College of Arts and Sciences

  • ArtSci People & Research in the Media: Spring Quarter Roundup

    The College of Arts & Sciences is home to many distinguished researchers, faculty, and students. Their work and contributions have been featured in media outside of the UW and across the country. Take a look at some ArtSci features from this past Spring Quarter. From AI to nature's poets, ArtSci in the Media has something for everyone!

    06/13/2025 | College of Arts & Sciences
  • College of Arts & Sciences Students Recognized in the 2025 Husky 100

    The College of Arts & Sciences celebrates undergraduate and graduate students from across all four divisions, who are recognized for making the most of their time at the UW. 

    06/12/2025 | 2025 Husky 100
  • ArtSci Roundup: Summer 2025

    From campus to wherever you call home, we welcome you to learn from and connect with the College of Arts & Sciences community through public events spanning the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. We hope to see you this Summer.

    06/11/2025 | College of Arts & Sciences
  • New faculty books: Artificial intelligence, 1990s Russia, song interpretation, and more

    Recent faculty books from the University of Washington include those from linguistics, Slavic languages and literature and French. UW News spoke with the authors of four publications to learn more about their work. Scrutinizing and confronting AI hype Emily M. Bender, UW professor of linguistics, co-authored The AI Con: How to Fight Big Techs Hype...
    06/11/2025 | UW News
  • Ways of Knowing Episode 6: Sound Studies

    Virtual assistants, such as Apples Siri, can perform a range of tasks or services for users and a majority of them sound like white women. Golden Marie Owens, assistant professor of cinema and media studies at the University of Washington, says there is much to learn about a person from how they sound. The...
    06/10/2025 | UW News
  • Watch: Henry Jackson-Spieker

    Henry Jackson-Spieker, assistant professor of ceramics, glass and sculpture at the UW, is a born-and-raised Seattle artist known for his art installations. In his own work he uses a mix of material metal, glass, paracord, neon, wood to push viewers expectations of space and discernment, forcing them to rethink their physical and sociological relationship to everything around them.
    06/06/2025 | Cascade PBS
  • 5 dark facts to remember in the face of AI hype

    Emily M. Bender, professor of linguistics at the UW, and Alex Hanna share five key insights from their new book,"The AI Con: How to Fight Big Techs Hype and Create the Future We Want." This bookis an exploration of the hype around artificial intelligence, whose interests it serves and the harm being done under this umbrella.
    06/06/2025 | Fast Company
  • Ways of Knowing Episode 5: Abstract Pattern Recognition, or Math

    Imagine an art class where you only did paint by numbers, or a music class where you werent allowed to play a song until you practiced scales for 20 years. This is often what its like to take a math class, where students spend most of their time learning to solve problems that have already...
    06/05/2025 | UW News
  • Divorces tend to spike in early spring and late summer here's why

    A 2016 study from the UW that analyzed divorce filing data across the state from 2001 to 2015, found that they "consistently peaked in March and August." Julie Brines, associate professor of sociology at the UW, is quoted.
    06/05/2025 | NPR
  • Those little red hummingbird feeders are driving the bird's evolution

    Alejandro Rico Guevara is one of the foremost researchers on hummingbird bills. He has spent years studying how hummingbirds use their beaks to feed and fight. But his latest research looked at how human actions seem to be driving a high-speed example of evolution in hummingbird bills.Rico-Guevara, assistant professor of biology at the UW and curator of birds at the UW Burke Museum, is interviewed.
    06/04/2025 | KUOW
  • Simulation predicts a bonanza of solar system discoveries

    A new type of computer simulation predicts that the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile will discover millions of previously undetected objects in the solar system over the course of the coming decade. Mario Juri, professor of astronomy at the UW, is quoted.
    06/04/2025 | GeekWire
  • Opinion: 'Foolhardy at best, and deceptive and dangerous at worst': Don't believe the hype here's why artificial general intelligence isn't what the billionaires tell you it is

    "Unfortunately, the goal of creating artificial general intelligence isnt just a project that lives as a hypothetical in scientific papers. Theres real money invested in this work, much of it coming from venture capitalists," co-writes Emily M. Bender, professor of linguistics at the UW.
    06/04/2025 | Live Science
  • College of Arts & Sciences Commencement 2025

    June marks the end of many College of Arts & Sciences students’ undergraduate experience. Interested in attending a graduation ceremony? Check out this extensive list of all the celebrations happening with the College's departments.

    06/04/2025 | College of Arts & Sciences
  • Millions of new solar system objects to be found and filmed in technicolor studies predict

    A group of astronomers from across the globe, including a team from the University of Washington and led by Queens University Belfast, have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects will be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.
    06/03/2025 | UW News
  • Nobody wants a robot to read them a story! The creatives and academics rejecting AI at work and at home

    Is artificial intelligence coming for everyones jobs? Not if this lot have anything to do with it. Emily M. Bender, professor of linguistics at the UW, is quoted.
    06/03/2025 | The Guardian