Interdisciplinary

It’s fair to say that dire warnings about climate change have become the new normal. So we shouldn’t expect a great punch line when our bar scenario takes place, as it did recently.

Sociology alum, Eric Larsen heads research in society and technology at Mercedes-Benz Research and Development in Sunnyvale, Calif.

Seattle will host the third EcoCAR competition from May 29 to June 4, marking the competition's first visit to the city. Communication major, Kate Kitto, manages communications for the UW team.

UW anthropology and global health instructor, David Citrin, offers guidance on how to best help Nepal recover from the devastating quake.

KING 5 reports on the work of students who are helping search for children disappeared in El Salvador during violent conflict in the early 1980s. 

Through immersive and intensive freshman study abroad in León, Spain you can take your first steps toward a transformative undergraduate experience at UW.

DXARTS graduate student Joel Ong from the University of Washington discusses his art and the broader implications of bio art on science, art, and society.

A mathematician and artist, married for decades, teach a course that explores the creative process at the core of both disciplines.

Sweet Charity, the inaugural production of the UW's new interdisciplinary Musical Theater program, opens November 14.

A philosopher and a statistician won an NIH competition that addresses the problem of bias in academic peer review.

From discussing the creative process with renowned artists to completing their own artworks, students explore creativity in ARTS 250.

Three creative thinkers—an artist, an art historian, and a neuroscientist—are collaborating on Art and the Brain, a DXARTS course that explores the potential melding of art and neuroscience.

No need to leave campus for the farm experience. The student-run UW Farm, tucked into a third of an acre on campus, is a working farm with ties to courses in everything from biology to anthropology to American Ethnic Studies. 

The new Center for Human Rights, based in the College of Arts and Sciences with Angelina Godoy as director, hopes to encourage broad collaboration on human rights issues. “It’s gratifying to see how readily colleagues across the campus have embraced the Center’s interdisciplinary vision,” says Godoy. 

The current financial crisis has renewed interest in the Great Depression, so a UW history professor has created a website about the period and the School of Drama has scheduled staged readings of two Depression-era plays.