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The racial terror of lynching
Assistant professor Megan Ming Francis discusses what Americans can learn from the history of lynching in the U.S.
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China moves to normalize the status of millions of people on margins
China said it would normalize the status of millions of people who had lived on the margins of society. Kam Wing Chan, professor of geography at UW, is quoted.
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Helping Children Navigate Life's Challenges
Through a pilot program, parents learn how they can help their children develop the skills of self-regulation and effortful control.
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A Vision for the Burke
Recently honored by the Western Museum Association, Burke Museum Executive Director Julie Stein discusses her years at the museum.
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Older women and the pitfalls of looking for love by logging on
The Internet is making it easier for older women to get outside their social circles for dating and romance, but it can make them more vulnerable to deception.
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Chinese parents go to court seeking to register 2nd children
Wan Changru's 6-year-old daughter is legally unregistered because her parents broke China's one-child policy in having her. Kam Wing Chan, a geography professor, is quoted.
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UW project focuses on fines and fees that create ‘prisoners of debt’
The $3.9 million project, funded by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, will be the first systematic study of how multiple states implement court-imposed fees.
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NY Times ranks professor's book among notable 100
The book, The Shape of the New: Four Big Ideas and How They Made the Modern World, explores how capitalism, socialism, evolution and liberal democracy broke decisively with the past. -
Here’s how to make government care about black lives
"The past two years of racial unrest have made clear these protests are not going away," writes Megan Ming Francis, assistant professor of political science at the UW.
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UW roboticists learn to teach robots from babies
A collaboration between UW developmental psychologists and computer scientists aims to enable robots to learn in the same way that children naturally do. -
UW sociology professors part of White House, DOJ events on criminal justice reform
This week, the White House and Department of Justice are bringing together researchers at events on the criminal justice system. Two University of Washington sociologists are among the participants. -
The new race to dominate outer space
Professor Saadia M. Pekkanen’s contribution to Forbes scrutinizes the “counterspace” technologies of countries around the world.
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Douglass North, Nobel Prize-winning economic historian, dies at 95
Dr. North was on the faculty of the University of Washington in Seattle for 33 years.
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Opinion: ‘Stranger’ than fiction
Have you ever felt like a stranger in your own country? If so, you’re not alone. A poll conducted by the UW Institute for the Study of Ethnicity, Race and Sexuality is referenced. -
How has 30 years of Microsoft Windows changed the Northwest?
Bill Radke talks with University of Washington history professor Margaret O'Mara about the impact of Microsoft on the economy and culture of the Pacific Northwest.