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Students Think Big at Ideathon
Undergraduates participating in the College's first Ideathon spent 48 hours brainstorming about engagement in the humanities.
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Arts + Sciences = Schubertiade
Some composers transcend the music they create, coming alive in the popular imagination as figures of interest. Music + history join to offer a truly unique experience of one such composer. On Sunday, May 1, 2016, the UW School of Music hosts a Schubertiade, free and open to the public. Come hear live performances of the music of Franz Schubert, and learn about his cultural presence throughout history through narration and a pre-concert lecture.
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4 UW professors elected as fellows in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Four University of Washington professors join 172 other academics as newly elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the group announced Wednesday.
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UW experts call Paris climate agreement ‘bold,’ ‘encouraging’
World leaders gathered in Paris in December to forge a global agreement to limit planet-warming carbon emissions.
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Scientists crack secrets of the monarch butterfly’s internal compass
Eli Shlizerman, assistant professor in Applied Mathematics talks about new research on the internal, genetically encoded compass that the monarchs use in flight. -
Seattle's "diverse" neighborhoods are surprisingly segregated
Sociology doctoral students found that some Seattle neighborhoods may not be so diverse when you analyze the area block by block.
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Why is AI female? How our ideas about sex and service influence the personalities we give machines
If AI is sexless. Why are the majority of the personalities we construct for these machines female? Michelle Habell-Pallán, associate professor gender, women and sexuality studies is quoted. -
U.S. taps Silicon Valley to bolster military space power
The United States is the world’s leading military space power. But the future of that status is not assured in an era characterized by a return to competition from Russia and China. -
Benjamin Lee selected as Carnegie Junior Fellow
Fellows conduct research , co-author journal articles and policy papers, participate in meetings with high-level officials, contribute to congressional testimony, and organize briefings. -
Explaining How It All Began
Astronomy's "Cosmologies and Cultures" course explores the Big Bang theory but also other stories about the Universe's origins.
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Ph.D. candidate says lawmakers must not let college funding slip
Kiana Scott, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Communication, writes that investing in the human capital of our state is a prudent economic decision and smart social policy.
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How the Cheap, Creepy Robotic Hand from UW Will Change the Way We Work
Applied Mathematics and CSE Professor Emo Todorov talks about the $1,000 breakthrough he helped create. -
BlackPast.org history site gets redesign, first executive director
BlackPast.org, the online reference guide to African-American history started by University of Washington history professor Quintard Taylor, is getting an executive director and a website redesign. -
UW increases focus on Indigenous knowledge
The UW is ramping up Indigenous learning across campus.
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White Seattle gets a lesson in racism
A mostly white crowd gathers to hear an all-black panel including Megan Ming Francis, assistant professor of political science. But listening is, at best, a start.