Social Sciences Division

Scuba-diving archaeologists have unearthed artifacts from an ancient butchering site that seem to settle a debate about when humans spread across the Americas.

14,550-year-old tools and bones were found in Florida. Donald Grayson, professor of anthropology at the UW, explains one potential problem.

Ashley Walls is one of 100 students selected from all three campuses for the Husky 100 award. 
 

For 2015 University of Washington graduate Benjamin Lee, the opportunity to participate in the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Junior Fellowship program is a dream come true.

New laws on marijuana were supposed to boost tax revenues and free up cops to go after “real” criminals. But underground sales — and arrests — are still thriving.

The deep, booming voice of Benedict Cumberbatch may seem alluring to some women, but new research suggests that biologically speaking, deep masculine voices are meant to intimidate rivals.

The Jenkinses of Federal Way are among nearly 800 Washington state investors named in the Panama Papers, the leak of 11.5 million secret documents that exposes offshore accounts.

Margaret O'Mara, associate professor of history at the UW, says both parties should focus on the long game beyond 2016. 

Shirley Yee, professor of gender, women and sexuality studies at the UW, is featured in this column about how equality is portrayed in America. 

Actor Lea Michele traces her family with the help of Sephardic studies professor, Devin Naar on TLC's "Who Do You Think You Are?" 

Mentorship in college has proven to be effective in maintaining retention rates and better performance in careers after degree completion.

University of Washington, Jennifer Laird, wrote a widely cited dissertation, examining the effects of public-sector layoffs on different races

Newer, smaller, and potentially transformative businesses are today bringing forth what can best be described as a revolution in space affairs. 

Ph.D. student Tracey Chaplin published a collaborative op-ed discussing sea level rise, superstorms and drought, and the potential to decouple water rights from tenancy. 

Scott Montgomery analyzes public pressure on the U.S. Treasury to reverse an earlier decision to keep its own founder, Alexander Hamilton, on the $10 bill.