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As the new school year kicks off next week, the arts come alive with an array of exhibits, lectures and performances to enjoy.

Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that, for the second year in a row, the poverty rate for the U.S. remained stable at 15 percent in 2012. There were no statistically significant changes in the poverty rate by race, age, sex, nativity or disability status.

Communication Leadership director, Hanson Hosein sat down with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to talk about innovation and why the company doesn't really care about it's competitors.

Films "Mother of George" and "Blue Caprice" were both produced by UW alum Ron Simons. Both are reviewed in the New York Times.

Professors of mathematics, chemistry, and sociology were named to the Washington State Academy of Sciences.

Rigorously considered, unapologetically masculine and over-the-top ambitious, UW alumnus Matthew Day Jackson's art breaks all boundaries: collaborator and employee, home and work, life and death.

The Henry Art Gallery and Jacob Lawrence Gallery have new exhibits and the Burke Museum is offering a unique look at New Zealand.

The University of Washington's Jonathan Mercer's book, "Reputation and International Politics," finds that there is no predictable effect of backing down in crisis.

Dance performances around the Puget Sound area through September-November, including performances by the UW World Series and Dance Program

Philosophy graduate student Amy Reed-Sandoval has spent the past three summers leading a philosophy program for children in Oaxaca, Mexico, guiding conversations on everything from individual rights to the nature of happiness.