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Majors with the best and worst prospects — art history beats finance
Posted 05/18/2025
A college major in a subject like finance or computer science is often touted as the ticket to a well-paying position in good times and bad, and
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When Your Technical Skills Are Eclipsed, Your Humanity Will Matter More
Posted 02/14/2024
In a New York Times guest essay Aneesh Raman and Maria Flynn argue that in the era of generative AI, uniquely human skills like collaboration
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The Enduring Importance of the Humanities in the Work of Intelligence
Posted 12/22/2023
Retired member of the CIA's Senior Analytic Service Andrew Skit Gilmour argues humanities education necessary to understanding contemporary national
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"Oh the Humanites! A Student's Plea" by Evan Carr
Posted 10/26/2023
Eastside Preparatory Senior Evan Carr discusses the importance of the humanities in secondary education, and the cost of pushing STEM above all else
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KUOW Bill Radke & Professor Sarah Stroup
Posted 05/21/2023
How did 'gubernatorial' steer into our language?
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STEM who?
Posted 02/01/2023
"Students are turning to the arts and humanities as a way to make sense of our current moment," says Berkeley's arts and humanities Dean Sara Guyer
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Humanities Programs Are Growing at U.W.
Posted 11/28/2022
At UW, students are increasingly choosing to pursue degrees in humanities disciplines.
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Staging Literature, with a Tease
Posted 08/17/2022
As co-founder of Noveltease Theatre, Stevi Costa (PhD, English) offers fresh takes on beloved books through burlesque.
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Networking for Change
Posted 06/07/2022
Read how 2022 graduate Will Sanchez applies his Comparative History of Ideas education to build networks with leaders in nonprofit, tech, and
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Congratulations to Professor Sam Jaffee!
Posted 05/15/2022
Professor Sam Jaffee (Spanish & Portuguese Studies) has won a Distinguished Teaching Award in the 2022 UW Awards of Excellence. Congratulations, Sam!
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In Ukraine, Language is Political
Posted 05/10/2022
Many Ukrainians have grown up only speaking Russian. With war raging, a question looms: how important is language to national identity? Can a citizen
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UW Ranks No. 25 in the World
Posted 04/27/2022
The University of Washington ranks No. 25 in the world, or fifth among U.S. public institutions for student experience, faculty prestige and quality
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Congratulations to Rosalie Fish on earning a Truman Scholarship!
Posted 04/17/2022
The UW Junior, whose activism as a student athlete has increased visibility of the devastating cycles of victimization faced by Indigenous women, will
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Akio Suyematsu: Bainbridge Island’s last Japanese American farmer
Posted 03/28/2022
Washington's Bainbridge Island was an established and growing Japanese American farming community before WWII. This article pays tribute to Akio
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UW doctoral candidates create digital counter-mapping project to analyze
Posted 02/17/2022
The project, named "Entanglements: Mapping the History of Asian Migration onto Coast Salish Lands" was completed in January 2022 by Anna Nguyen and
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