Social Sciences Division

More than 1,000 undergraduates will showcase their contributions to innovative and groundbreaking research at the 16th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, May 17 in Mary Gates Hall.

Senior softball player and sociology major Shawna Wright became just the second Husky in school history to be named conference Defensive Player of the Year.

In a city with more than 2 million eligible voters, roughly 400,000 may cast ballots in Tuesday's election. The low turnout is in keeping with historical trends. Matt Baretto, associate professor of political science, is quoted.

Students and faculty in the UW's Center for Human Rights, working with a partner organization in El Salvador, are helping Salvadorans seek justice for crimes committed during El Salvador's brutal civil war.

KOMO profiles UW social sciences student Eleni Englert, a member of the women's crew team who has a degenerative eye disease and is legally blind.

In an op-ed piece, Joshua Eastin, a UW PhD candidate in political science, and Aseem Prakash, a UW professor of political science, argue that economic growth has not necessarily empowered women in India.

Are presidents today more empathetic than they were in the past? UW department of communication chair and professor David Domke explains why that is the expectation now and how it is different from the past.

After years of balancing UW studies with a demanding full-time dance career, Pacific Northwest Ballet dancer Leah O'Connor will earn a bachelor's degree in sociology in June.

When scientists studying the deadly H5N1 “bird flu” virus reengineered it to be transmissible in humans, the potential for the virus to become a public security threat intensified.

In cities around the country, more and more Americans with cell phones and social media accounts are helping police solve crimes, whether they know it or not. Hanson Hosein, director of the program on communication in digital media, comments.

University of Washington doctoral candidate Maria Quintana (History) and alumnus Samuel Anderson (Anthropology, '00) are among the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellows for 2013, awarded each year by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

In a new book, Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People, Anthony Greenwald, a social psychologist at the University of Washington, and co-author Mahzarin Banaji turn the conventional way people think about prejudice on its head.

Donald Hellmann, a professor in the Jackson School of International Studies, weighs in on North Korea's recent threats against the U.S., Japan, and South Korea on KUOW's Weekday, hosted by Steve Scher (first 15 minutes of program).

Wes Kovarik (JSIS MAIS/JD 2014), is one of 23 graduate-student recipients of the Harold W. Rosenthal Fellowship. He will spend the summer working in the Washington, D.C., office of U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA).

"The Best of the Best American Poetry" collects 25 years of the best poetry published in this country, including poems by Sherman Alexie and the University of Washington's Heather McHugh.