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A Look Back with Dean Harris
College of Arts & Sciences Dean Dianne Harris reflects on her five years at the helm of the College as she prepares to step down on June 30.
A "Fitness Rave" Collaboration
The Fitness Rave, a UW experimental performance event in March, was part aerobics workout, part performance, part dance rave, and part social experiment.
The Humanities, at a Site Near You
Humanities 103, part of the Humanities First program for first-year students, emphasizes place-based learning through field trips.
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University of Washington fall 2017 entering class sets record for diversity, resident students
The UW welcomed the most diverse class of new students across all three campuses, and the largest number of Washington residents in UW history.
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Beans use an immune receptor to call in airstrikes on caterpillars
For decades, scientists have understood that plants can release volatile organic compoundsessentially airborne chemical signalsto attract the natural enemies of the things that eat them, like caterpillars. What we didnt know was exactly how a plant translates the physical act of being eaten into a specific, predator-summoning distress signal. Adam Steinbrenner, an associate professor of biology at the UW, is quoted. -
Sunbirds use a feeding trick that has never been seen before
A hummingbird darts up to a flower, slips in its long, thin beak and drinks. The whole visit lasts a fraction of a second, and for years scientists assumed the bird simply sucked the sweet liquid up and swallowed. Alejandro Rico-Guevara, associate professor of biology at the UW and curator of birds at the UW Burke Museum, is mentioned.
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