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Dillon Gisch (B.A. 2013) Wins Rome Prize!
Dillon Gisch (B.A. 2013, summa cum laude, Classical Studies and Art History) won the Arthur Ross/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize!
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Faculty/staff honors: New atmospheric research board trustee; prize-winning fiction; PBS show consultant
English Professor David Crouse and Devin Naar, professor of history and Jewish studies and chair of the Jackson School’s Sephardic Studies Program, are featured in this article for their professional accomplishments.
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Faculty/staff honors: New atmospheric research board trustee; prize-winning fiction; PBS show consultant
An English professor’s story is honored, a Jackson School faculty member helps with research for a PBS show, and more.
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Vanessa Freije of UW Jackson School explores Mexican politics, journalism in new book ‘Citizens of Scandal’
Recent news of the arrest of Mexico’s former defense minister makes a new book about Mexican politics and journalism by Vanessa Freije, though a work of history, seem all too timely.
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40 Under 40: Michele Frix leads Seattle Foundation's Covid-19 relief efforts
Named one of Puget Sound Business Journal's "40 under 40," as the chief strategy officer and chief of staff for Seattle Foundation, Michele Frix (BA, International Studies, 2007) lead the Seattle Foundations efforts after Covid-19 made its way to the region.
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40 Under 40: Michele Frix leads Seattle Foundation's Covid-19 relief efforts
Named one of Puget Sound Business Journal's "40 under 40," as the chief strategy officer and chief of staff for Seattle Foundation, Michele Frix (BA, International Studies, 2007) lead the Seattle Foundations efforts after Covid-19 made its way to the region.
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Presidential Debate Preview
Leela Fernandes, director of the UW Jackson School of International Studies, joins former Attorney General Rob McKenna and KUOW's Ross Reynolds for a preview of the final presidential debate.
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Jacob Lawrence Legacy Residency Announcement
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery is thrilled to announce that Ariel René Jackson will be the 2021 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Resident. Jackson’s film-based multidisciplinary practice considers land and landscape as sites of internal representation. For the 2021 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Residency, Jackson (she/her/hers and they/them/theirs) will be collaborating with performance artist Michael J. Love (he/him/his).
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Outstanding New Initiative - 2020 Student Life Staff Awards
Student Life honors DXARTS, the College of Engineering, and Housing & Food Services with the Outstanding New Initiative Award for McMahon 8, a makerspace that provides students, staff, and faculty from the UW with the tools and resources to build and prototype their next great idea.
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U.S. News Unveils 2021 Best Global Universities Rankings
U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in education rankings, today released the 2021 edition of the Best Global Universities rankings. With data on nearly 1,500 schools, the rankings evaluate universities from dozens of countries on academic research and reputation. The UW is ranked No. 8.
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New annual book prize named for late UW historian William Rorabaugh
The national Alcohol and Drugs History Society has established an annual book prize in the name of longtime University of Washington history professor William Rorabaugh, who died this spring, calling him “a pioneer in the social history of alcohol.”
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Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Professor in Persian and Iranian Studies
A $500,000 grant from Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute to the University of Washington establishes the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Professor of Persian and Iranian Studies, named in honor of Dr. Mir-Djalali, the scholar and philanthropist who founded the Institute in 2000.
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UW awarded NIH grant for training in advanced data analytics for behavioral and social sciences
This five-year, $1.8 million training program at the UW will fund 25 academic-year graduate fellowships, develop a new training curriculum and contribute to methodological advances in health research at the intersection of demography and data science.
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UW books in brief: Children’s books on STEM professionals, a courageous personal memoir — and UW Press looks back at 100
UW Press looks back on a century of publishing, featuring works by Quintard Taylor and Bill Holms. George Behlmer’s 'Risky Shores’ honored.
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Recently named a Freedom Scholar, here is how Megan Ming Francis is helping lead the fight against injustice
Megan Ming Francis, associate professor of political science, was recently named a Freedom Scholar and granted $250,000 to do work in economic and social justice.