“The dead do tell tales at Vesuvius.” So read the cover text of the May 1984 edition of National Geographic that captured Mira Green’s imagination and set the trajectory for her own life’s story. Green, who is a full time lecturer at the University of Washington, recalls thumbing through the issue and its depictions of [...]

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This spring, Dr. Genevieve Neal-Perry will move across the country to begin a new chapter in her career as Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina. But she’ll leave the University of Washington a unique legacy—a number of modern family-building programs at University Reproductive Care and a family-building [...]

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Should there ever be war in outer space, Saadia Pekkanen says there would be no winners. “Nobody can win that war, because nobody knows what victory looks like in that scenario,” says Pekkanen, who since 2004 has served as Job and Gertrud Tamaki Endowed Professor at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and [...]

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The UW Symphony will perform this Friday at Meany Hall in a program titled, Re-Imagination featuring music by Claudio Monteverdi, Igor Stravinsky, and Bizet/Shchedrin. (Get tickets here for $15 or $10 for students/seniors) When David Rahbee began decorating his office after joining the UW School of Music as Director of Orchestral Activities and Chair of [...]

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If you’re interested in taking a whirlwind journey through thousands of years of Chinese history, but not keen on sacrificing scholarly attention to detail or a sound sense of storytelling, you’ll want Patricia Ebrey to be your guide. A professor of history at the University of Washington, Ebrey has devoted more than four decades to [...]

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Sometimes a strike can have the most unexpected, long-term implications. For Malia Fullerton, professor of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine, a strike by public school sanitation workers on the Big Island of Hawaii when she was in seventh grade, set her on the path to a career as a [...]

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Karin Frey says she gets all her best ideas from teenagers. A research associate professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Washington’s College of Education and primary investigator at its Sociomoral Action and Identity Lab (SAIL), Frey says talking to teens is one of the aspects of her work she likes best. “When I [...]

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Before we begin a new decade, let’s look back on a year of learning, growth, and achievement by way of our Spotlight series. Published on Fridays, the weekly Spotlight feature takes the form of a Faculty Friday, a Staff Story, or a Coaches’ Corner—promising readers an informative view into the lives, research, interests, and achievements [...]

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While most people spend the winter trying to avoid catching the flu, Helen Chu is actively chasing it. An associate professor of medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine’s Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Chu serves as lead clinician for The Seattle Flu Study (SFS), a first-of-its-kind collaborative effort by the Brotman [...]

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When Chadwick Allen delivers his lecture, “Earthworks Rising: Mound Building in Native Art & Literature,” in Kane Hall on December 3, he’ll do so with an underlying message: the network of earthworks that dot the eastern half of North America not only hold knowledge from the Indigenous past, but also provide inspiration for Indigenous futures. [...]

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Food brings people together. In the case of the academic collaboration between Jennifer Otten and Branden Born, so did food policy. Otten, an associate professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and core faculty in the Nutritional Sciences Program within the School of Public Health (first from left above), met Born, an [...]

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As one of the world’s most innovative universities, the University of Washington is proud to deliver on its mission of education, discovery and public service—both here in Washington and across every continent. That’s why, for the first time, the UW is celebrating UW Global Month throughout November by highlighting the University’s global impact, network, and [...]

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