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"Our faculty continue to make significant contributions to their fields despite the pandemic, and they welcome students to join them in this important work," writes Dean Dianne Harris.

The Dance Program's new online course, Understanding Dance, combines online lessons and discussion forums with assignments that get students dancing and attending performances. 

A jury summons in the mail may not bring smiles, but Professor John Gastil's research suggests that people who deliberate on a jury become more engaged citizens as a result. Gastil shares his findings as co-author of the book The Jury and Democracy. 

From UW Innovation Awards to NSF CAREER Awards to a nod from Fast Company magazine, dozens of Arts & Sciences accomplishments have been recognized in recent months.

A concert may seem magical, the performance effortless. But in reality, such an undertaking requires months—or years—of intense preparation and planning. Here, three faculty share what’s involved before they ever set foot on the stage.

Despite its small size, Cuba has loomed large in U.S. foreign policy, and its exile community in the U.S. has influenced American elections. A study abroad program explores this complex relationship.

Interaction designer Erin Murphy (2013) brings a fresh perspective as a member of the Mars 2020 rover team.

When A&S alumnus Gordon Hirabayashi refused to go to an internment camp in 1942, he went to prison for his actions. Nearly five decades later, the government finally overturned his conviction.

When Jennifer Caldwell, ‘07, died tragically in South Africa in 2009, a fund was established in her name to support UW students doing human rights work. The fund, now endowed, ensures that Caldwell's passion for human rights will live on. 

Students are searching home deeds in Washington state for racially restrictive covenants. Their findings are sobering. 

Award-winning author Sherman Alexie joins the Department of American Ethnic Studies as a senior artist-in-residence.

UW Professor Emeritus Estella Leopold has been awarded the International Cosmos Prize, which honors those who further the "harmonious coexistence between nature and mankind." The prize carries a cash award of 40 million yen—nearly $500,000—and goes to just one individual or team each year.

At the Summer Institute in Life Science, offered by UW Biology Program, middle school teachers do a lot of hands-on learning--and gain ideas for their own classrooms. 

Newly minted UW alum Austin Williams has built What's Good 206 into a go-to website for positive stories.

After retirement, UW professors emeriti continue to gain recognition for their work, as evidenced by recent awards to biologist Robert Paine and author Charles Johnson.