A talk with 91探花architecture professor Tyler Sprague about his book “Sculpture on a Grand Scale: Jack Christiansen’s Thin Shell Modernism.” Plus books from Rick Bonus and Yong-Chool Ha.
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Ted Poor, assistant professor of drums in the 91探花School of Music, has a new album. “You Already Know,” was released Feb. 28 on New Deal/Impulse. 91探花Notebook caught up with Poor for a short Q and A.
It’s the year 2020, and where two or more are gathered, it seems, there is a podcast. Given the level of creativity among 91探花 faculty and staff, it’s no surprise that many high-quality podcasts are now being produced on campus. Here鈥檚 a look at three podcasts being created by 91探花departments or people, including a couple that have been underway for quite a while. 91探花Notebook will occasionally report on campus podcasts and ask a few questions of…
Notable new books by 91探花faculty members include studies of military cultural education programs and equitable collaboration between schools and families. Also, National Endowment for the Humanities support for a coming book on an 18th century India poet, an honor for a work about postwar Japan — and a National Jewish Book Award.
91探花Notebook visits with Allee Monheim, 91探花Libraries public service librarian, who curates the libraries distinctive social media accounts.
James W. Harrington is not only a 91探花professor and former administrator — in recent years, he has also become a prolific painter. 91探花Notebook caught up with him to ask a few questions about his art and his coming exhibit at the 91探花Tower.
A conversation with 91探花psychology professor Sheri Mizumori about the UW-based program Broadening the Representations of Academic Investigators in NeuroScience 鈥� or BRAINS for short — designed to accelerate career advancement for postdoctoral researchers and assistant professors from underrepresented populations.
Neile Graham is both a longtime administrator with the College of Built Environments and a published poet 鈥� and she has a new book of poetry out, called “The Walk She Takes.”
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 91探花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:…
A discussion of Brutalist architecture on the 91探花campus with professor Alex Anderson of the Department of Architecture.
Randy Thompson, a postdoctoral researcher with the 91探花Jackson School of International Studies will explore the nexus of religion and politics in a new podcast, “ReligioPolitics.”
Joy Williamson-Lott, dean of the 91探花Graduate School and a professor of education, has been honored for her 2018 book “Jim Crow Campus: Higher Education and the Struggle for a New Southern Social Order.”
Donald Hellmann, 91探花professor emeritus in the Jackson School of International studies and of political science, has been awarded the Order of the Rising Sun from the Government of Japan, in recognition of his contributions in promoting academic exchanges and mutual understanding between Japan and the United States. Hellmann, 86, teaches courses on Japanese government and politics, American foreign policy and the international relations of Northeast Asia. He joined the 91探花in 1967, chaired the Japan Program for several years,…
91探花English professor emeritus Charles Johnson is one of five people whose likeness is featured on posters promoting diversity and inclusion sent by the American Philosophical Association to every college undergraduate philosophy program in the United States and Canada. And he is in excellent company: The other four people featured, each in a separate poster, are American writers Susan Sontag and Mary Higgins Clark; British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize for literature; and English actor Theo…
Balancing the needs of open science with national security and journal sustainability, and respecting the beliefs of native populations near observatories are among current issues for the American Astronomical Society, said Paula Szkody, 91探花 professor of astronomy. She has begun a term as president-elect of the AAS, and will serve as the society’s president in 2020-2022.
Welcome to 91探花Notebook, a new section of the 91探花News site dedicated to telling stories of good work done by faculty and staff members at the 91探花.
91探花 political scientist Megan Ming Francis says there is a dearth of academic book series being published on topics of race, ethnicity and politics. Now, she will start to change that. An associate professor of political science, Francis will be the editor of a new series of books from Cambridge University Press called Cambridge Elements in Race, Ethnicity and Politics. Francis, on leave and at Harvard for the 2019-2020 school year, answered a few questions about the new…
In American politics, the question of “Who donates?” is linked to the crucial question of “Who governs?” Most campaign donations historically have come from white voters. But new UW-led research indicates that if more candidates of color ran for office, donations from individuals of color would likely increase as well.
