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Ada Limón Is Named the Next Poet Laureate

Ada Limón, a UW School of Drama alum, is the 24th U.S. poet laureate.

New York Times

A walk in their heels: Meet the hustle evangelist

Abdiel Jacobsen, a former Martha Graham dancer, found freedom in hustle, which offers a progressive, gender-neutral vision of partnered social dance…

The New York Times

A Walk in Their Heels: Meet the Hustle Evangelist

Abdiel Jacobsen, a graduate in the Department of Dance and a former Martha Graham dancer, found freedom in hustle, which offers a progressive, gender…

New York Times

The Power of Cohorts & Collective Histories

Kemi Adeyemi, Jasmine Mahmoud, and Nikki Yeboah first met as PhD students in Chicago. Now they pursue scholarship in support of Black arts as UW…

UW College of Arts & Sciences News

Arts & Sciences' Fab Four for 2022

Four Dean's Medalists were selected by the College of Arts & Sciences for their varied and impressive work as UW undergraduates. 

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How we decided what stories to tell in our Black Arts Legacies project

Crosscut interviewed the UW's Kemi Adeyemi, associate professor of gender, women and sexuality studies, and Jasmine Mahmoud, assistant professor of…

Crosscut

Celebrating Pride Month

Celebrate Pride Month and the history, progress and power of the LGBTQIA+ community through a collection of works by College of Arts & Sciences…

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A Fresh Voice in Theater

Despite the pandemic, Darby Sherwood (BA, Drama; Political Science minor, 2022) graduated with a robust resume that includes directing, acting, and…

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Singing through the pandemic: UW Choirs celebrate a year back from the pandemic

The UW Choirs celebrated graduating seniors and finished their final concert of the first fully in-person performance year since the start of the…

The Daily

Connecting with Obama

Arts & Sciences alum Simon Tran says meeting with Barack Obama to discuss careers in public service was "easily the most surreal experience I've…

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Meet Ethnomusicologist Christina Sunardi

Adelaide D. Currie Cole Endowed Professor of ethnomusicology in the UW School of Music and Chair of the Department of Dance, Christina Sunardi, is…

The Whole U

Gabriel Solis Named Divisional Dean of the Arts

Dianne Harris, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, announced that Gabriel Solis will become the next Divisional Dean of the Arts, effective…

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