March 13, 2013
Innocence Project Northwest wins right to DNA testing for felons serving time in community
Felons who serve part of their prison sentence in the community may now have the right to publicly funded DNA testing.
March 7, 2013
Arts Roundup: Music, opera, drama — and dinosaurs
Lots of music this week, plus “Cyrano” continues and the Burke Museum holds Dino Day, a family-friendly event 65 million years in the making.
March 4, 2013
Lost and Found Films: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge and more, 1940
“Governor’s Day 2,” a six-minute montage of colorful campus scenes, is the latest in the Lost and Found Films series, where readers help identify snippets of UW footage.
February 28, 2013
Arts Roundup: Dance, art, music, lectures — and students stage ‘Cyrano’
This week the Undergraduate Theater Society stages the Cyrano de Bergerac story and the School of Drama performs “Pentecost.” There’s also the 2013 Dance Majors Concert.
February 25, 2013
Eric Ames’ new book focuses on filmmaker Werner Herzog
Eric Ames, UW associate professor of Germanics, discusses his new book about filmmaker Werner Herzog.
February 21, 2013
Arts Roundup: Drama, art, music, lectures — and the Dance Majors Concert
Dance and drama lead this busy week of UW Arts, with the School of Drama’s production of “Pentecost,” the visiting Black Grace dance company and later, the 2013 Dance Majors concert.
Documents that Changed the World: A papal resignation
A new episode in the podcast series about the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, and other famous resignations.
February 15, 2013
Arts Roundup: Art, drama, dance — and McCabe, Larionoff celebrate Beethoven
In arts this week, the School of Drama opens “Pentecost,” Robin McCabe and Maria Larionoff kick off their Beethoven Project, and the dance company Black Grace visits campus.
February 11, 2013
A reading life considered in David Shields’ ‘How Literature Saved My Life’
English professor David Shields discusses his new book, “How Literature Saved My Life.”
February 7, 2013
Washington housing recovery strengthened in fourth quarter 2012
Washington state’s housing market continued to improve during the fourth quarter of 2012, according to the UW’s Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies.
Arts Roundup: Music old and new, drumming and percussion — and the Burke’s Artifact ID Day
The School of Music leads this crowded week, from baroque to modern, percussion to a combined band concert. Plus, Taiko drummers visit, the Henry Art Gallery has its annual gala and the Burke Museum holds its popular annual Artifact ID Day
February 5, 2013
Scholars urge Supreme Court to keep Voting Rights Act provisions ensuring equal access
Political science and law scholars from the UW and elsewhere file a brief saying the Supreme Court should fully uphold the Voting Rights Act in a case out of Shelby County, Alabama.
February 4, 2013
Ralina Joseph studies multiraciality in new book ‘Transcending Blackness’
Ralina Joseph, UW associate professor of communications, discusses her book, “Transcending Blackness: From the New Millennium Mulatta to the Exceptional Multiracial.”
January 31, 2013
Arts Roundup: Music, theater, art, lectures — and ‘Short Takes on Plastics’
The drama “Burn This” continues, the School of Art has multiple events and the Kirkland Choral Society stops by for a visit.
January 29, 2013
Pioneer of human values in technology design to give University Faculty Lecture
Information School professor Batya Friedman will give the University Faculty Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7 in Room 130 of Kane Hall.
January 24, 2013
Astronomy to go: UW readies new portable planetarium
The University of Washington astronomy department is readying a traveling planetarium to take to schools for outreach — and collaboration — in Seattle and beyond. It may look like a carnival bouncy house or an inflatable igloo, but the portable planetarium is in fact an innovative tool for teaching and spreading interest in astronomy. The…
Arts Roundup: Dance, art, music, historical photos — and undergraduates stage ‘Burn This’
A new Henry Art Gallery exhibit, a classical pianist performs Nirvana and Radiohead and the visiting Compagnie Marie Chouinard continues the campus celebration of “The Rite of Spring.”
January 18, 2013
Documents that changed the world: The fraudulent ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’
Joe Janes investigates the 1900-era anti-Semitic manifesto “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.”
January 17, 2013
Arts Roundup: Exhibits, lectures, books on stage — and a dance collaboration
A busy week in UW arts, including a dance concert and staging great novels with Book-It Repertory.
UW students envision designs for a school for girls in Afghanistan — with slide show
The classroom challenge: Design a school for girls in Afghanistan that’s pleasant and safe, using available materials.
January 16, 2013
A family’s lost story found, and the Sephardic Studies Initiative
For Devin Naar, the Sephardic Studies Initiative is not just a valuable historical archive, it has also been a personal journey revealing an untold family story from World War II.
