• Cutting a Wide Swath with Math and Classics

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

    June 2015 Perspectives
  • The Fantastic Four

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

    June 2015 Perspectives
  • Telling Stories, Opening Minds

    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.

    June 2015 Perspectives
  • College Confidence in the High School Classroom

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

    March 2015 Perspectives
  • Author Charles Johnson discusses new work — and the return of Emery Jones

    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.

    UW Today
  • A spring break of service

    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.

    UW News
  • How gang kid re-created himself as a scholar, with guidance

    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.
    Seattle Times
  • The best U.S. colleges for a major in English

    The UW is ranked as one of the best colleges in Seattle in addition to being in the top 100 schools in the country. The university challenges students to view the world through multiple lenses and understand how fields are interrelated.
    USA Today
  • A Bitcoin Believer

    When she first heard about Bitcoin, Jinyoung Lee Englund ('06) was puzzled. Now she's a spokesperson for the Bitcoin Foundation.

    January 2015 Perspectives
  • A fragile peace in the aftermath of the Marysville-Pilchuck shooting

    In an op-ed piece, Stephanie Fryberg, associate professor of American Indian studies and psychology, writes about the impact of the Marysville-Pilchuck High School shooting on students and families, as well as on local tribal communities and Marysville.
    Seattle Times
  • Great Reads by A&S Alums

    Books make great gifts. Books by Arts & Sciences alumni? Even better. Here are some recent arrivals, from fiction to nonfiction to memoir to poetry.

    December 2014 Perspectives
  • What the *#@$&*?

    Got your attention? Turns out swear words provide unique insights into how language works.

    October 2014 Perspectives
  • Can you pick out the Northwest accent?

    Think we don't have an accent here in the Pacific Northwest? Think again. Scientists say we do, in fact, have an accent, though our native ears may not always pick up on it.
    KPLU
  • Borders collapse in voices of young poets

    Seattle Times columnist Sarah Stuteville talks with young Seattle-area poets who draw on complex international identities and themes in their work. Jackson School student Hamda Yusuf is profiled.
    The Seattle Times
  • A Summer Dive into Research

    Nine weeks to complete an independent research project? Students in the Summer Institute for the Arts and Humanities embraced that challenge.

    September 2014 Perspectives