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Religion as a Political Force
Comparative religion professor James Wellman explores the critical role of religion in politics.
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Joel Migdal, founder of International Studies Program, to mark UW retirement with public lecture, workshop, Oct. 3
Joel S. Migdal, professor in the Jackson School of International Studies, will celebrate retirement after 39 years at the UW on Thursday with a daylong workshop featuring current and former students, followed by a lecture on “State and Society: Then and Now.”
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Jewish leaders condemn rise in anti- Semitism across Washington, urge lawmakers to fight hatred
Noam Pianko, a UW professor of Jewish studies, weighs in on the root causes of anti-Semitism and how to address it.
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What it's like to have dinner with Seattle chef Melissa Miranda
Alum Melissa Miranda (BFA, 2008, Sociology) discusses her career as a chef and the cultural inspirations for the dishes she creates.
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Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies receives $1.8M grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Programs to support current and future Native American students, along with both undergraduate and graduate research in the Indigenous humanities, will benefit from this grant.
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Study shows exposure to multiple languages may make it easier to learn more
Learn more about the study led by Kinsey Bice, a postdoctoral fellow in the UW Department of Psychology and the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences.
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UW colleges, offices share three-year NSF grant to make ‘internet of things’ more secure
Principle investigators include Jessica Beyer, co-director of the Jackson School’s Cybersecurity Initiative.
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Faculty Spotlight: Charity Urbanski
“Mostly my summer has been devoted to monsters—dragons, revenants, werewolves, that sort of thing,” says Urbanski, a senior lecturer in the UW Department of History.
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Why Trump's tweets on Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib go into the heart of American Jewish Politics
Analysis from UW Professor Noam Pianko
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D.C. protects most workers from discrimination. But not nannies or housekeepers.
Kim England, the Harry Bridges Chair of Labor Studies at the UW, weighs in on the activism behind the Domestic Worker's Bill of Rights.
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UW books in brief: Tribal sovereignty and the courts, mentoring through fan fiction, UW Press paperback editions
Recent notable books by UW faculty members explore the legal history of Indigenous nations and the mentoring benefits of fan fiction, and more.
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Jessica Beyer features on CSPAN, high-level panel on disinformation campaigns
Faculty Jessica Beyer speaks about “Decoding Disinformation” in a recent panel discussion moderated by CNN Anchor Kate Bolduan.
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ArtsUW Roundup: Creating Alternative Worlds, Bulrusher, Final Week of James Coupe: Exercises in Passivity and more!
Celebrate the accomplishments of the 2019 Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities undergraduate researchers, attend Bulrusher - directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton, and more!
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One budget line Congress can agree on: Spending billions on the US military
Op-ed from Associate Professor of Political Science, Rebecca Thorpe
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The Pacific Northwest's enduring influence on space exploration
Saadia Pekkanen, a professor at the UW's Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and an expert in space policy weighs in.