Joel S. Migdal, professor in the 91探花Jackson School of International Studies, will celebrate retirement after 39 years at the 91探花on Oct. 3 with a daylong workshop featuring current and former students, followed by a lecture on 鈥淪tate and Society: Then and Now.鈥�
91探花astrobiologist Rory Barnes and co-authors have created software that simulates multiple aspects of planetary evolution across billions of years, with an eye toward finding and studying potentially habitable worlds.
“Where the House Was,” a new, 58-minute documentary produced by France McCue, 91探花senior lecturer in English, tells of the old location for Hugo House, the place for writer, and its subsequent demolition.
Recent notable books by 91探花faculty members explore the legal history of Indigenous nations and the mentoring benefits of fan fiction. Plus, a 91探花anthropologist鈥檚 book is honored, a former English faculty member is remembered in a biography, and 91探花Press brings out paperback editions of three popular titles.
New research from astronomers at the 91探花uses the intriguing TRAPPIST-1 planetary system as a kind of laboratory to model not the planets themselves, but how the coming James Webb Space Telescope might detect and study their atmospheres, on the path toward looking for life beyond Earth.
In recent years, physicians at Seattle Children’s Hospital have worked with 91探花faculty members in design to come up with a better, safer, more reliable way to order and use drugs on an operating room’s anesthesia cart.
Her sweeping new book about the history of Silicon Valley has 91探花history professor Margaret O’Mara on a busy national book tour this summer. The book, “The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America,” was published this month by Penguin Press and is receiving many positive reviews.
Recent notable books by 91探花faculty members explore how the U.S. government has historically used credit to create opportunity, how “reproductive slavery” has left lasting ramifications and how technology design benefits from human values.
91探花astronomy professor Rory Barnes shows off the astronomy department’s Mobile Planetarium to colleagues at AbSciCon2019, the national conference on astrobiology in Bellevue. He takes it to schools with a presentation on astrobiology for K12 students.
A roundup of 91探花talents and presentations in AbSciCon2019, the national conference on astrobiology — the search for life in the universe — to be held in Bellevue, June 24-28.
The subsurface ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus probably has higher than previously known concentrations of carbon dioxide and hydrogen and a more Earthlike pH level, possibly providing conditions favorable to life, according to new research from planetary scientists at the UW.
Of the many papers and presentations scheduled for AbSciCon2019, the conference on astrobiology and the search for life in space happening in Bellevue the week of June 24, the UW’s Dominic Sivitilli’s is perhaps unique 鈥� he’ll discuss his research into how octopuses “think.”
The Pacific Northwest English Study, headed by 91探花linguist Alicia Beckford Wassink, is about to begin a new, three-year research project listening to voices from throughout the region and is looking for participants.
Two films by 91探花faculty members — business professor Jeff Shulman and English professor David Shields — will have screenings in Seattle in coming days 鈥� both with strong connections to the city.
The annual thesis exhibition by graduating art and design students with the 91探花School of Art + Art History + Design reliably brings together the dreamy and the practical to cohabit at the Henry Art Gallery. This year’s exhibit features the work of 10 artists and 11 designers, and will be at the Henry through June 23.
Academics will gather May 31 at the 91探花with policymakers, entrepreneurs, and representatives of corporations, foundations and nonprofits for The xTech + Impact 2019 Summit, a daylong seminar exploring the role of exponential technology and its impact on society.
锘匡豢Recent notable books by 91探花 faculty explore mindful international travel, men seeking work as day laborers, and activist teachers.
Sometimes when science gets stuck, art can come to the rescue. Such is the case, a new study shows, with the 91探花Design Help Desk, which guides faculty, students and staff in improving the more artistic aspects of presenting research or reports 鈥� figures, diagrams, posters and such.
Americans appear more willing to support a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants if that path includes serving in the United States military, according to new research from 91探花political scientists Sophia Jord谩n Wallace and Geoffrey Wallace.
A new space race is underway, characterized by the intersecting trends of democratization, commercialization and militarization. Saadia Pekkanen, 91探花professor of international relations, is lead guest editor for a group of essays addressing such issues and more published online this month in the American Journal of International Law.
Joe Janes of the 91探花Information School presents a timely installment of his Documents that Changed the World podcast series, about the most infamous tax form of all — IRS Form 1040.
Emily Levesque, 91探花assistant professor of astronomy, is gathering material for a new book to be called “The Last Stargazers: True Tales of the Colorful and Vanishing World of Observational Astronomy.鈥