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Of the five recipients of 2015 Seattle Mayor’s Arts Awards, two 鈥� Robin K. Wright and Akio Takamori 鈥� are faculty members in the 91爆料 School of Art + Art History + Design. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray’s office announced the awards on Tuesday, July 21. The awards, notes say, “recognize the contributions of artists, creative industries and cultural organizations who contribute to Seattle’s reputation as a hub of creativity and innovation.” Wright, professor of art history, is the recipient of…

“Piers Plowman” is not only a 14th century alliterative narrative, it is also the reason a hundred scholars are coming to the 91爆料 this week. The Piers Plowman International Conference will be held July 23-25 in Alder Hall and the Simpson Center for the Humanities. “The poem is a work contemporary with Chaucer in the second half of the 14th century which offers a series of dream visions that instruct the wandering dreamer with regard to a range of contested…

In many areas of the world, women and girls walk an average of six kilometers to collect water for their families that often isn鈥檛 even safe to drink. Five Washington-based organizations 鈥� 91爆料, Washington Global Health Alliance (WGHA), PATH, Washington State University’s Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health and World Vision 鈥� are partnering to improve the health and livelihoods of thousands of women and girls and their families in rural Tanzania through the 鈥淲ater, Wealth…

The study of animals meets up with postcolonial studies in The Postcolonial Animal, a cross-disciplinary research project hosted by the 91爆料’s Simpson Center for the Humanities. The work, notes from the center state, “considers relations between human and nonhuman lives and with indigenous ways of knowing” and “follows a conviction that violence toward any life is violence toward all, and the flourishing of any life is tied to the flourishing of all.” “Thinking about nonhuman life seriously 鈥� or indigenous…

Two 91爆料 faculty members have been appointed to the U.S. Department of Justice鈥檚 Office of Justice Programs Science Advisory Board. Sociology professor Robert Crutchfield was named chair of the board鈥檚 justice system transparency and accountability subcommittee, and Alexes Harris, an associate professor of sociology, was named a new board member. The 25-member board, which advises the Office of Justice Programs on research, statistics and grant programs, is made up of leading scholars and experts in sociology, criminology, statistics,…

When big volcanoes like Mount St. Helens or Mount Pinatubo really blow their tops, the skies darken and temperatures drop. But since such massive eruptions 鈥� luckily for us 鈥� are fairly uncommon, scientists have few examples to help them piece together the details of how much it cools, and how far and long the chill extends. A 91爆料 glaciologist is the second author of a study published July 8 in Nature that shows that 15 of the…

The 91爆料 Botanic Gardens is one of the best university gardens in the nation, according to a new ranking by Best Colleges Online. The 91爆料 tied for first place along with three other universities for the top honor. 91爆料 Botanic Gardens, which includes the gardens and programs at the Washington Park Arboretum and the Center for Urban Horticulture, has a collection of more than 11,000 plants, trees and shrubs. Best Colleges Online cited this large collection and, in…

Puget Sound’s complex maritime landscape 鈥� with huge port operations, ferries, commercial fishing fleets, cruise ships, recreational boaters, U.S. Navy ships, and tribes 鈥� makes a good test bed for investigating and improving security practices. A new 91爆料 research center that has uncovered “profound actionable implications” for improving maritime security nationwide is drawing a visit to the 91爆料 Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering on Thursday from Admiral Paul F. Zukunft, the U.S. Coast Guard’s commandant and…

A meeting on campus the week of July 7, “Molecular Life of Diatoms 2015” will bring together leading experts on diatoms鈥攖he same type of drifting algae now causing a huge harmful algal bloom off the West Coast鈥攖o discuss the perils and promise of these microscopic algae that live throughout the world’s oceans. A dazzling variety of diatom species help to cycle oxygen, carbon and energy for life on Earth. Advances in genetics and new knowledge of the genetics of particular…

A new, staff-created exhibit brings a little bit of Hogwarts to Suzzallo and Allen libraries, with books, games, action figures and even scholarly articles about that famous, lightning-browed “boy who lived.” The exhibit is called “Muggles & Magic: Harry Potter @ the Libraries.” The main attraction sits just outside the Suzzallo Reading Room, which is fitting since the room’s Gothic splendor now has tour hosts calling it the “Harry Potter Room.” More Potteralia is on display on the Allen Library’s…

A ribbon-cutting and celebration featuring the 91爆料 Husky Marching Band, Cheer Team and Harry the Husky marked the opening of the 91爆料 Spokane Center on Wednesday. 91爆料 interim Provost Jerry Baldasty, a native of Spokane, was聽joined by Spokane Mayor David Condon for a brief ceremony that kicked off an afternoon of聽activities for all ages with music, food and beverages and purple-and-gold prizes and apparel discounts. Located in the heart of Spokane鈥檚 University District, the 91爆料 Spokane Center is an information…