This RSS news feed from uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information, includes the last 40 in the Arts and Humanities category. http://uwnews.org/apps/uwnews/public/rss.aspx?q=uwnByCategoryName&categoryName=Arts and Humanities&numToShow=40 http://uwnews.org/images/uwnewslogo_small.jpg http://uwnews.org/ uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information (c)2009 University of Washington News and Information | http://uwnews.org | uwnews@u.washington.edu | 206-543-2580 Bob Roseth | roseth@u.washington.edu Ken Fine | kenfine@u.washington.edu Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:45:21 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Washington has it own history of the people who have toiled in the state's fields and orchards for nearly a century and a half and those who tried to change existing conditions. That story has gone largely untold. That's no longer the case because a group of University of Washington students and faculty have developed a new multimedia Web page that tells this story. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52436 Arts and Humanities Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52436 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:18:57 GMT Less than a year ago a UW engineering lab was the first to generate ceramic objects in a 3-D printer. Now the lab has done it again, for glass. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52160 Arts and Humanities Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) and Gerald Barnett (barnett@uw.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52160 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:09:43 GMT Heather McHugh, Milliman Distinguished Writer-in-Residence in the Creative Writing Program of the English Department of the University of Washington, has been named a 2009 MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52096 Arts and Humanities Robert Roseth (roseth@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52096 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT A statistical analysis reveals distinct patterns in the placement of Indus symbols, and creates a hypothetical model for the unknown language. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51251 Technology Arts and Humanities Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51251 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:00:00 GMT Judges chose from 35 entries, each 90 seconds long, created with pocket-size recording devices. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=50337 Campus Arts and Humanities Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=50337 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:51:55 GMT Eighty-one percent of Hispanics approve of Obama's actions during his first 100 days, and 67 percent approve of Congressional actions. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=49405 Arts and Humanities Politics and Government Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=49405 Mon, 04 May 2009 20:28:31 GMT Scholars have recently questioned whether ancient Indus inscriptions code for language. A UW computer scientist used statistics to show that the 4,500-year-old Indus symbols' pattern follows that of other spoken languages. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=49046 Technology Science Arts and Humanities Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=49046 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:00:00 GMT A new, not-so-secret recipe uses artist-grade ceramics powder for 3-D printing. Ceramics objects can now be printed for about 3 percent the cost of commercial printing mixes. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=48302 Science Technology Arts and Humanities Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=48302 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:45:46 GMT The UW will signed an agreement Tuesday for 9,000 square feet in the Palace of the Conde de Luna. UW President Mark Emmert will participate in opening ceremonies this May. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=47129 Campus Arts and Humanities Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=47129 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:10:45 GMT UW scholars have shined new light on one of the darkest chapters of Washington history - the days when the Ku Klux Klan was a temporary force in the state. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=45135 Arts and Humanities Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=45135 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:47:26 GMT Hanson Hosein, a professor of communication, recorded small-businesses' efforts to regenerate in the city. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43447 Arts and Humanities Business Politics and Government Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43447 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:00:40 GMT Authoritarian regimes around the world are dealing with troublesome citizen bloggers by arresting them, and they're doing it more often, according to researchers at the University of Washington. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=42417 Arts and Humanities Politics and Government Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=42417 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:57:00 GMT Sixteen UW students, members of David Domke's course in online journalism and politics, have covered presidential caucuses and primaries in Idaho and Washington state. They're heading to Texas to cover caucuses and the primary on Tuesday. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40103 Arts and Humanities Politics and Government Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40103 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:15:31 GMT Pending approval by the Board of Regents, Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake will hold a UW professorship in sustainability, one of the first such professorships in the U.S. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=39298 Environment Campus Arts and Humanities Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=39298 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:45:33 GMT In Going Down Jericho Road, UW Tacoma author Michael Honey lays out parallels between national problems in 1968 and the ones we face now. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=38809 Arts and Humanities Law and Policy Politics and Government Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=38809 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:55:10 GMT An article published this month recommends practical support followed by formal psychological intervention if necessary. