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Op-ed: What happens when black Americans leave their segregated hometowns
Sociology Professor Christine Leibbrand discusses the effects that moving away from segregated hometowns have on African Americans.
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Human touch
Alum Jill Higson (BA, 1996, Communication) discusses the human touch handwriting can bring to communication.
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Groundbreaking UW study: Transgender kids’ gender identity is as strong as that of cisgender children
Selin Gülgöz, psychology professor, discusses the results of a UW study on gender identity in transgender children.
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Brunch, Margaritas And Good Advice: How Peer Support Helps Those Living With HIV
Psychology Professor Jane Simoni discusses whether peer support groups can help those living with HIV.
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Bringing Science Education to Vanuatu
A biology professor encouraged Jacob Ball to push beyond "comfortable" teaching. Now Ball is doing that halfway around the world.
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A shower, beds for the kids and ‘French Toast Wednesdays’: New blessings for a grateful Eastside family
Graham Pruss, University of Washington lecturer, discusses the socioeconomic reasons behind why families live in vehicles.
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Turn Holiday Shopping Green by Gifting Tree Certificates Instead of More 'Stuff'
Political Science Professor Aseem Prakash makes the case for green holiday shopping.
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Can Peer Support Programs Help Those Living With HIV?
Jane Simoni, a psychology professor, explains whether peer support programs can help those living with HIV.
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Dads in prison can bring poverty, instability for families on the outside
UW sociologist Christine Leibbrand and her co-authors examined residency among children whose fathers were in prison, or recently released, at the time of data collection.
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Olympia school board considers later start times
University of Washington faculty studied the effects of the Seattle school district's later school start time policy, finding that students got more sleep with later start times.
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Severe weather alerts are intended to protect people. So why do some ignore them?
Psychologist Susan Joslyn explains why those unfamiliar with extreme weather events tend to heed warnings more than those who are.
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Alumni make kids' wishes come true
Alumni Melissa Arias (BA, 1997, Political Science) and Trina Cottingham (BS, 1996, Psychology) discuss how their education at UW impacts their careers on the Make-a-Wish leadership team.
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As more people use RVs as homes, should cities find a place for them?
UW alum and lecturer Graham Pruss lived in an RV for five months as part of the research for his anthropology PhD, and discusses the feelings of unwelcomeness it brought from his community.
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Gender identity is just as strong in transgender as in cisgender children, according to new study
In a study of transgender children, researchers with the Department of Psychology found that transgender children "experience gender just as strongly as cisgender" children.
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Ghana: Student Donates Solar Panels to Kpantarigu Basic Schools in Bawku West
Francis Abugbilla, graduate student in the Jackson School, has donated four solar panels to schools in Ghana, aiding education in Information and Communication Technology.