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In Praise of Sabbaticals
Faculty have the rare opportunity to fully immerse themselves in a scholarly or pedagogical project during sabbaticals. -
These Americans work 1.2 billion hours a week without pay
New research has found that a third of Americans are informal caregivers, putting in 1.2 billion hours per week. -
Why the silence of moderate conservatives is dangerous for race relations
A pair of professors say the persistence of racism rests in part on the inability of moderate conservatives to recognize its continued negative effects.
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Using DNA to track elephant poachers
How elephant dung and ivory tusk samples can help save the African elephant -
UW builds largest Sephardic digital library
Seattle is home to one of the most vibrant Sephardic Jewish communities in the country, and UW professor Devin Naar is working to keep its dying language, Ladino, alive.
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Seattle Jews weigh becoming Spanish citizens, more than 500 years after expulsion
In Seattle's large and vibrant Sephardic community, Spain's new law offering dual citizenship to descendants of Jews it kicked out in 1492 is prompting mixed emotions. -
What the world looks like with a bionic eye
A UW study offers new insight on restorative vision and the human experience. -
What the world looks like with a bionic eye
The University of Washington has shown for the first time what the world looks like for someone fitted with a bionic eye. -
See the world through bionic eyes with this incredible simulation
New visual simulations give us a glimpse of what it might look like to see the world through bionic eyes. -
Crystals form through a variety of paths, with implications for biological, materials and environmental research
Crystals play an important role in the formation of substances from skeletons and shells to soils and semiconductor materials. But many aspects of their formation are shrouded in mystery. -
Babies’ brains show that social skills linked to second language learning
New findings by researchers at the UW's Institute for Learning Brain & Sciences demonstrate an early social behavior "gaze shifting" that is linked to infants’ ability to learn new language sounds. -
U.S. Goes After African Elephant Slaughter With Ivory Ban
Illegal wildlife trade has become the world’s fourth-largest international organized crime, according to a recent UW Biology study. -
Pitch perfect: Take your elevator speech up a notch
Tips for improving your elevator pitch are presented. UW's Lorraine Howell, instructor of communications, is quoted.
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UW astronomer, students report irregularities in ‘rare, exotic’ binary system
A puzzling stellar phenomenon may not be what other astronomers had reported. -
UW hosts conference on medieval text ‘Piers Plowman’
One hundred scholars are coming to the UW this week to discuss 14th century text.