Interdisciplinary

Rory Barnes, assistant professor of astronomy, discusses the feasibility of aspects of the galaxy in which sci-fi movie series Star Wars takes place in.

In the late '60s, a couple of UC Berkeley students, including UW English Professor Shawn Wong, were in search of Asian-American writers, when they learned about the work of John Okada.

Eric Shea-Brown, professor of applied mathematics, discusses the mathematical relationship in the brain’s representations of sensory information.

This week in the arts, attend a Chamber Dance Company concert, view photographs from the Henry’s collections, reflect on the race of contemporary ballet, and more.

This film, four years in the making, was produced by Frances McCue, a senior lecturer in English, and directed by Ryan K. Adams, a filmmaker with Continuum College. 

Guntis Šmidchens, head of the Baltic Studies program, reflects upon his personal experience of this moment.

Celebrate the accomplishments of the 2019 Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities undergraduate researchers, attend Bulrusher - directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton, and more!

The Seattle Times interviews Moira Macdonald (MA, English, 1987 | BA, Drama / English, 1984), the Seattle Times arts critic, about what influenced her to become a critic. 

The famous Chinese love story, The Butterfly Lovers, is coming to McCaw Hall in September, with the Beijing Dance Academy, thanks to Li Hengda (MFA, Dance, 2006) of Hengda Dance Academy.

For her research into 3D printing with clay, artist Timea Tihanyi collaborates with faculty and students in mathematics and other departments.   

Physicians and design faculty collaborated to come up with a better, safer, more reliable way to order and use drugs on an operating room’s anesthesia cart.

In the arts, visit an exhibition of portraits and stories, explore a collection of prints that date back to the 1490s, and more!

Carrie Yamaoka: recto/verso” plays through Nov. 3 at the Henry Art Gallery on the University of Washington campus. 

Sonal Khullar, a professor of art history, will talk about her current book project, The Art of Dislocation: Conflict and Collaboration in Contemporary Art from South Asia.

Her sweeping new book about the history of Silicon Valley has University of Washington history professor Margaret O’Mara on a busy national book tour this summer.