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Dueling pulpits: Book by Jackson School’s Taso Lagos explores rivalry between...

Aimee Semple McPherson was a fiercely charismatic Pentecostal preacher and media dynamo of the 1920s and 1930s. Lonely, driven and often controversial, “Sister Aimee” was dedicated, if rather...

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Undergrad’s first novel, optioned for a movie, features big robots and even...

Zoe Mikuta’s first book, “Gearbreakers,” is set to come out June 29. In his 36 years of teaching, some of the best writing UW English Professor Shawn Wong has seen came out of English 302, his class...

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Vice Provost for Research Mary Lidstrom stepping down after 15 years

In fall of 2005, Mary Lidstrom was just about to wrap up a nine-year run as associate dean of new initiatives in the University of Washington’s College of Engineering as she weighed an unexpected offer...

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John Schaufelberger to receive 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award from national...

John Schaufelberger, UW professor of construction management, is a respected teacher, engineer, administrator and former officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He is dean emeritus of the College...

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Dean Azita Emami’s ‘insider–outsider’ perspective shapes her UW School of...

Azita Emami has been dean of the UW School of Nursing since 2013. The UW School of Nursing announced in February it was launching the Center for Antiracism in Nursing. The first of its kind in the...

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UW astronomer redefines the scientific hero as part of The Great Courses

UW astronomer Emily Levesque delivers her course “Great Heroes and Discoveries of Astronomy” as part of The Great Courses, a popular online learning platform.The Teaching Company If you look on Emily...

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UW’s Shyam Gollakota named 2021 Moore Inventor Fellow

Shyam Gollakota, a professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, is being recognized as a Moore Inventor Fellow for his work on the Internet of Biological Things and the...

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From the land of the Reindeer People to Red Square: Teacher brings the...

In 2019, Azjargal Amarsanaa was hosting a tour group in the land of the “Reindeer People” — or Tsaatan, the nomadic reindeer herders who live in northern Mongolia — when she heard her interview to be...

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La primera: Communication major Paula Thiele breaks in new ‘¡Spain Works!’...

UW communication major Paula Thiele sits for an interview with a Spanish news outlet in the León, Spain, mayor’s office.Courtesy of Paula Thiele A journey years in the making came to fruition this...

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Video: Alexes Harris draws attention to low representation of people of color...

Journalists: download video assets here. In 2016, Alexes Harris was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer. The UW professor of sociology was told she had only 18 to 24 months to live if she didn’t have a...

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