anthropology
May 29, 2022
Why we walk
We were bipedal before we were human. But science still has much to explore about how we evolved—body and brain—to be walkers.
May 8, 2020
Serving youth suits her
After deciding medicine wasn't for her, Yasmin Habib created a nonprofit program to serve refugee, immigrant and marginalized children.
March 1, 2010
Garbage tells a story
Lecturer Jason De Leon collects discarded items to better understand what's happening at the southern border of the United States.
March 1, 2009
Evolution of art
Ellen Dissanayake came up with a paradigm-changing theory: Art-making evolved as a behavior that contained advantages for human survival-and those advantages went far beyond what Charles Darwin ever imagined.
March 1, 2006
Mating dance
Scientists have been able to link skillful dancing to established measures of human desirability and attractiveness.
June 1, 2005
Top Dawgs
More than 175 faculty have been given a UW Distinguished Teaching Award since 1970, and this year seven more from Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma join their ranks. In addition, the UW salutes 12 other professors, graduate students and staff members for their public service and teaching excellence.
March 1, 2004
Verne Ray, 1905-2003
Verne Frederick Ray, ’31, ’33, a UW anthropology professor who helped dozens of Northwest tribes win tribal land-claim settlements, died Sept. 28. He was 98.
June 1, 2003
George I. Quimby, 1913-2003
George I. Quimby, longtime director of the Burke Museum of Natural History, died Feb. 17. He was 89.
December 1, 2000
Bones of contention
The saga of Kennewick Man is a volatile mix of race, religion, politics and science, and the UW is right in the middle of it.
March 1, 1998
Carol Eastman dies at 56
Carol Eastman was a respected anthropology professor, graduate school dean and administrator who served the University of Washington for 27 years.
June 1, 1996
The weaker sex? If there’s a disaster, it’s men
Women are better equipped than men to survive a long-term natural disaster, says a UW anthropology professor.