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  • Dean's Academy Futurists

    The Dean’s Academy Futurists is a community of scholars who will together imagine the future of higher education after 2050 and to envision…

  • Book and Speaker Recommendations for “Big Read”

    Last year, as part of the launch of the “Rethinking the Academy” initiative, we held the first “Big Read” featuring The New Education by…

  • Designing New Solutions

    As we imagine the future of higher education, we also continue to improve how the College currently operates. During autumn quarter 2022,…

  • Student, Faculty & Staff Support Resources

    As our campus community navigates challenges and crises—both personal and global—the College of Arts & Sciences is committed to…

  • Do You Speak Northwest?

    Many Northwesterners think they have no accent. UW linguist Alicia Wassink would disagree.

  • Anatomy of a Graduation Speech

    Nick Hanauer is grateful that he majored in philosophy. In a speech at the 2018 Department of Philosophy graduation reception, he explains why.

  • A Campaign, A Professorship, an Iguana

    Jodi Green and Mike Halperin discuss their personal inspiration for creating an endowed professorship in biology.

  • Never Too Late to Graduate

    At age 83, Linda Allen is graduating from the UW College of Arts & Sciences with a degree in integrated social sciences. "It's never too late to follow a dream," she says.

  • Explore Arts & Sciences: UW's Admitted Student Day and More Opportunities

    Welcome, New Huskies 2026! The College of Arts & Sciences invites admitted students and their families to discover majors, programs, and campus life during UW Admitted Student Day on Saturday, April 4, as well as through online information sessions and other opportunities to connect.

  • The Great Depression—On the Web, On the Stage

    The current financial crisis has renewed interest in the Great Depression, so a UW history professor has created a website about the period and the School of Drama has scheduled staged readings of two Depression-era plays.

  • Ethics Gets Competitive

    A UW team participating in the National Ethics Bowl, a competition of ethical analysis, finished in first place. 

  • Filmmaking Pilot Program Embraces the Liberal Arts

    CineMedia, the College's pilot program for future filmmakers, is in its second year and showing promise. But whether this interdisciplinary program is feasible on a larger scale is still an open question.

  • The Plant Detective

    Undergraduate Jeff Benca has combined his interests in plants and prehistory through the study of the world's most ancient vascular plants still alive today. 

  • Public and Provocative: Sanctum at the Henry

    Sanctum, an installation outside the Henry Art Gallery, brings viewer engagement to a whole new level as it combines social media, surveillance technology, and LCD monitors to create a provocative, ever-changing artwork.

  • Celebrating the U-District, Dramatically

    For the Skies Over Seattle project, drama students are devising original theater pieces inspired by community organizations in the U-District.