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Protecting Voices through Music & Science
With degrees in music and speech & hearing sciences, Addison Francis wants to help singers and others protect their voices.
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The Tea Party, Still Brewing
Professor Christopher Parker, whose book about the rise of the Tea Party will be published in 2013, shares his thoughts on the Tea Party's popularity and its similarities to past conservative political movements in the U.S.
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Following Our Students' Steps Through Rome
An A&S board member shares her experience of traveling in Rome with English professor Shawn Wong and Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity students.
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Dr. Seuss, with a Guatemalan Touch
UW students in a 200-level Spanish class have written books, in Spanish, for the children of Panajachel, Guatemala.
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From the Dean
A&S faculty, students, and alumni are making remarkable breakthroughs in our understanding of the brain.
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Ethics Takes Center Stage at Competition
Should college athletes be paid? To what extent should politicians’ sexual indiscretions be forgiven? Is it ethical to arm rebels in countries where we’re not at war?
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Military Fellow Embraces UW Experience
A new Asia-Pacific Military Fellowship in the Jackson School provides immersion in the history and culture of Asian countries.
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Running Circles Around Math
Math Circles, led weekly by UW students, introduce middle school students to the joys of mathematics. "You have captured the fire in my child!" comments one parent, impressed by the program.
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I am First-Generation: Usha Varanasi
"I believe that the journey should be as much fun, and as fulfilling, as reaching the goalpost, which may shift and thereby make life more challenging and interesting. Use the philosophy in this famous quote that 'nothing great is ever achieved without enthusiasm because enthusiasm urges you to do your best.'"- Usha Varanasi (Ph.D., Chemistry, 1968) , UW College of Arts & Sciences Chemistry Professor
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Women's Center Leads Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts
A Women's Center report addresses human trafficking in Washington state.
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Gabriel Solis Named Divisional Dean of the Arts
Solis comes from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and will join the UW on July 1.
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Marshall Scholar's Focus
Jennifer Devine, 2004 Marshall Scholar, explores issues of poverty in her coursework, as a research assistant, and through her travels.
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Pairing Music & Technology
With its Music and Technology program, the School of Music provides a foundation in music recording and experience in a recording studio.
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Natural Sciences Division Welcomes 12 New Faculty Members
New hires will join colleagues in the departments of Applied Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, and Statistics.
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President Obama Honors UW Biologist
The White House announced that UW biology professor Jay Parrish has received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the government's highest honor for scientists in the early stages of their research careers.