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ArtSci Roundup: Former Prime Minister of Italy Talk, Pandemic Urbanism Symposium, and more
This week at the UW, see a plethora of virtual opportunities, including a talk with the former prime minister of Italy.
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Opinion: Twitter Could End the Office as We Know It
Despite decades of resistance, major technology companies are considering a permanent move to working from home as an option. Margaret O’Mara, professor of history, writes this article.
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Big Tech was first to send workers home. Now it’s in no rush to bring them back.
Tech giants are in no hurry to bring employees back into the office, citing social and economic responsibility as a few of the reasons. Margaret O'Mara, professor of history, is quoted.
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“We Can’t Not Talk about It”: History Instructors Teach the Virus
It's very intense to teach the history of another recent pandemic that's still shaping our lives right now with a pandemic shaping out lives in historically unprecedented ways.
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Comparing the Great Depression in Washington to the COVID-19 crisis
Parallels are drawn between the 1920s great depression and today's Coronavirus manufactured depression. James Gregory of the UW's History Department is quoted.
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UW History Professors Investigate Global Histories of Health in New Books
Lynn Thomas and Adam Warren published new books dealing with histories of health in "Beneath the Surface: A Transnationial History of Skin Lightners."
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Faculty/staff honors: Distinguished contributions to Asian studies, social equity award, Swedish physical geography honor, new Cascade Public Media director
Various faculty and staff members are honored for their contributions to a variety of subjects, including social equity, Asian studies, and Swedish physical geography.
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Opinion: The Coronavirus Could Rewrite the Rules for Silicon Valley
History Professor Margaret O'Mara looks back at the automobile industry's response to the Great Depression to predict how the coronavirus will effect big tech players.
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UW books in brief: Chinese funerary biographies, skin lighteners through history, NYC neighborhood gentrification study, Arthurian verse-novel in translation
Recent notable books by University of Washington faculty members look at gentrification and inequity in a New York neighborhood, skin lighteners though history, female agency in Arthurian legend and biographical epitaphs in China across many centuries.
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Field report: Honors course explores whether national parks are in progress or peril
Nine and faculty seized the opportunity in this course to explore national parks, analyze their findings, and decide whether or not those parks are in danger.
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ArtSci Roundup: Earth Day with the Department of History, Colloquia Series lecture returns online, Ask Your Farmer, and more
This week at the UW, one can virtually tune in to events surrounding Earth Day, art history, and Scandanavian studies.
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Faculty Friday: Mira Green
Mira Green, history lecturer, is featured in this week's edition of "Faculty Friday."
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Coronavirus Will Change the World Permanently. Here’s How.
Margaret O'Mara, history professor, explains the long-term effects the coronavirus epidemic could have on how we view big government.
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Opinion: America Is at War, and There’s Only One Enemy
Margaret O'Mara, history professor, discusses the Defense Protection Act and other extreme measures the US government could take to manage the coronavirus pandemic.
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Coronavirus: Three lessons from the AIDS crisis
Associate professor of history, Laurie Marhoefer, discusses what lessons from the US government's management of the AIDS crisis can be applied to the coronavirus pandemic.