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Absurdity and abstraction, artistic dualisms, long-held family memories — and even some gentle voodoo — mingle together in the annual exhibition by Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ art and design graduate students, on display through June 25 at the Henry Art Gallery.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ historian Margaret O’Mara discusses the CSPAN 2017 Presidential Historians Survey. She participated in this ranking of the nation’s presidents in 10 categories of effectiveness.

Ralina Joseph, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ associate professor of communication, has guest co-edited a special triple issue of the interdisciplinary journal Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society with her former mentor and dissertation adviser, Jane Rhodes of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Joseph’s own article in the issue focuses on the creator of the television show “Grey’s Anatomy,” set in Seattle. The special edition, the guest editors wrote, resulted from a panel discussion called “The Right…

It’s almost unheard-of for a university class to spark global press attention — and offers of book deals — before instruction even begins. But such is the case with the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Information School’s new course, “Calling Bullshit in the Age of Big Data.”

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ joins 30 of the nation’s most respected colleges and universities Tuesday in a new initiative to substantially expand the number of talented low- and moderate-income students at America’s top-performing undergraduate institutions with the highest graduation rates.

Most landscape architecture projects conjure up an image of a permanent structure meant to be experienced indefinitely. But for Britton Shepard, a 2016 graduate of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s landscape architecture master’s program, it means exploring the temporary nature of urban terrains. Earlier this year, Shepard brought life back to a vacant and demolished lot in the University District — although it was only a short-lived endeavor. Shepard’s thesis project “Site 1121: Field Notesâ€� centered around a Washington State Employee…

Faculty members from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ College of Built Environments, Jackson School of International Studies and departments of French and Italian studies and history will team up in 2017 to give a new, three-week course for university and college instructors on urban environmental humanities.

A look at the annual exhibit of thesis work by students graduating from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ School of Art + Art History + Design’s Master of Fine Arts and Master of Design programs, on display at the Henry Art Gallery.

For some young men of color, college might seem a world away. To an African-American boy growing up in poverty, a Latino son of migrant farmworkers or a young Native American man living on a remote reservation, the path to post-secondary education can be hard to visualize. And once on campus, the reality can be daunting. Role models might be lacking, the sense of isolation overwhelming. A new Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ pilot program aims to address those obstacles and boost…

Two national celebrations of science are happening this week in D.C., and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ undergraduates will be in the spotlight at both events. Clara Orndorff, a pre-engineering undergraduate in the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Honors Program, will travel with two fellow underwater roboticists to compete in Wednesday’s White House Science Fair. She will be among more than 100 top students who will showcase their projects, perhaps even to President Barack Obama, at the sixth annual event launched by his administration. The science fair…