New Stroum Center podcast series ‘Jewish Questions’ explores anti-Semitism,...
A new podcast from the University of Washington’s Stroum Center for Jewish Studies explores issues of Jewish life, with anti-Semitism — at home and abroad, presently and in history — the topic of its...
View Article‘Telling Stories’: Imagined tales of artificial intelligence presented by the...
A young man exiled to a reeducation camp for the “digitally unsafe” learns to keep his face blank, as cameras everywhere read expressions, and signs of anger and resistance are quickly punished. The...
View Article‘Forgetting Nature’: Peter Kahn offers warning in short documentary film
The documentary film is brief but its message is powerful: We humans are losing our connection to the natural world, at our great peril. “In some sense, we think we are the most advanced culture — we...
View ArticleJohn Schaufelberger to receive 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award from national...
John Schaufelberger, UW professor of construction management, is a respected teacher, engineer, administrator and former officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He is dean emeritus of the College...
View ArticleDivided America needs ‘new, more viable history’: A talk with Dan Chirot
Dan Chirot, University of Washington professor of international studies, says he would have laughed at the suggestion, even 10 years ago, that the United States could be heading toward insurrection or...
View ArticleUrbanist Charles Wolfe publishes new book, ‘Sustaining a City’s Culture and...
In his latest book, “Sustaining a City’s Culture and Character: Principles and Best Practices,” Charles Wolfe asks: How can we create urban environments that are truly livable? The answer, he writes,...
View ArticleUW Libraries digital exhibit explores iconic UW fight song, ‘Bow Down to...
A new UW Libraries digital exhibit explores the history of the University of Washington’s century-old fight song, “Bow Down to Washington” in text, video and lots of music. Dylan Burns The exhibit...
View ArticleScott Radnitz explores post-Soviet conspiracy theories in new book ‘Revealing...
Scott Radnitz poses two basic questions in his new book: What leads governments to promote conspiracy theories, and what effect do those theories have on politics and society? Radnitz is an associate...
View ArticleUW Ocean Voices program, seeking equity in ocean science, gets key approval...
Ocean Voices, a program of the University of Washington-based Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center to advance equity in ocean science, has been named among the first group of actions taken in a United...
View ArticleJana Mohr Lone advocates for children’s voices in new book, ‘Seen and Not Heard’
In her new book, Jana Mohr Lone asks, how would the world benefit if children were recognized as independent thinkers? How would their lives change “if what they said was not often ignored or...
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