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=35320 Arts and Humanities Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=35320 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:06:50 GMT Poets Robert Bly and Martin Espada will speak at separate events in May. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=32722 Arts and Humanities Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=32722 Thu, 03 May 2007 20:50:34 GMT New Directions in Scandinavian Studies issued its first volume this year, and Nordic Film Classics will issue its first two in 2007. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=28675 Arts and Humanities Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=28675 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:00:00 GMT It can't bring Seattle any sun from Salamanca, but a Cervantes Institute, which opened this fall at the UW, promises culture from Spain and Latin America plus online Spanish courses. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=28284 Arts and Humanities Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=28284 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:00:00 GMT "Americanese," the film based on a novel by UW professor Shawn Wong, will be distributed nationally this summer. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=27665 Arts and Humanities Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=27665 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 07:00:00 GMT More than 500 of the brightest student minds in the state will share the findings of their research that range from the frontiers of science to Seattle's coffee culture at the ninth annual Undergraduate Research Symposium Friday http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=24309 Science Health and Medicine Social Science Arts and Humanities Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=24309 Mon, 15 May 2006 07:00:00 GMT According to a new study that used motion-capture technology to analyze and accurately recreate the moves of dancing Jamaican teens, people appear able to pick genetically superior partners based on how they dance. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=21432 Science Arts and Humanities Rob Harrill (rharrill@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=21432 Wed, 21 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT Two parallel, but largely separate, migrations of more than 20 million black and white Americans in the 20th century transformed politics, culture and religion in the United States. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13617 Social Science Law and Policy Arts and Humanities Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13617 Wed, 16 Nov 2005 07:00:00 GMT "Headlines: Emerging Architectural Ideas" coming in April will be a first-ever exhibit of 100 designs that collectively show "what's about to happen" in the built environment of the region's cities and towns. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9065 Arts and Humanities Community Steven Goldsmith (sgolds@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9065 Mon, 21 Mar 2005 07:00:00 GMT Information School to expand training and outreach in children and youth services with professorship in honor of noted children's writer. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8176 Arts and Humanities Steven Goldsmith (sgolds@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8176 Thu, 10 Feb 2005 07:00:00 GMT Seattle's post-Viaduct waterfront should provide an outdoor educational environment for studying history, culture and ecology -- as well as a skateboard park. So say high school students at Queen Anne's Center School who were asked to inject the voice of youth into the future of the downtown waterfront. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2209 Arts and Humanities Community Steven Goldsmith (sgolds@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2209 Wed, 05 Nov 2003 07:00:00 GMT Forty architecture students soon will head to Montana to help the Northern Cheyenne tribe build a house out of straw. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2134 Arts and Humanities Steven Goldsmith (sgolds@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2134 Wed, 11 Jun 2003 07:00:00 GMT Now that utility and paving crews have given "The Ave" a new foundation, University of Washington architecture students are about to give the shops a facelift. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2101 Campus Arts and Humanities Steven Goldsmith (sgolds@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2101 Mon, 07 Apr 2003 07:00:00 GMT http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2544 Social Science Arts and Humanities Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2544 Mon, 30 Dec 2002 07:00:00 GMT A pig-roasting pit at a garden used by elderly immigrants and a hanging play structure for an experimental preschool are among the University of Washington projects highlighted in a new book on innovative joint ventures between schools of architecture and local communities. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2522 Arts and Humanities Community Steven Goldsmith (sgolds@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2522 Mon, 25 Nov 2002 07:00:00 GMT A birch bark manuscript from a Buddhist monastery, believed to have been written in the first or second century A.D., was recently acquired by the University of Washington Libraries and will become a key component of the Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3487 Arts and Humanities Robert Roseth (roseth@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3487 Tue, 20 Aug 2002 07:00:00 GMT Researchers at the University of Washington have learned that something most people take for granted is not true: that the force of fluids within the human body helps to break the adhesive bonds of invasive bacteria and counterbalance infection. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3465 Health and Medicine Arts and Humanities Walter Neary (wneary@u.washington.edu) and Susan Gregg-Hanson (sghanson@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3465 Thu, 27 Jun 2002 07:00:00 GMT An extensive Internet art exhibit and dozens of educational events presented by the University of Washington will enhance cellist Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project when the international extravaganza hits Seattle starting this month. