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  • The failed promise of legal pot

    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.
    05/09/2016 | The Atlantic
  • Deep, booming masculine voice meant to intimidate rivals

    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.
    05/08/2016 | Tech Times
  • How 800 Washington state investors wound up in the Panama Papers

    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.
    05/06/2016 | The Seattle Times
  • There's hope for Washington Republicans who aren't keen on Trump

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

    05/05/2016 | KUOW
  • Face of America should include you, me and her

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

    05/01/2016 | The Seattle Times
  • Professor Devin Narr helps Lea Michele trace her lineage

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

    05/01/2016 | TLC
  • Making the most out of your college experience through mentorship programs

    Mentorship in college has proven to be effective in maintaining retention rates and better performance in careers after degree completion.
    04/27/2016 | The Daily
  • Where did the government jobs go?

    University of Washington, Jennifer Laird, wrote a widely cited dissertation, examining the effects of public-sector layoffs on different races
    04/27/2016 | The New York Times
  • Japan looks set to dominate 'newspace' in Asia; India, China in play

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

    04/27/2016 | Forbes
  • The new urban agenda needs to tackle water discrimination

    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. 

    04/26/2016 | Next City
  • What really kept Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill

    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.

    04/24/2016 | Fortune
  • 4 UW professors elected as fellows in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

    Four University of Washington professors join 172 other academics as newly elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the group announced Wednesday.

    04/20/2016 | UW Today
  • UW experts call Paris climate agreement ‘bold,’ ‘encouraging’

    World leaders gathered in Paris in December to forge a global agreement to limit planet-warming carbon emissions.

    04/20/2016 | UW Today
  • Changes coming to U District should be embraced, not feared

    Coming changes should be quite different than South Lake Union precisely because of the collaborative, community-centered work done over the past four years.

    04/19/2016 | The Seattle Times
  • States with punitive justice systems have higher rates of foster care, study finds

    The study looked at rates of foster care nationwide and found that states with more punitive criminal justice systems tended to remove children from their homes far more often.

    04/19/2016 | UW Today

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