Graduate Education

  • Faculty/staff honors: Polymer Physics Prize, anthropology dissertation award

    Ian Kretzler, a Ph.D. anthropology graduate, and Samson Jenekhe, professor of chemical engineering and chemistry, have been recently awarded honors.

    02/19/2021 | UW News
  • A Writing Resource for Grad Students

    Graduate student writing projects can be massive and isolating. Odegaard Writing & Research Center offers programs to help.

    February 2021 Perspectives
  • 5 Key Roles for Effective Leaders During COVID

    “Although extensive literature on leadership skills and practices already exists, here we reflect on and define the main roles of higher education leaders in the time of crisis through the lens of the ongoing global events,” write Audeliz Matias of New York Empire State College, Yoly Gonzalez and Jerusalem Rivera-Wilson of State University of New York at Buffalo, Christina Vargas of Suffolk County Community College, Dalia A. Muller of Dutchess Community College, Angela Rios of the University at Albany and Anibal Torres of SUNY Morrisville. UW President Ana Mari Cauce is mentioned.

    Inside Higher Ed
  • Why It's Hard for Adults to Learn a Second Language

    Brianna Yamasaki, Ph.D. student in psychology, explains why adults can have a harder time learning a new language.

    The National Herald
  • Why it's hard for adults to learn a second language

    Brianna Yamasaki, Ph.D. student in psychology, writes on why it can be more difficult for adults to learn a new language.

    Yahoo News
  • Seattle writer pens moving memoir about Korean immigrant experience

    E.J. Koh, a doctoral student in English at the UW, has translated all 49 letters from her Korean mother into English and used them as the skeleton for her brief, but time- and continent-spanning memoir, “The Magical Language of Others,” published in early 2020 with Portland publisher Tin House.

    Crosscut
  • Video Reflections

    In honor of MLK Day, the UW asked Black students, staff, and faculty to respond to the prompt, “What does MLK Day mean to you in 2021?”

    University of Washington
  • Sexual harassment claims considered more credible if made by ‘prototypical’ women

    A new UW study has found that "prototypical" women who look and act more feminine are more likely to believed when making allegations of sexual harassment.

    UW News
  • Why Some Sexual Harassment Claims Are Considered More Credible Than Others

    A University of Washington-led study, involving more than 4,000 people, found that people were more likely to think “prototypical” women — who are conventionally attractive and appear and act feminine — would be harassed. Bryn Bandt-Law, a doctoral student in psychology at the UW, and Cheryl Kaiser, professor of psychology at the UW, are quoted.

    Forbes
  • Sexual harassment claims by less feminine women perceived as less credible

    Women who don’t fit female stereotypes of look or personality are perceived as less credible when lodging sexual harassment claims, according to a study published Thursday in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Bryn Bandt-Law, a doctoral student in psychology at the UW, and Cheryl Kaiser, professor of psychology at the UW, are quoted.

    UPI
  • World Hindi Day 2021: Here are the top universities across the world that offer Hindi courses

    The University of Washington is recognized as one of the top universities in the world that offers Hindi courses.

    Indian Express
  • A Year in Focus: 20 from 2020

    Twenty moments from a year like no other — captured through the lenses of UW photographers.

    University of Washington
  • Video: News and research highlights from 2020

    The College of Arts & Sciences is featured in this collection of video highlights produced by UW News in 2020.

    UW News
  • UW researcher on how to keep spirits bright in isolation, and not put too much pressure on 2021

    For months, Jonathan Kanter, research associate professor of psychology at the UW, has been leading local and national studies on how people have been coping with quarantines and isolation. Yet he’s not doing any better than the rest of us. Adam Kuczynski, a graduate student in psychology at the UW, is mentioned.

    The Seattle Times
  • UW gets $1.8 million for Taiwan Studies Program

    Daniel Kuo-Ching Chen, director general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Seattle, signed a memorandum of understanding of cooperation with UW President Ana Mari Cauce on Dec. 8. Based on the memorandum, the Taiwan government provided $1.8 million for the UW to strengthen its Taiwan studies program in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and launch a Taiwan arts and culture program.

    NW Asian Weekly