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What Orwell’s ‘1984’ tells us about today’s world, 70 years after it was published
Stephan Groening, Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Studies, explains the significance of Orwell's novel in today's world
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Trying it All, for Health Care
To learn about health care, Thomas Khuu (BS, 2019) tried a little of everything at the UW.
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Interrupting Privilege
UW professor Ralina Joesph is teaching people to talk about race across generational and racial lines
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UW’s Pacific Northwest English Study seeking new group of research participants for summer 2019
Is there a Northwest accent? The Pacific Northwest English Study is about to begin a new, three-year research project listening to voices from throughout the region.
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Golden State Warriors President and COO Rick Welts to speak at UW’s 144th commencement on Saturday
Rick Welts, president and chief operating officer of the back-to-back NBA champion Golden State Warriors and a UW alumnus (BA, Communications, 1975), will be the featured speaker.
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Should you pursue your passion in college or a degree that would make you money?
What do you do when society tells you that the passion or skill you’ve decided to pursue in college won’t give you a sustainable lifestyle?
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ArtsUW Roundup: A Site Responsive Exhibition, #HEREproject, Sound and Images, Body Awareness, Strange Coupling 2019 Exhibition Reception, Daniel Alexander Jones reading, and more!
This week in the arts, partake in the #HEREproject, attend one of the 2019 School of Art + Art History + Design Graduation Exhibitions, and more!
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Seattle's forgotten street community: UW anthropologist talks about the unique circumstances of vehicle residency
The UW's Graham Pruss has studied vehicle residency for a decade and speaks about the challenges and solutions facing this community.
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Climate change expert named 2019 ASLD
UW honors longtime Harvard professor and one of America's leading climate change scientists, James Anderson (BS, Physics, 1966).
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Northwest’s functional fashion finally takes a turn in the spotlight
Twenty years ago, Luly Yang (BFA, Graphic Design, 1990) began her career in architectural graphic design.
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Character: Comedian Howie Echo-Hawk is happy to make you uncomfortable
Columns interviews Howie Echo-Hawk (BA, American Indian Studies, 2018).
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Going beyond guilt trips
KUOW interviews Anu Taranath, faculty member in English and Comparative History of Ideas departments, about her new book called Beyond Guilt Trips: Mindful Travel in an Unequal World.
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Graduate art students put on compelling end-of-year thesis exhibition
A new wave of art was strewed across the gallery walls and floors, communicating ideas through the mediums of reclaimed household furniture, sound, virtual reality, and more.
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Woman in Seattle's Central District to preserve music history with virtual reality
Yolanda Barton (BA, Laws, Societies, and Justice, 2004 | MC, Digital Media, 2018) wants to use virtual reality to preserve the music history of Seattle.
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Bringing home the 'solar power' of education
From his village in Ghana to right here at UW, Jackson School doctoral student Francis Abugbilla takes impact to the next level.