritus and the founder of BlackPast.org, talks about the history of celebrating the Fourth of July. KUOW
July 1, 2020
Jacob Grumbach, assistant professor of political science, explains his new research saying that stronger labor unions have an anti-racist side effect. Salon
July 1, 2020
John Cramer, professor of physics, is weighing in with a potential solution to one of the longest-running puzzles in quantum mechanics: a phenomenon known as wave function collapse. GeekWire
July 1, 2020
James Gregory, professor of history, explains how looking back to 1932 can advise us about 2020. The Conversation
July 1, 2020
Aseem Prakash, professor of political science, explains how Amazon's climate plan may not be as good as it seems. Gristle
July 1, 2020
Common Power has had to rapidly adopt digital communications due to COVID-19, stopping face-to-face contact. David Domke, professor of communication, explains. GeekWire
July 1, 2020
Jonathan Kanter, research associate professor of psychology, is using surveys to study how the stay-at-home order has been impacting people’s mental health. MyNorthwest
June 30, 2020
UW DIRAC Institute is mentioned in an article about the perils and prospects of near-earth asteroids. GeekWire
June 30, 2020
Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh, professor of biology, explains the debate over plant sentience. Gizmodo
June 29, 2020
Bettina Judd, assistant professor of gender women and sexuality studies, explains the founder of gynecology, J. Marion Sims', horrific experiments on enslaved Black women. Today
June 29, 2020
Emily Levesque, assistant professor of astronomy, explains how Betelgeuse—a star in the final stages of its life—has been exhibiting dramatic drops in brightness. Gizmodo
June 29, 2020
This week, the UW offers a wide variety of virtual engagement opportunities, including a drop-in mediation session and content from the Jacob Lawrence Vimeo channel. UW News
June 26, 2020
If you wanted to know how many COVID-19 tests were administered yesterday, there would be no source you could check for that information. Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology, is quoted. PBS
June 26, 2020
Donn Weaver, who received a music degree from the UW in 1954, has passed from COVID-19 complications. The Seattle Times
June 26, 2020
Emily Bender, professor of linguistics, explains how major AI conferences are starting to force computer scientists to think about the societal impacts of artificial intelligence. Quartz