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Professor Emeritus Quintard Taylor Awarded Robert Gray Medal by WA State Historical Society
The prestigious prize recognizes Taylor’s distinguished career and his commitment to researching, preserving, and promoting the history of African Americans in the PNW.
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LGBTQ Program Crosses Borders
During a summer study abroad, students explored LGBTQ issues in the U.S. and Mexico.
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World Music Inspires Teachers
Teachers get hands-on with African drums, marimbas, and more during a world music pedagogy workshop.
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200 years later, Centralia celebrates its very own George Washington
Quintard Taylor, professor emeritus of history, on Centralia's founding father and his unique place in history.
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Alt-right finds a new hero: ex-Googler James Damore
The alt-right has an unlikely new martyr in the culture wars: A Harvard-educated engineer in the heart of Silicon Valley. Margaret O'Mara, a history professor at the UW, is quoted.
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Opinion | Trump's affirmative-action rollback: A promise kept
Op-ed by Christopher Parker of the Department of Political Science
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Plight of immigrants brought to light in ambitious Tacoma Art Museum show
A new exhibition featuring UW art professor Zhi Lin at the Tacoma Art Museum focuses on a time in history when U.S. society rejected immigrants.
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Military's transgender challenges are reminder of race, gender struggles
For UW History professor, Nathan Roberts, past is prologue.
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As metro areas grow, whites move farther from the city center
In an era when the growth in the population of blacks, Latinos and Asians outpaces that of whites nationwide, a new study of who lives where provides insight into the geography of race.
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From gay Nazi to "we're here, we're queer": A century of arguing about gay pride
Assistant Professor of History, Laurie Marhoefer, on the history of gay pride marches and movements.
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UW professor got it right on Trump. So why is he being ignored?
UW political science professor, Christopher Parker, was one of the few to foresee Donald Trump's win–and the likely reasons why.
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Photographer Jenny Miller is Celebrating Two Spirit Identities
UW alum's photography series aims to empower Alaska native LBGTQ2 Community
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Tribal gaming certificate addresses economic reality of Indian reservations
New program offers classes in marketing, management and accounting, both at the Seattle campus and at partnering tribal casinos and resorts.
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2017 President's Medalist: Narmima Sharifova
Since 1932, the President’s Medal has been awarded to the graduating senior who has achieved the most distinguished academic record at the university. Meet this year's awardee.
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Reaching for the Stars — and Exoplanets
Lupita Tovar never expected to go to a four-year college. Now she's a UW graduate pursuing a PhD in astronomy and astrophysics.