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Blacks hit hardest by public-sector job losses during recession, study f
Posted 08/24/2015
The public sector has long served as an equalizer in American society, a place where minority workers could find stable employment that offered
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Telling Stories, Opening Minds
Posted 06/02/2015
Elizabeth Wu's passion for theater led her to direct a play and organize a theater conference—all in her senior year at the UW.
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Hearing Loss Gets Personal at UW EAR
Posted 09/10/2013
“The fabric of my life has been ever so enriched by each and every one of you.” A grey-haired gentleman is speaking during a sharing session at the
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Guiding Teen Girls Toward College
Posted 05/31/2012
Making Connections, a program of the UW Women's Center, helps first-generation, low-income high school girls achieve their dream of going to college
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'Sea is My Country' author set for Neah Bay book reading Thurs
Posted 12/15/2015
Joshua Reid, author of "The Sea Is My Country: The Maritime World of the Makahs," and associate professor of history, will give a presentation
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Race, justice and democracy
Posted 10/06/2015
KCTS 9 hosted an evening panel discussion about one of the most difficult and important issues facing our country: the relationship between a person's
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Obama's Arctic visit highlights a fast-changing region
Posted 09/02/2015
Nadine Fabbi, associate director of the Canadian Studies Center at the University of Washington, discusses why the Arctic is increasingly important to
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In the US, an Artistic Awakening
Posted 06/19/2014
International student Jueqian Fang (Photomedia, Cinema Studies, 2014) studied science in China but discovered a passion for art at the UW.
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Through Museum Partnership, Theory Meets Practice
Posted 03/31/2013
Black Cultural Studies students combined traditional coursework with community projects through a winter quarter collaboration with the Northwest
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UW student watches State of the Union address — from the White House
Posted 01/12/2016
DeAndre Coulter, a communications major with a minor in diversity, traveled to Washington D.C. with Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole.
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Why we must keep talking about race, policing
Posted 10/28/2015
"A conversation about race and policing is part of moving toward solutions," writes columnist Jerry Large in The Seattle Times, covering a Humanities
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UW Professors Ask: Are Lectures Racist?
Posted 09/21/2015
UW Biology's Scott Freeman discusses how the traditional college instructional style -- think large halls with lots of students -- isn't the best
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Author's work 'The Sea Is My Country' explores importance
Posted 08/28/2015
This September, Joshua Reid will start a new job as associate professor in history and Native American studies.
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A Sergeant Works Toward a UW Degree—in Korea
Posted 11/03/2015
The UW's Integrated Social Sciences degree program allows students to take courses anywhere--including active-duty military stationed abroad.
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Reliving Civil Rights History, Step by Step
Posted 03/18/2014
An interracial, intergenerational group recently returned from an emotional Civil Rights Pilgrimage in the South, organized by Professor David Domke.
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