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AAPI voter turnout involves many unseen obstacles
You are voting for the first time. Your ballot arrives. But you can’t read it. The text is too small. And when you come to the candidates’ names, they look something like this: T *&%$@(“&^, T>>%@)%|\^^. Such was the experience—more or less—of many older residents of the Chinatown International-District (CID) before the Nov. 2023 elections, according to multiple organizations sponsoring a get-out-the vote event. Connie So, teaching professor of American ethnic studies at the UW, is quoted. -
Year of the Dragon: USPS unveils 2024 Lunar New Year stamp
The United States Postal Service is celebrating Lunar New Year with a new commemorative stamp. The “Year of the Dragon” stamp is on sale now at post offices across the country and on usps.com. Connie So, teaching professor of American ethnic studies at the UW, is quoted. -
Lunar New Year stamp unveiled in CID
The U.S. Postal Service unveiled the Lunar New Year "Year of the Dragon" Forever stamp in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District in Seattle on Thursday. The Postal Service printed 22 million stamps that are now on sale at post offices and usps.com. Connie So, teaching professor of American ethnic studies at the UW, is quoted. -
‘Grandmothering While Black’ explores skipped-generation households
In her book “Grandmothering While Black: A Twenty-First Century Story of Love, Coercion and Survival,” LaShawnDa Pittman, associate professor of American ethnic studies at the UW, plumbs the nuances of the role of contemporary Black grandmothers in today’s landscape. -
For Black Republicans, A Dramatic Shift
What it means to be Black and Republican has changed through the years. American Ethnic Studies professor La TaSha Levy is researching a period of dramatic change for Black Republicans.
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Dawg Daze Digest: Planetarium Shows, Art Tours, Trivia, Information Sessions and more!
Kick off the Autumn quarter and celebrate a return to campus with these can’t-miss recommendations from the College of Arts & Sciences.
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AAPI community members in Beacon Hill share concerns over recent robberies
Some people in the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community in South Seattle are sharing their concerns about a recent string of robberies in the area. They are not only concerned with the violent crimes, but with how the city has been handling the situation. Connie So, teaching professor of American ethnic studies at the UW, is quoted.
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2023 Husky 100
The Husky 100 recognizes 100 UW undergraduate and graduate students who are making the most of their time at the UW.
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ArtSci Roundup: Faculty Concerts, Women's Liberation Movement Book Talk, Dover Quartet and more
This week, head to Meany Hall for the Grammy-nominated Dover Quartet performance, learn about Seattle’s radical women’s liberation movement of the 60s and 70s from Barbara Winslow, celebrate Arab American Heritage Month and more.
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Asian American History, Shared through Graphic Novels
Graphic novels created by American Ethnic Studies students explore the role of Seattle's Asian American community in historic events.
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ArtSci Roundup: Doce Sones para Doce Poetas / Twelve Songs for Twelve Poets, Thick as Mud exhibition opening, and more
Attend lectures, performances, and more.
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ArtSci Roundup: Behzod Abduraimov, “Manzanar, Diverted” Screening and Director talk, and more
Start the new year with lectures, performances, and more.
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ArtSci Roundup: January Preview
Start the new year with lectures, performances, exhibitions and more.
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LaShawnDa Pittman Shows the Love
LaShawnDa Pittman, American ethnic studies and sociology professor, is excited to think together as the newest Hanauer appointee. Pittman's research centers socially marginalized women and those living with poor health resources/outcomes. Interrogate notions of “Western Civilization" in class and/or discuss what matters to you at an upcoming salon talk.
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‘We Had Our Reasons’: UW alum Ricardo Ruiz’ poetry book brings light to immigrant experiences
Ricardo Ruiz is a poet, activist, father, husband, veteran, and UW alum. His new poetry book, “We Had Our Reasons,” sheds light on the stories of immigrants and their reasoning behind the decision to migrate to the United States. Through these poems, Ruiz hopes people outside the community are able to understand why someone would sacrifice so much and give up everything that they have just to migrate to a new country.