News
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Tibet to Trinidad: Ethnomusicology's Global Reach
Read MorePosted 02/28/2013
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Movers and Shakers and History Makers
Posted 02/28/2013
A&S alumni and siblings Gary and Carver Gayton have led extraordinary lives, following in the footsteps of their great grandfather Lewis Clarke, who
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Tibet to Trinidad
Posted 02/28/2013
For 50 years, the School of Music's Ethnomusicology Program has advanced the study of music and culture, and has brought world music to Seattle
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A Bridge to College Writing
Read MorePosted 09/04/2012
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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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Sharing an Ocean, Traditions, and a Canoe
Posted 08/31/2010
A year-long cultural exchange between the indigenous Ainu community of Japan and several Washington State tribal groups, organized by the Burke Museum
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Tribal Museum Program Launches with UW Involvement
Posted 04/30/2010
A new Tribal Museum Program is now offered through the Northwest Indian College, thanks to the vision of UW Professor Emeritus James Nason and the
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Students Create Course About Mixed Identities
Posted 06/30/2009
Wanting more discussion of mixed-race and mixed-identity issues in their classes, an ambitious group of undergraduates created and taught their own
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American Indian Studies Gains Department Status
Posted 03/08/2009
First introduced as a center in 1970, American Indian Studies is now an Arts and Sciences department.
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Mapping Seattle's Gay and Lesbian History
Posted 03/08/2009
Tour downtown Seattle with Professor Michael Brown and you’ll experience the city from a rarely seen perspective, focusing on Seattle’s gay and
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American Sign Language Introduced
Posted 09/30/2007
The UW Department of Linguistics is offering American Sign Language, with a full-time lecturer teaching two sections of ASL each quarter.
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Dream Student, Dream Project
Posted 06/30/2007
UW junior Alula Asfaw dreamed up The Dream Project, through which undergrads help first-generation, low-income high school students navigation the
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A Pow Wow Primer
Posted 07/04/2006
American Indian Studies offers a course on the history and significance of pow wow, which includes working on one of the University's two annual pow
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Dance for Everyone -- and Every Body
Posted 09/30/2004
A new class in integrated dance brings together dancers of varying abilities, including several who use wheelchairs.
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