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Researchers say the probability of living past 110 is on the rise — here’s what you can do to get there
The odds of living past age 110 are becoming more likely, according to a new study from the UW, which used mathematical modeling to predict the probability of people becoming “supercentenarians” in the years 2020 through 2100. Michael Pearce, a doctoral student in statistics at the UW, is quoted.
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Dianne Harris named dean of UW College of Arts & Sciences
Dianne Harris, currently a senior program officer in the Mellon Foundation's Higher Learning program, has been appointed to be the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences.
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UW Songwriters Circle releases new album ‘Escapisms’
The UW Songwriters Circle, composed entirely of student musicians, has released a new club album.
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Bridging the Distance
UW Professors discuss their innovative adaptations to the challenges that remote learning has presented this past year.
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With Biden in office, UW, Inslee seek to return once-jailed scholar to Washington state
Three years after Walid Salem was plucked off a Cairo street by plainclothes police officers, blindfolded and then imprisoned, the University of Washington doctoral student remains stuck in Egypt, unable to visit his young daughter or finish his dissertation in Seattle. Michael McCann, professor of political science at the UW, and UW President Ana Mari Cauce are quoted.
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Woman shares viral Facebook about overcoming addiction, hits home in Chillicothe
Ginny Burton, who is graduating with a degree in political science, shares her inspiring story about overcoming addiction.
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Back to school with Sangram Majumdar
Incoming art assistant professor Sangram Majumdar explains his journey to the UW School of Art + Art History + Design.
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Celebrating Fifty Years of Outsized Impact
How the Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies continues to address the most critical issues of our time.
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UW bids farewell to trio of transformational leaders
Robert Stacey, who served on the faculty of the Department of History for 33 years and retires after serving as dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, is honored.
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‘Ancient Future’ questions our relationship with the natural world
Master of Fine Arts student Payton Cahill's thesis project, "Ancient Future," "transcends the limits of the gallery space through a prompting of collective reflection."
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UW alum, award-winning poet Ada Limón chosen as School of Drama graduation keynote speaker
Ada Limón, who graduated from the UW with a degree in Drama in 1998, has been chosen as the School of Drama's graduation keynote speaker.
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UW’s León Center in Spain renews lease through 2025
Tony Geist, former chairman of UW Spanish and Portuguese Studies and founding director of the León Center discusses the lease renewal of the Center through 2025.
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The powers of perception: How prototypes can affect sexual harassment victims
Bryn Bandt-Law, UW researcher and graduate student in psychology, discusses her new research on sexual harassment.
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Pumpin' fists and iron post pandemic
The usual video game plot is that you’re some kind of hero going to some kind of castle or stronghold, to defeat an evil villain and save someone. Very rarely do you see racism as the primary enemy in a video game. But that is the villain at the center of a new game from Chanhee Choi, a doctoral student in digital arts and experimental media at the UW. [This is the third segment on "The Record"]
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Meet the 2020-21 UW MAP award recipients
Since 1994, alumni and friends in the Multicultural Alumni Partnership have worked together to promote diversity at the UW and address issues of equity and diversity on our campuses and in our community. This year’s promising scholars range from early undergraduates who are still zeroing in on a major to those pursuing graduate and professional degrees.