UW and the Community

Francis Abugbilla, Jackson School doctoral candidate, is featured for facilitating support to assist in the COVID-19 response in Ghana.

Jana Mohr Lone, Director of the Center for Philosophy for Children discusses children's philosophical questions about the coronavirus outbreak.

Arts & Sciences departments have used their 3D printers to create protective equipment for health care workers.

Recent notable books by University of Washington faculty members look at gentrification and inequity in a New York neighborhood, skin lighteners though history, female agency in Arthurian legend and biographical epitaphs in China across many centuries.

Students in the Interdisciplinary Honors class “Citizen Acts to Challenge Poverty” collaborated with Real Change to bring the exhibit Portraits for Change.

Check out some of the exciting upcoming College of Arts & Sciences events.

Professor of political science, Lance Bennett, was awarded an honorary doctorate at the University of Bern in Switzerland.

The Simpson Center's new "Reimagining the Humanities" PhD program seeks to engage students in public scholarship and find new opportunities for professors.

The Simpson Center's Next Generation Humanities PhD program is "transform(ing) what it means to be a humanities scholar.”

The Seattle Times names Valerie Curtis-Newton, Head of Directing in the School of Drama, as one of 13 people who shaped the Seattle area in the past decade.

Students and professors show the diverse research, opportunities, and learning at the UW through this photoset.

UW professors in the departments of history, English, music, and anthropology have recently produced a multitude of diverse books and music.

The Burke Museum on the UW campus has been re-designed to showcase the museum's unique offerings.

Off the Rez Cafe, one of Seattle's only Native American restaurants and co-owned by two UW alums has opened inside the Burke Museum.

To end the year on a high note, take advantage of visiting the museums on campus (free admission, as always, for UW employees and students)!