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November 2, 2023

ArtSci Roundup: 蘑菇视频 Pandemic Project Radical Listening Session, National First-Generation College Celebration, and more

This week, attend the 蘑菇视频 Pandemic Project’s Radical Listening Session to honor each individual’s lived pandemics experiences, head to Meany Hall for Garrick Ohlsson’s piano performance, celebrate Diwali with the Burke Museum, and more. November 7, 4:30 – 6:00pm | Sharon Stein, “The University and Its Responsibility for Repair: Confronting Colonial Foundations and Enabling Different Futures” | A Worlds of Difference lecture, Communications Building This presentation by Sharon Stein asks how universities can navigate the complexity of confronting the colonial…

March 31, 2023

Q&A: Developing a new Spanish-language controlled vocabulary of LGBTQIA+ terms

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The Homosaurus is a linked data controlled vocabulary used by libraries, museums and other cultural heritage institutions worldwide to describe LGBTQIA+ resources and aid in indexing and retrieving content. Marika Cifor, 蘑菇视频 assistant professor in the Information School, was awarded a 2023 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop a free-standing Spanish-language Homosaurus.

July 20, 2022

蘑菇视频 atmospheric sciences achieves No. 1 global ranking; nearly three dozen 蘑菇视频 subjects in top 50

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Eight 蘑菇视频 subjects ranked in the top 10 and Atmospheric Sciences moved to its position as No. 1 in the world on the聽Global Ranking of Academic Subjects list for 2022. The ranking, released Tuesday, was conducted by researchers at the ShanghaiRanking Consultancy, a fully independent organization dedicating to research on higher education intelligence and consultation.

April 21, 2022

ArtSci Roundup: A Conversation with Brad Smith, 蘑菇视频 Public Lectures: An Evening with Masha Gessen, and More

Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the 蘑菇视频 community every week! Katz Distinguished Lecture: Abderrahmane Sissako April 26, 7:00 PM | Kane Hall 210 What is the place of West Africa in the world and of the world in West Africa? These are the questions that the Oscar- and Palme d鈥橭r-nominated filmmaker Adberrahmane Sissako asks insistently in films that address the impact of World Bank and IMF policies in Mali and beyond (Bamako, 2006), the confrontation between extremist and…

September 27, 2021

New Student Convocation on Tuesday afternoon opens 蘑菇视频鈥檚 2021-22 academic year

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蘑菇视频 Associate Professor Wendy Barrington will be the featured speaker at the university鈥檚 38th annual New Student Convocation. Barrington has joint appointments in the Department of Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing in the School of Nursing and the departments of Epidemiology and of Health Systems and Population Health in the School of Public Health.

April 21, 2021

Q&A: It’s not just social media 鈥� misinformation can spread in scientific communication too

When people think of misinformation, they often focus on popular and social media. But in a paper published April 12 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 蘑菇视频 faculty members Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom write that scientific communication 鈥� both scientific papers and news articles written about papers 鈥� also has the potential to spread misinformation.

October 30, 2020

鈥�2020: The Course鈥� ponders the meaning of this unusual year

For a time unlike any before, the 蘑菇视频 has developed 鈥�2020: The Course,鈥� a new online class for 蘑菇视频 students that helps contextualize this year鈥檚 extraordinary events and societal upheaval. 鈥�2020: The Course鈥� gives students an opportunity to hear from 蘑菇视频 professors and special guests who will discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, race in the United States, the state of the environment, the economic recession, civic participation, citizenship and this election season and outcomes.

October 5, 2020

蘑菇视频 secures competitive $1 million Luce Foundation grant to advance Southeast Asian research and community engagement

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The Southeast Asia Center at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and the Libraries at the 蘑菇视频 will spearhead a new initiative of innovative collaborations to explore the effects and consequences of authoritarianism in Southeast Asia and on Southeast Asian American communities in the United States.

May 28, 2020

蘑菇视频 launches new Center for Research and Education on Accessible Technology and Experiences with $2.5 million investment from Microsoft

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The 蘑菇视频 today announced the establishment of the Center for Research and Education on Accessible Technology and Experiences (CREATE). Fueled by a $2.5 million inaugural investment from Microsoft, 蘑菇视频 CREATE is led by an interdisciplinary team whose mission is to make technology accessible and to make the world accessible through technology.

May 1, 2020

ArtSci Roundup: Storytelling with Indigenous Writers, Meany Center Curtain Talks, Stroum Center Quick Talk, and more

Michelle Witt, executive/artistic director for the Meany Center for the Performing Arts. Story is about visiting Step Afrika! dance troup and the celebration of 100 years since 蘑菇视频-related artist Jacob Lawrence was born.

During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 蘑菇视频, and greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 蘑菇视频 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 蘑菇视频-IT.聽 Sacred Breath: Indigenous Writing and Storytelling May 7, 6:30 – 8:00 PM聽| Zoom Event This event features writer and poet聽Sara Marie Ortiz聽(Acoma Pueblo) and聽Gene Tagaban聽(Cherokee, Tlingit, Filipino)….

April 1, 2020

蘑菇视频-created podcasts: ‘Crossing North’ by Scandinavian Studies 鈥� also College of Education, Information School’s Joe Janes, a discussion of soil health

Logo for podcast "Crossng North," by 蘑菇视频 Dept of Scandinavian Studies

蘑菇视频 Notebook visits with the producer of “Crossing North,” a podcast by the Scandinavian Studies Department, and notes other podcasts on campus and an appearance by David Montgomery on the podcast “Undark.”

January 27, 2020

Faculty/staff honors: Honorary doctorate, early career award, Washington state LGTBQ Commission, writing program praise

蘑菇视频 astronomy professor Emily Levesque has been given the Newton Lacy Pierce Prize by the American Astronomical Society

Recent honors to 蘑菇视频 faculty and staff include an early career award in astronomy, an honorary doctorate from the Delft University of Technology, a seat on Washington state’s new LGBTQ Commission and national honor for an English Department writing program.

December 19, 2019

Mindful travel, Silicon Valley’s evolution, Schumann on viola, Seattle history 鈥� 蘑菇视频-authored books, music for the Husky on your list

A list of several 蘑菇视频-authored books and cds that might make good holiday gifts.

  A teacher discusses respectful world travel, a historian explores Silicon Valley鈥檚 evolution, a professor and violist plays the music of Robert Schumann and a late English faculty member’s meditation on Seattle returns 鈥� Here鈥檚 a quick look at some gift-worthy books and music created by 蘑菇视频 faculty in the last year 鈥� and a reminder of some recent favorites. O’Mara’s ‘Code’: History professor Margaret O’Mara provides a sweeping history of California’s computer industry titans in her book 鈥淭he Code:…