Humanities Division

Jane Yang, a UW sophomore who grew up in Shanghai, is teaching the UW men’s basketball team about her language and culture. Now, she’s looking at her home — and herself — with fresh eyes.

When UW anthropologist Cabeiri Robinson returned to Kashmiri Pakistan one month after the horrific 2005 earthquake, it was more than a professional visit.

KUOW's Speakers Forum presents the lecture and performance from last year's Music From The War To End All Wars series, with UW professors Ronald Moore and Robin McCabe.

Faculty have the rare opportunity to fully immerse themselves in a scholarly or pedagogical project during sabbaticals.

One hundred scholars are coming to the UW this week to discuss 14^th century text.

University of Washington's Shawn Wong, professor of english, uses storytelling to help veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars re-acclimate to civilian life.

Four students who earned graduate degrees this year have been named A&S Graduate Medalists for 2015.

A new video looks back on the outstanding work of our students, faculty, and alumni in 2015.

"Scary-smart" is how one professor describes David Jekel, who majored in math and classics.

A violist, an economist, a poet, and a mathematician share the College of Arts & Sciences’ highest undergraduate honor, the Dean's Medal.

Elizabeth Wu's passion for theater led her to direct a play and organize a theater conference—all in her senior year at the UW.

Texts and Teachers bridges the gap between high school and college through parallel courses and campus visits.

A Q&A with Charles Johnson, the UW's Pollock Professor of English, now emeritus. He is the author of 21 books over a 50-year career.

A first-generation student from a migrant farming family, Salvador Gomez is donating his spring break to the Pipeline Project, tutoring and mentoring children in rural Washington.

Earning a PhD in Comparative Literature from UW, a future professor is rescued from a life of violent crime by books and people who saw his promise.