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What Orwell’s ‘1984’ tells us about today’s world, 70 years after it was published
Stephan Groening, Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Studies, explains the significance of Orwell's novel in today's world
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For Love of Stories
Grecia Leal Pardo (BA, 2019) celebrates stories and storytelling.
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Interrupting Privilege
UW professor Ralina Joesph is teaching people to talk about race across generational and racial lines
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Down to Earth, In Turkey
Ryan Robinson (BA, 2019) digs deep for archaeological research.
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UW’s Pacific Northwest English Study seeking new group of research participants for summer 2019
Is there a Northwest accent? The Pacific Northwest English Study is about to begin a new, three-year research project listening to voices from throughout the region.
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Should you pursue your passion in college or a degree that would make you money?
What do you do when society tells you that the passion or skill you’ve decided to pursue in college won’t give you a sustainable lifestyle?
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ArtsUW Roundup: A Site Responsive Exhibition, #HEREproject, Sound and Images, Body Awareness, Strange Coupling 2019 Exhibition Reception, Daniel Alexander Jones reading, and more!
This week in the arts, partake in the #HEREproject, attend one of the 2019 School of Art + Art History + Design Graduation Exhibitions, and more!
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Going beyond guilt trips
KUOW interviews Anu Taranath, faculty member in English and Comparative History of Ideas departments, about her new book called Beyond Guilt Trips: Mindful Travel in an Unequal World.
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Documentary films by UW faculty members Jeff Shulman, David Shields to screen
English professor and best-selling author David Shields wrote, produced and directed “Lynch: A History.”
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ArtsUW Roundup: You Are Not Invited, world premier of ‘Lynch: A History’ at SIFF, last week to see ‘Nina Simone: Four Women’, Edgar Arceneaux’s Library of Black Lies, and ‘The Learned Ladies’, and more!
This week in the arts, visit a graduation exhibition, attend the premier of “Lynch: A History'” at SIFF, see “Nina Simone: Four Women” at the Rep., and more!
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16 UW students awarded Fulbright fellowships
Sixteen UW students and alumni were awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships for the 2019-20 academic year, and one has been named an alternate.
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‘Seattle Freeze’: Forget making friends — half of Washington residents don’t even want to talk to you
Andrew Nestingen, chair of the Department of Scandinavian Studies, weighs in on how Nordic culture has influenced Seattle culture.
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UW Books in brief: Mindful travel in an unequal world, day laborers in Brooklyn, activist educators
Recent notable books by UW faculty, several from Arts & Sciences. explore mindful international travel, men seeking work as day laborers, and activist teachers.
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What about Two-Year Colleges?
Through a Simpson Center program, UW doctoral students explore the challenges and benefits of teaching at a two-year college.
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Faculty Friday: Selim Kuru
Selim Kuru's love of literature all started with his mother, "she was an avid reader and had a library under lock and key and would release books for me according to my age."