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Two Majors, Complementary Skills
Elizabeth Xiong (2024), a double major in art history and computer science, shares how she gained different and complementary skills from each major.
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Exploring Connections Through Global Literary Studies
The UW's new Global Literary Studies major encourages students to explore literary traditions from around the globe and all eras of human history.
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Mellon Support for UW Arts & Sciences Futurists
A group of Arts & Sciences faculty known as the Dean’s Academy Futurists are imagining what higher education might look like after 2050 and envisioning new models for the liberal arts
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US Poet Laureate and UW Drama alumnae Ada Limón announced as a 2023 MacArthur Fellow
Counterbalancing grief with wonder in works that heighten our awareness of the natural world and our connections to one another.
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New Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science
Researchers from the University of Washington and Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture will be partners in the newly announced $30M NSF Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science.
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Building a Family through Tribal Canoe Journey
The UW participated in its first Tribal Canoe Journey, with students, faculty, staff, and alums working together as a family — the Shell House Canoe Family, č̓away̓altxʷ ʔiišəd — to make it all happen.
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How's Your BS Detector?
Frustrated to see misleading information published as fact, professors Carl Bergstrom (Biology) and Jevin West (Information School) created a wildly popular UW course and book, "Calling Bullshit."
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Ephemeral Altars, Lasting Impact
A memorable one-day event, developed by artist Daniel Alexander Jones, guided visitors to five temporary altars around the UW campus.
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Analysis: Drawing, making music and writing poetry can support healing and bring more humanity to health care in US hospitals
"The COVID-19 pandemic shined a light on the deep need that people feel for human touch and connection in hospital settings. Having relatives peering through windows at their loved ones or unable to enter hospitals altogether exacerbated the lack of human intimacy that is all too common in health care settings" writes Marlaine Gray, affiliate assistant professor of anthropology at the UW.
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An Inquisitive Mind
Hayden Goldberg, graduating with majors in political science and economics, has advised the dean of Arts & Sciences for the past three years while juggling numerous other projects.
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Creating an Ecosystem of Care for American Indian and Indigenous Students, Faculty, and Staff
With a 2.3 million Mellon Foundation grant renewal, the UW’s Center for American Indian & Indigenous Studies continues to dream itself forward.
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COMMENTARY: This AAPI month, let’s not forget Seattle’s ultraminorities
Nazry Bahrawi, Assistant Professor of Southeast Asian literature and culture, inaugurates Asian Languages & Literature's quarterly column in the Northwest Asian Weekly.
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The Satisfying Work of Empowering Workers
Through the Bridges Center for Labor Studies, UW students work on labor-related issues as interns for local labor organizations.
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Encouraging Creativity in Every Student
In this video, UW faculty, students, and visiting artists share how participation in the Arts & Creativity Initiative sparked new connections and ideas.
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Awakening the canoe: UW Canoe Family prepares for this summer’s Tribal Canoe Journey
Member of the University of Washington Canoe Family have spent months carving traditional paddles using only hand tools, all in preparation for this summer's Tribal Canoe Journey.