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How the legacy of nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands still affects Spokane’s Marshallese community
This week is Nuclear Remembrance Week, a virtual forum to commemorate the 67th anniversary of “Bravo” being tested in the Marshall Islands. Members of Spokane's Marshallese community share their stories. Holly Barker, a teaching professor of anthropology at the UW, is quoted.
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A year with COVID-19: A chronology of how the UW adapted — and responded — to the pandemic
Take a look back at the last year of the UW's research of and adaptation to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Has the COVID-19 pandemic forever altered human behavior?
It feels like the pandemic is changing everything, but as vaccine rollout progresses and we squint at what appears to be a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, the question to ask now is whether any real changes we’ve had to adopt during a year of pandemic life will stick around in the years to come. The UW’s Steve Goodreau, professor of anthropology, and Fabio Ghironi, professor of economics, are quoted.
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Faculty/staff honors: Polymer Physics Prize, anthropology dissertation award
Ian Kretzler, a Ph.D. anthropology graduate, and Samson Jenekhe, professor of chemical engineering and chemistry, have been recently awarded honors.
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Ancient food scraps provide clues to past rainfall in Australia’s Northern Territory
Ancient food scraps found at Australia’s earliest site of human occupation, in the Kakadu region of the Northern Territory, are helping researchers generate rainfall records dating back 65,000 years. A new study led by the University of Queensland and involving the University of Washington provides a glimpse into the region’s climate at the time when people first entered the Australian continent from the north.
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The Case for Cannibalism, or: How to Survive the Donner Party
The article recounts the story of the Donner Party and asks the reader to imagine being part of the doomed trek. Donald Grayson, professor emeritus of anthropology at the UW, is quoted.
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Origins of human music linked to our ancestors’ daredevil behaviour
Our primate ancestors might have become “protomusical” to advertise their ability to perform death-defying leaps from tree to tree. David Schruth, a postdoctoral researcher in anthropology at the UW, is referenced.
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The Value of a Non-STEM Major, with Dean Stacey
College of Arts & Sciences Dean Stacey explains that there is an important civic, political, social, and cultural element to an education and that you can get that in a wide variety of majors.
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Six unique majors that may not be on your radar
Interested in the College of Arts & Sciences but don’t know what to study? Here are six majors that you may not have discovered yet.
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Animals on trial, disability discrimination, and what it means to be human
At its final colloquium, the Henry Art Gallery invites academics from the UW and other institutions "to think beyond species."
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Warm oceans helped first human migration from Asia to North America
New research reveals significant changes to the circulation of the North Pacific and its impact on the initial migration of humans from Asia to North America.
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Warm oceans helped first human migration from Asia to North America
Ben Fitzhugh, professor of anthropology, explains the results of a new study he co-authored on human migration.
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UW introduces new minor in data science
The UW has started offering a new STEM minor in data science, one of the first universities in the country to do so. Ben Marwick, an associate professor of archeology and director of the new data science minor, is quoted.
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Anthropology Professor Remembered for Commitment to Anti-Racism in Medicine
Sam Dubal died while hiking on Mt. Rainier National Park in October.
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Family Of Missing UW Professor Launches Memorial Fundraiser
The family of Sam Dubal, the assistant professor of anthropology at the UW who went missing while hiking in Mount Rainier in early October, has launched a fundraiser to help create a fellowship fund in his memory.