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July 15, 2021
University of Washington Provost Mark A. Richards today announced Dianne Harris will become dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, beginning Sept. 1.
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June 30, 2021
In Spring 2021 GWSS 390 ART, MUSIC,& FEMINIST RESILIENCE IN THE BORDERLANDS student teams produced five new episodes of "The Ofrenda Podcast." Produced in partnership with KRVU 105.5 FM radio and Highline Heritage Museum's series "Our Voices: Social Justice in Times of Covid-19." KVRU radio will broadcast the episodes throughout summer. GWSS students learned how to both create interview content and technical digital audio production skills! GWSS own PhD almna Grammy winning professor... Read more
June 15, 2021
For more than 50 years, the UW Awards of Excellence have celebrated outstanding faculty, staff, students and alumni whose achievements exemplify the University’s mission. This year, 20 people were honored with the new Together We Will award, which celebrates outstanding staff contributions made during the challenges of 2020.
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June 15, 2021
The 2021 Husky 100, a group of 100 students making the most of their time at the UW, have been announced.
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June 11, 2021
Congratulations to Michelle Habell-Pallán, Professor of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, College of Arts & Sciences, for receiving the James D. Clowes Award for the Advancement of Learning Communities.
James D. Clowes Award for the Advancement of Learning Communities
Michelle Habell-Pallán
Professor
Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
College of Arts & Sciences
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June 1, 2021
Assistant Professor Kemi Adeyemi and new media artist Shawné Michaelain Holloway meet with Black Embodiment Studio students.
By increasing understanding of how identities shape people's lives, the Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies (GWSS) at UW offers a powerful way to make change. "Students are not empty vessels, they are knowledge producers — as we all are," says Assistant Professor Bettina Judd.
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May 19, 2021
Going Public: Advocacy, Activism, and Building Trust
https://www.lib.washington.edu/commons/events/goingpublic2021
May 19, 2021 @ 10:30am Michelle Habell-Pallan, UW Department of Gender Women and Sexuality Studies and Yesenia Hunter, Heritage University: Rockin’ Community Trust: Womxn Who Rock: Making Scenes, Building Communities... Read more
May 14, 2021
Image: Still from Chanhee Choi's "Pandemic"; courtesy of the artist.
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May 10, 2021
"When systems tell us that we need to change to fit in, leaving behind some elements of who we are, ...we have practices like fandango through which we can reclaim those things — not only individually, but as a group," says Iris Viveros Avendano.
Media credit: Corinne Thrash
Iris Viveros Avendano had recently moved to Seattle from Mexico when a UW graduate student spotted her performing music and dance from Veracruz, Mexico. That sighting, and the connections it established, would lead... Read more
April 12, 2021
The UW's womens studies program has celebrated its 50th anniversery. Professor and department chair Shirley J. Yee and Mary Logan Rothschild, the first acting director of the program, discuss.
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