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UW Design student makes spreading joy his business
Every Wednesday in Edmonds, customers at Walnut Street Coffee can walk out with something extra. It's all part of what they call "With Joy Wednesdays." If you purchase a drink and request a sleeve for the cup, it comes with a small inspiring message attached. UW junior Jerrod Mace got the idea while hanging out at a coffee shop in Spokane.
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Dean Stacey Looks Back — and Ahead
As Robert Stacey begins his final year as dean of Arts & Sciences, he discusses the College's strengths and challenges.
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Mixing Politics & Friendship
Strategists on opposites sides of the political aisle co-teach a course on political campaigns.Good thing they're close friends.
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Meet KUOW's Summer 2020 RadioActive youth producers
Emily Chua, freshman, is a Summer 2020 producer for KUOW's RadioActive.
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A BODY IN MOTION
Louis Maliyam, ’21, came to the U.S. for computer science — and along the way discovered dance.
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Black scientists call out racism in the field and counter it
A National Science Foundation survey found that in 2016, scholars who identified as Black or African American were awarded just 6% of all doctorates in life sciences, and less than 3% of doctorates in physical and Earth sciences. Overt harassment and subtle intimidation during fieldwork compound the discrimination that Black scientists and those from other underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds already feel in academic settings. Christopher Schell, assistant professor of interdisciplinary arts and sciences at UW Tacoma, and Scott Freeman, principal lecturer emeritus in biology at the UW, are quoted.
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House of Cards
Daniel Bessner, assistant professor of international studies, explains how COVID-19 has affected the American University.
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The 10 Best Art Schools in the West
The University of Washington is rated as one of the best art schools in the West.
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Is Lecturing Racist?
Scott Freeman, principle lecture emeritus, and Elli Theobald, assistant teaching professor of biology, explain why lecturing actively harms underrepresented minority and low-income students.
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Universities can’t use privacy laws to withhold data on coronavirus outbreaks, experts say
Carl Bergstrom, biology professor, discusses university privacy laws and their relation to COVID-19 data.
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Global ranking: UW is No. 16 in the world
The UW has ranked #16 in the world in the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities.
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Transforming How We Live, Work, and Play
Stephen Bader (UW IxD BDes 2014) and Alanna MacGowan (UW MFA 2010) work at Microsoft Envisioning and explore how people will live, work, and play five to seven years in the future.
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UW’s first Filipino department chair Rick Bonus says schools must do more for minority students
Rick Bonus, professor of American ethnic studies, broke ground on by becoming the first Filipino American to be appointed a UW department chair.
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Local students have an eco-friendly alternative to plastic stickers on your fruits/veggies
Nature’s Label is a start-up created by five enterprising college students — Sophie Ye, Khoi Ha, Siddhant Jain and Alyssa Mell from the UW and Arya Mathew from Seattle University.
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Rick Bonus documents Pacific Islander students building community against odds at the UW in book
American Ethinc Studies ChairRick Bonus discusses how Pacific Islander students at the UW used the ocean as a metaphor to create community for themselves and change their university.