Community Impact

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April 19: Arts and Sciences Events at Admitted Student Day
March 2, 2025
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The Sam Dubal Memorial Lecture on Racial Justice in Medical Anthropology and Global Health to Be Held on December 2, 2024
November 26, 2024
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2024 Husky 100
May 1, 2024
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Rotary panel delves into PNW’s growing relationship with South Asia
April 23, 2024
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ArtSci Roundup: Fall Concert with DXARTS, Dance Graduate Research Symposium and more
October 18, 2023
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The Dubal Memorial Lecture: Weighing the Future: Race, Science, and Pregnancy Trials in the Postgenomic Era
October 2, 2023
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New Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science
September 7, 2023
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Archaeologists do a reality check on Indiana Jones
June 29, 2023
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Analysis: Drawing, making music and writing poetry can support healing and bring more humanity to health care in US hospitals
June 8, 2023
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2023 Husky 100
April 23, 2023
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ArtSci Roundup: January Preview
December 14, 2022
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Honoring American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month
November 13, 2022
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Building the Future of Anthropology through Podcasting, with Graduate Students Delaney Glass and Yoli Ngandali
May 10, 2022
Research Family
Research Family: Bridging accessibility divides in academic research through Indigenous Oceanic paradigms
November 19, 2021
Prof. Sam Dubal
Honoring Sam Dubal's Vision
November 19, 2021
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Dianne Harris named dean of UW College of Arts & Sciences
July 15, 2021
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Dianne Harris named dean of UW College of Arts & Sciences
July 15, 2021
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A year with COVID-19: A chronology of how the UW adapted — and responded — to the pandemic
March 8, 2021
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A year with COVID-19: A chronology of how the UW adapted — and responded — to the pandemic
March 4, 2021
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Hindsight 2020: Professors predicted what Trumpism would look like. Here's what they got right
October 25, 2020
Age of Kampuchea Video Exhibit at UW
UW secures competitive $1 million Luce Foundation grant to advance Southeast Asian research and community engagement
October 5, 2020
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Bill James, hereditary chief at Lummi, master weaver, dies at age 75
June 4, 2020
Hollis Miller piloting a skiff around Old Harbor (Photo credit: Ben Fitzhugh)
Community-Oriented Archaeology in Old Harbor, Alaska
May 12, 2020
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Seeking Mama Amaan (Safe Motherhood) in Seattle
May 12, 2020
Yasmin Habib standing in front of a red brick wall outside her office building.
A Difficult Journey Inspires Action
March 9, 2020
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This Year in Focus: 19 for 2019
December 23, 2019
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Mindful travel, Silicon Valley’s evolution, Schumann on viola, Seattle history — UW-authored books, music for the Husky on your list
December 19, 2019
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A shower, beds for the kids and ‘French Toast Wednesdays’: New blessings for a grateful Eastside family
November 30, 2019
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Things to do in Seattle: Native arts edition
November 25, 2019
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Make code accessible with these cloud services
November 5, 2019
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UW books in brief: Tribal sovereignty and the courts, mentoring through fan fiction, UW Press paperback editions
August 22, 2019
Screenshot of Perot Museum Tweet "Meet the Scientist" Miguel Ochoa, in English
Perot Museum of Natural History: Greater Accessibility
June 11, 2019
Screenshot of Perot Museum Tweet "Meet the Scientist" Miguel Ochoa, in English
Perot Museum of Natural History: Greater Accessibility
June 11, 2019
Photo of a laptop showing members of the Homo naledi research team interacting with students
Evolution Science Outreach in the PEB Lab
June 11, 2019
Deja Edwards on the floor with toys in the Social Cognitive Development Lab.
In Praise of Mentors
June 9, 2019
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Seattle's forgotten street community: UW anthropologist talks about the unique circumstances of vehicle residency
June 6, 2019
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16 UW students awarded Fulbright fellowships
May 30, 2019
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UW anthropologist connects communities to archive of Khmer Rouge-era Cambodia
March 8, 2019
An incredible group of birth professionals and advocates from the local Somali-American community on the completion of the Safe Mother Project Great Start Professional Community Childbirth Educators Workshop (#StrongFamilies) conducted with Parent Trust
Immigrant and refugee communities in Southeast Seattle
February 22, 2019
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Journey behind bars to aid in prisoners' learning
August 6, 2018
Photo taken at WMCA's youth-led community event Beautify the Block. Photos are by Sara Bernard from the Seattle Weekly
Anthropology at Work in the World … Somali-style
May 9, 2018
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Nuclear trauma still fresh for Seattle’s Marshallese community on 64th anniversary of Bikini Atoll tests
March 6, 2018
Nuclear Fallout in the Marshall Islands
December 26, 2017
Why Australians Keep Getting Older
December 6, 2017
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The Ancient One returns home 
June 7, 2017
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Burke Museum, Research Family, and the Disney film, Moana
June 7, 2017
Cooking in the Husky Den Kitchen Kathryn Steele, unidentified student, Kirsten Lirio, Diane Guerra (undergraduate advisor), Gabrielle Son, Morgan Hale (assistant undergraduate advisor), Kyla Hasenpflug Photo by Ema Simion
The Kitchen Classroom: Service Learning at Tent City 3
June 7, 2017
Workshop 1 Collaboration on Heritage in the Salish Sea. Panel Discussion facilitated by Sara Gonzalez. Photo credit: Sven Haakanson
New Collaborations in Indigenous and Community-Based Archeology: The Preserving the Past Together series
June 7, 2017
1950's photo of two women in front of a house, with faces blurred
A Cup of Kindness: Janelle Taylor Researches Dementia and Friendship
June 5, 2017
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Early human fossils found in South African cave system
May 9, 2017