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2361 Campus Arts and Humanities Community Steven Goldsmith (sgolds@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2361 Tue, 19 Mar 2002 07:00:00 GMT They sound like games: Digital Sandbox, Mouse Haus, Electronic Cocktail Napkin, Navigation Blocks, Space Pen. But they are not for kids -- they are tools invented by the UW's Design Machine Group to unleash architects' and designers' collaboration and creativity. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2656 Arts and Humanities Technology Steven Goldsmith (sgolds@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2656 Thu, 25 Oct 2001 07:00:00 GMT American students abroad, as the stereotype goes, soak up atmosphere and dig into local cuisine. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2340 Community Arts and Humanities Steven Goldsmith (sgolds@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2340 Tue, 24 Apr 2001 07:00:00 GMT Some of the finest living Northwest Coastal Native artists will demonstrate their carving, weaving and musical talents at the third annual Native American Arts Celebration at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3312 Campus Arts and Humanities Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3312 Thu, 02 Nov 2000 07:00:00 GMT Robert Mugerauer, Sid Richardson Centennial Professor at the University of Texas at Austin's School of Architecture, has been selected to be the next dean of the University of Washington College of Architecture and Urban Planning, effective Sept. 1. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2003 Campus Arts and Humanities Robert Roseth (roseth@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2003 Thu, 22 Jun 2000 07:00:00 GMT Some future teachers have spent their final quarter at the University of Washington on center stage, with a paintbrush and pallet in hand, while considering music theory. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1914 Arts and Humanities http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1914 Fri, 12 May 2000 07:00:00 GMT The University of Washington has selected Robert Pinsky, the 39th poet laureate of the United States, to be the commencement speaker in ceremonies to be held June 10 in Husky Stadium. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1878 Campus Arts and Humanities Robert Roseth (roseth@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1878 Wed, 12 Apr 2000 07:00:00 GMT The future of doctoral education will be the subject of a unique conference in Seattle April 13-15. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1873 Law and Policy Arts and Humanities Robert Roseth (roseth@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1873 Fri, 07 Apr 2000 07:00:00 GMT Ravi Desai may be an Internet entrepreneur, but his first love is poetry. To ensure that poetry continues to thrive at the University of Washington, he has made a $2 million gift to the UW's Creative Writing Program. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1843 Campus Arts and Humanities Robert Roseth (roseth@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1843 Wed, 16 Feb 2000 07:00:00 GMT Jon Jory, producing director at the acclaimed Actors Theatre of Louisville, has been appointed to the faculty of the nationally renowned University of Washington School of Drama, pending final approval by the Board of Regents on January 21. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1826 Campus Arts and Humanities Robert Roseth (roseth@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1826 Wed, 19 Jan 2000 07:00:00 GMT University of Washington law professor Louis Wolcher has received a $15,800 prize in a unique global essay competition involving 2,481 writers from 123 countries. Wolcher's philosophical treatise on Eastern and Western concepts of time, entitled "Time's Language," took second place overall in the first-ever International Essay Prize Contest. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1798 Arts and Humanities Steven Goldsmith (sgolds@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1798 Wed, 15 Dec 1999 07:00:00 GMT http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1787 Arts and Humanities Walter Neary (wneary@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1787 Fri, 03 Dec 1999 07:00:00 GMT Correspondence from novelist Vladimir Nabokov to University of Washington history professor Marc Szeftel will be part of a fall quarter exhibit at the University of Washington's Allen Library. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1775 Arts and Humanities Campus Steven Goldsmith (sgolds@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1775 Thu, 18 Nov 1999 07:00:00 GMT The University of Washington today announced a $12 million Campaign for the Arts and reported gifts of $2.5 million to begin that campaign. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1738 Arts and Humanities Campus Robert Roseth (roseth@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1738 Thu, 28 Oct 1999 07:00:00 GMT http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1648 Arts and Humanities Campus Health and Medicine Laurie McHale () http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1648 Thu, 08 Jul 1999 07:00:00 GMT The "Leonardo Lives" exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum last fall and winter generated $15.5 million in business activity in King County, supported 314 jobs and created $5 million in labor income, according to an economic impact study conducted by a University of Washington researcher. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2685 Arts and Humanities Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2685 Tue, 07 Jul 1998 07:00:00 GMT A pilot study to be conducted by University of Washington faculty could help them learn how individuals seek information on the World Wide Web. The research will be one of the first in-depth studies of how people use the Web. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2794 Campus Arts and Humanities Science Robert Roseth (roseth@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2794 Tue, 24 Feb 1998 07:00:00 GMT More than 40 scholars from around the world will come to the University of Washington Oct. 29 to Nov. 1 to participate in the Inaugural Conference in Textual Studies. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2965 Campus Arts and Humanities Robert Roseth (roseth@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2965 Mon, 29 Sep 1997 07:00:00 GMT