Faculty & Staff

June 3, 2019

Energy’s new wave

Converting ocean waves into electricity poses challenges—and promise.


April 20, 2019

The ways we see

Professor Stephanie Fryberg draws on her own life to build support for Indigenous children


March 12, 2019

Abolished

How UW research convinced our state's highest court to toss out the death penalty.


December 7, 2018

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Thanks, Professor Banks

‘The Father of Multicultural Education’ is retiring after 50 years.


December 1, 2018

Powerhouses of poetry

Over the last half century, some of the greatest poets have come to the UW to perform their works.


November 30, 2018

Give Me 5: Michael Callahan

Michael Callahan rowed for UW from 1992-96, competed in the ’04 Olympics and has coached the men’s crew team since 2007.


October 10, 2018

Beyond the confines of campus

A faculty leader shares her view of the future.


October 4, 2018

Seattle’s public policy professor

Remembering scholar, civic leader and former dean Hubert Locke.


June 4, 2018

Best lesson ever

What if your class schedule put you in a room with all of this year's best teachers?


Rethinking drugs

Ingrid Walker wants to change the way media and government frame our perceptions about illicit drugs, and the people who use them.


March 4, 2018

The man who made us look

Psychology professor Anthony Greenwald developed the Implicit Association Test, a rapid-fire survey that reveals the biases that lurk inside us.


September 14, 2017

Drama king

Tim Bond, '83, returns to the School of Drama as a professor.


August 31, 2017

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The Cole role model

The UW proudly presents Bill Cole with the inaugural Distinguished Teaching Legacy Award.


July 28, 2017

Roger Sale, UW English professor

'A genuine citizen'

Roger Sale was one of those professors who changed lives.


June 19, 2017

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Campus groomer

"I would have laughed hysterically if you told me 20 years ago I’d be doing this."


June 1, 2017

Of the highest grade

Celebrating the 2017 teachers of the year.


May 23, 2017

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World of difference

From mentoring students to training allies, faculty of color can measure their success in many ways.


March 1, 2017

Character: Conor Casey

Conor Casey tells Columns about his work in the Labor Archives of Washington.


February 26, 2017

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Jacob Lawrence at 100

From his debut in the New York art scene in the 1930s, Jacob Lawrence explored the everyday conditions of the African American working class.


September 1, 2016

Introducing Shwetak Patel

He's one of the brightest thinkers you'll ever meet. Writer Julie Garner pays him a house call and confirms that, yes, he puts his inventions and gadgets to work, but she finds out a whole lot more.


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