Perspectives Newsletter

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  IMP Festival's Focus on the Recording Process

  At this year’s Improvised Music Project Festival, students and faculty engaged in listening sessions and conversations about the recording process. (Video story.)

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  Celebrating Excellence in Arts & Sciences

  This spring, the UW and the College of Arts & Sciences celebrated faculty, staff, and students for their many accomplishments. 

Opportunities to Explore

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  ektor garcia: matéria prima

  Through September 4
  Henry Art Gallery, Lower Level Galleries
  Working in textiles, ceramics, and metalwork — frequently in combination with found materials — ektor garcia ascribes renewed value to craft practices through intimate, ritual processes. garcia is a participating artist in the Henry’s Artist Fellowship Program.

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  Our Material World

  Permanent Exhibit
  Burke Museum  
  Explored the Burke lately? In the “Our Material World” gallery, learn how archaeologists dig up the past and make discoveries — even from the garbage we leave behind — and how Native peoples across Washington state are using the archaeological record to revitalize traditional food practices.

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  Plan Ahead: Meany's 2022-23 Season

  October 2022 through May 2023
  Meany Center for the Performing Arts
  In its 2022–23 season, Meany Center will present 26 visionary artists and ensembles who are pushing artistic boundaries, blending genres, and bringing more diverse creative representation to the stage. Season tickets are on sale. Single tickets will go on sale August 3.

In The News

• Seattle’s history of Black language: African American English, code-switching and why it matters today

  African American English, a dialect of American English spoken by Black Americans, can be a form of comfort in the Black community. But there is contention over its use, dividing speakers on class, generation, and gender lines. Alicia Beckford Wassink, UW professor of linguistics, is quoted.

  The Seattle Times

• Scorpions in Washington? Yep, and they even glow in the dark

  Even if you do a lot of hiking or camping, you’ve probably never encountered a scorpion in Washington state. But scorpions, feared by humans for their crayfish-like pincers and stinging tail, do live here. Rod Crawford, curator of arachnids at the UW's Burke Museum, is quoted.

  The Spokesman-Review

• Q&A: New book from UW professor examines history, consequences of fifth columns

  Enemies Within: The Global Politics of Fifth Columns, co-edited by Scott Radnitz, UW associate professor of international studies (with Harris Mylonas of George Washington University), explores the politics surrounding real and imagined “fifth columns” — groups accused of working with hostile countries to damage the population or government of their home country.

  UW News

• Could a recession be coming? Misplaced groceries, strip clubs might tell us when

  What do misplaced groceries, slow restaurants, empty strip clubs, and traffic patterns have in common? They could all potentially be early indicators of a recession. Yael Jacobs, UW assistant professor of economics, is quoted.

  The Olympian