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Down on the Farm, a Vibrant Community
No need to leave campus for the farm experience. The student-run UW Farm, tucked into a third of an acre on campus, is a working farm with ties to courses in everything from biology to anthropology to American Ethnic Studies.
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Truman Scholar Reaches Out to Her Kenyan Village
Geography major Loyce Mbewa founded the Rabour Village Project to support ongoing sustainable community health projects in her Kenyan village.
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Sports Fan Lands Dream Job at ESPN
Teresa Causin ('06) can indulge her passion for sports 24/7 as a project manager overseeing web development projects for ESPN.com.
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A Rarely Observed Stellar Dance
Two stars in a binary star system eclipsed each other repeatedly over the past century, but that is expected to end this month.
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Alum Honored for Groundbreaking Ad Campaigns
Jim Riswold (1983), whose hugely popular ad campaigns for Nike and other top clients featured household names like Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny, was recently inducted into advertising's Creative Hall of Fame.
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A Bold Experiment for AP Courses
A collaboration between the UW and the Bellevue School District, designed to improve student engagement and performance in advanced placement (AP) courses, is now finding wider success.
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Jones Playhouse: A History Filled with Drama
The School of Drama’s Playhouse Theatre, now the Jones Playhouse, has a long history that includes housing one of the few Negro Theatre Units of the WPA’s Federal Theatre Project in the 1930s.
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From the Dean
Robert Stacey reminds us that higher education's fundamental purpose remains unchanged, even during turbulent times.
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Movers and Shakers and History Makers
A&S alumni and siblings Gary and Carver Gayton have led extraordinary lives, following in the footsteps of their great grandfather Lewis Clarke, who escaped slavery to become a well-known abolitionist.
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From the Dean
As the new academic year begins, Dean Robert Stacey celebrates positive budget news, the UW's largest freshman class ever, and the University's commitment to educating students who hail from Washington state.
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Dedicated to Dialects
Through the study of dialects, Elijah Pasco has combined his love of linguistics and theater.
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Spreading the Word
In the past few years, the UW Creative Writing Program has encouraged an increasing number of MFA students to reach out to K-12 students and classrooms.
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Nicole McNichols Wants to Improve Your Love Life
In her new book, "You Could Be Having Better Sex," psychology professor Nicole McNichols shares frank information based on academic research.
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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.