January 14, 2013
New book by James Wellman explores the rise, effect of Pastor Rob Bell
James Wellman, UW associate professor of American religion, talks about his book, “Rob Bell and a New American Christianity.”
January 10, 2013
Life possible on extrasolar moons
Exomoons, or moons orbiting planets outside the solar system, might be as good candidates for life as exoplanets, research shows.
Arts Roundup: Art, lectures, photos — and novels on stage
Art exhibits abound and the School of Drama once again teams with Book-it Repertory this week in UW arts.
January 8, 2013
‘The Philosophical Child’: A book for when your child asks, ‘Why are we here?’
Children are natural philosophers, says Jana Mohr Lone of the UW Department of Philosophy and author of a new book titled “The Philosophical Child.”
January 3, 2013
Arts Roundup: Student art and a new library exhibit as quarter begins
A new student art exhibit and a UW Libraries exhibit about printmaker Richard V. Correll are featured this week.
January 2, 2013
Let there be daylight: New book illustrates use of natural light in design — with slide show
Christopher Meek, research associate professor of architecture, answers questions about the book he co-authored, “Daylighting Design in the Pacific Northwest.”
December 19, 2012
Lost and Found Films: ‘Governor’s Day, 1941’
The University of Washington prepares for war in “Governor’s Day,” the latest installment of the Lost and Found Films series.
December 14, 2012
Jewish condition, ‘new’ anti-Semitism observed in Edward Alexander’s ‘The State of the Jews’
Edward Alexander, professor emeritus of English, discusses his new book, “The State of the Jews: A Critical Appraisal.”
December 13, 2012
Arts Roundup: Medieval music and ‘Plastics Unwrapped’ at the Burke
Medieval chanting in Mary Gates Hall and a major new exhibit on plastics at the Burke Museum come to campus this week.
December 11, 2012
Documents that Changed the World: ‘Robert’s Rules of Order’
Joe Janes of the UW Information School visits the arcane world of parliamentary procedure in the latest entry to his Documents that Changed the World podcast series.
December 6, 2012
Arts Roundup: Art, plays, the University Symphony — and ‘Pippin’ continues
The University Symphony and the Undergraduate Theater Society’s popular production of “Pippin” lead this week’s busy UW arts schedule.
December 4, 2012
Crowdsourcing the cosmos: Astronomers welcome all to identify star clusters in Andromeda galaxy
Astronomers are inviting the public to search Hubble Space Telescope images of the Andromeda galaxy to help identify star clusters and increase understanding of how galaxies evolve. The new Andromeda Project, set to study thousands of high-resolution Hubble images, is a collaboration among scientists at the University of Washington, the University of Utah and several…
‘Fiscal cliff’ challenge explored in ‘Congress and the Politics of Problem Solving’
UW political scientist John Wilkerson and coauthor explore the challenges of the “fiscal cliff” in their book, “Congress and the Politics of Problem Solving.”
November 29, 2012
Arts Roundup: Music galore, plus ‘Pippin’ and choirs combine for holiday CarolFest
Music — and musical theater — rule this packed week in UW arts. Take your pick from choirs and choruses, jazz, percussion, world music and campus bands, the musical “Pippin” and the opera “Die Fledermaus.”
November 21, 2012
Arts Roundup: Exhibits, theater, museum activities — and School of Music jazz and ensemble concerts
Exhibits, weekend fun at the Burke Museum and an ensemble concert by the Chamber Singers and University Chorale highlight the week in campus arts.
November 19, 2012
Can life emerge on planets around cooling stars?
UW astronomers find that planets orbiting white and brown dwarfs are unlikely to be good candidates for sustaining life.
November 16, 2012
Documents that Changed the World: Gutenberg indulgence, 1454
Joe Janes goes back to the fifteenth century and the work of Johannes Gutenberg for this installment in his series of podcasts, Documents that Changed the World.
November 15, 2012
Arts Roundup: Music, drama, art, ballet — and happy birthday, Claude Debussy
Art is on display this week at the School of Social Work and on sale at the School of Art. Plus, there’s ballet, drama, a concerto competition and a two-day conference on feminist art.
November 14, 2012
Power, work struggles in Bangladesh households linked to domestic violence
In Bangladesh as elsewhere, women are empowered by working outside the home. But new research from the University of Washington shows such work can also increase the threat of domestic violence for some Bangladeshi wives. The study brings to light how the South Asian nation is seeing a change in relations within the household, with…
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