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Faculty Profile: Madeleine Yue Dong
The Whole U profiles Madeleine Yue Dong, chair of the Jackson School's China Studies Program. She talks about reconciling the many facets of modern China.
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Training the Brain
Psychology major Marissa Pighin, is using her experience at UW's I-LABS to better support students like herself who are diagnosed with ADHD. -
Café Purrrrfection
Three A&S alumni recently opened Seattle's first cat café, which brings together two Northwest favorites: coffee and kitties.
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An Orchestrated Life
Julia Tai (2010), a conductor in Seattle, loves "the challenge of...pulling all the sound together to make something great."
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A Tireless Advocate for Equity
Shirley Malcom (1967) has been a vocal advocate for equity in STEM fields, building on her own experiences in the sciences.
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From Dostoyevsky to Diplomacy
"A strong sense of curiosity is an absolute necessity," says Allan Mustard (1978), U.S. Ambassador to Turkmenistan.
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Game Designer with a Humanist Edge
Matthew Moore (2008), a game designer at Disney Interactive, says studying the humanities has made him a better designer.
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Partnering for Safe Water
Eric Stowe (2001, 2003) founded Splash to ensure safe water for children living in urban poverty in Asia and Africa.
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Diplomacy and danger in orbit: The Jackson School's role in discussions of space
Saadia Pekkanen is associate director at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and is leading conversations about the frontiers of diplomacy.
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Walker leaves philanthropic legacy at UW
Pioneer, adventurist, and 'Renaissance man' Doug Walker remembered
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Graphic novels and the art of Jewish memory
Tamar Benzikry, UW Class of 2005, returned to campus as the instructor for "Graphic Novels and Jewish Memory." Read more about Benzikry's passion for arts and education. -
Douglass North was a visionary
Douglass North, former economics professor at the UW and Nobel Prize co-recipient, died last month.
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Remembering Sarah Nash Gates
Sarah Nash Gates, former executive director of the UW School of Drama, was a longtime leader in the Seattle theater community.
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Twenty-one-year-old political science student elected to city council position
Voters overwhelmingly chose Russell Wiita, 21, as Sultan’s newest councilman. He is a senior majoring in political science. -
Douglass C. North, maverick economist and Nobel laureate, dies at 95
In a seven-decade teaching career and in many books and articles, Douglass North, a former UW economics professor, became known for challenging traditional market-based methods of economic analysis.