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When Math Equals Fun
Graduate students in applied mathematics bring their excitement to math events at K-12 schools.
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Exploring Blackness through Art
The Black Embodiments Studio examines how definitions of blackness are produced and expressed through the arts.
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Bats evolved diverse skull shapes due to echolocation, diet
Postdoctoral researchers Jessica Arbour and Abigail Curtis and Sharlene Santana, associate professor at the Burke Museum, focused on the diversity among bat skulls.
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Social Media Data as Research Tool
The public may balk at the sharing of social media data, but social scientists use the information to understand our world.
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Costumes with a Story to Tell
A School of Drama graduate student has found historical treasures among costumes tucked away in storage boxes for decades.
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3 West Coast Facilities That Show How Innovative Design Can Heal
The newly opened Life Sciences Building encourages physical movement, embraces natural daylight in an innovative way, and reactivates visitors’ appreciation of the natural world.
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Playground study shows how recess can include all children
A University of Washington-led research team found that children with autism communicate with peers and participate in activities more often than people might presume.
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Whitewashing: Seattle artist calls attention to censored history in series on WWII war crimes
Miha Sarani (BFA, 2015), an art history graduate, began the project after seeing news of the white nationalist march in Virgina and the lack of condemnation of white supremacy that followed.
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UW Chemistry Postdoc makes Forbes "30 Under 30"
Daniel Kroupa, a Washington Research Foundation Innovation Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Washington’s Clean Energy Institute (CEI), made Forbes' "30 Under 30" list.
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Philharmonia Northwest presents old and new music created entirely by Seattle composers
Under the direction of conductor Julia Tai (DMA, 2010), Philharmonia Northwest presents "Seattle Sounds," representing a wide sample of composing ambitions from UW alumni.
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Waging War in Cyberspace
A doctoral student explains how one online hacker can be more powerful than 10,000 soldiers.
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Meet the artist: Painter Miha Sarani
Columns Magazine's June cover is a painting of Orin Smith by Miha Sarani, a BFA alum, current MA student, and former Starbucks employee. What's his painting's secret? Coffee.
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In Israel, Asylum Seekers Find Their Voice
Oded Oron witnessed a massive protest of aslyum-seeking refugees in Tel Aviv. Then he wrote a PhD dissertation about it.
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An Optimist Studies Race & Equity
PhD student Arianne Eason believes that understanding what shapes our views on race is the first step toward positive change.
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Powerful Stories About Ocean Sustainability
Communication Leadership students use storytelling to shed light on humans' dependence on the ocean.