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A growing problem of ‘deepfake geography’: How AI falsifies satellite images
May 11, 2021
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ArtSci Roundup: A new Measure: the Revolutionary Quantum Reform of the Metric System, Sacred Breath: Indigenous Writing and Storytelling Series, and more
May 10, 2021
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Why ‘deepfake geography’ presents significant risks — and how researchers are detecting it
April 27, 2021
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Deepfake tech takes on satellite maps
April 25, 2021
Simulated image of Tacoma, WA
A growing problem of ‘deepfake geography’: How AI falsifies satellite images
April 21, 2021
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How ‘Story Maps’ Redraw the World Using People’s Real-Life Experiences
March 26, 2021
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How ‘Story Maps’ Redraw the World Using People’s Real-Life Experiences
March 25, 2021
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New Publications from Geography Faculty and Graduate Students!
March 15, 2021
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A year with COVID-19: A chronology of how the UW adapted — and responded — to the pandemic
March 8, 2021
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A year with COVID-19: A chronology of how the UW adapted — and responded — to the pandemic
March 4, 2021
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ArtSci Roundup: Katz Distinguished Lecture: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Contemporary Environmental Issues In Taiwan, Global Perspectives on Restorative Justice & Race, and More
February 18, 2021
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ArtSci Roundup: Katz Distinguished Lecture: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Contemporary Environmental Issues In Taiwan, Global Perspectives on Restorative Justice & Race, and More
February 17, 2021
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Podcast explores atonement and accountability inside the Oregon State Penitentiary
February 11, 2021
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Podcast explores atonement and accountability inside the Oregon State Penitentiary
February 9, 2021
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Seattle Channel Video "Essential Stories of Frontline Workers"
February 5, 2021
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The Value of a Non-STEM Major, with Dean Stacey
January 7, 2021
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The Value of a Non-STEM Major, with Dean Stacey
January 5, 2021
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Reimagining Social Care and Racial Justice
November 19, 2020
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Dr. Lawson (Honors Director and Geography Faculty) Interview with Talia Kertsmann
November 12, 2020
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ArtSci Roundup: Rick Steves at UW Global Month, Beethoven Piano Trios, Lessons (Not) Learned from the Holocaust, and more
November 12, 2020
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‘2020: The Course’ ponders the meaning of this unusual year
October 30, 2020
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ArtSci Roundup: So Far So Good, Conversation with Jorge Ramos, and Emily Levesque in Conversation with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds
October 26, 2020
Hammering Man
Labor Day 2020: A life-and-death fight for worker rights
September 27, 2020
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Applied Research Fellows develop tool to explore population changes in King County
September 21, 2020
Geography Major Racquel West
Four "Remarkable" Dean's Medalists
July 9, 2020
The Labor of COVID
July 9, 2020
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Five myths about policing
June 26, 2020
Tyson meat processing plant in Wallula
UW experts on challenges to worker safety in meat processing industry
May 28, 2020
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COVID-19 mental health crunch puts impetus on psychedelic drug innovation, doctor says
April 30, 2020
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Amid a Pandemic, Geography Returns With a Vengeance
April 14, 2020
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UW Honors students use art to disrupt the narrative on homelessness
March 6, 2020
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Interactive coronavirus map lets users track infection
February 19, 2020
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WHO Names New Coronavirus Disease as COVID-19; Death Toll Spikes to 1,115
February 12, 2020
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Interactive map shows worldwide spread of coronavirus
February 7, 2020
Racquel West.
A Museum Mission
November 3, 2019
Front cover of report "The Union Effect: Raising Standards for Workers Across Washington," featuring three people packing boxes in a warehouse.
Report Co-Written by Presidential Dissertation Fellow Lee Fiorio Featured in "The Stand"
October 16, 2019
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D.C. protects most workers from discrimination. But not nannies or housekeepers.
August 26, 2019
Yolanda Valencia.
Inside the Immigrant Experience
June 17, 2019
Lee Fiorio and Connor Gilroy
Social Media Data as Research Tool
March 18, 2019
Man hunched over with rope around his body indicating lower back pain.
Reflecting on Personal Experience of Pain, Professor Jonathan Mayer Finds Academic and Professional Opportunities to Affect Change
January 11, 2019
Houses built on a riverbank in Cambodia.
An Inventive Sewage Solution
January 6, 2019
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How 'story maps' redraw the world using people's real-life experiences
August 20, 2018
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China's forced evictions: One migrant family's story
June 13, 2018
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‘Frost Boy’ in China Warms Up the Internet, and Stirs Poverty Debate
January 17, 2018
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Crackdown on Services for Rural Migrants in China
December 24, 2017
People standing around a banner on the ground.
Professor Megan Ybarra Creates Documentary Short 
September 29, 2017
Judie with her partner and three dogs in Los Angeles.
What the bond between homeless people and their pets demonstrates about compassion 
July 16, 2017
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Lee Fiorio's research featured in UW Today
June 29, 2017
Portrait of Prof. Katharyne Mitchell
Katharyne Mitchell receives Guggenheim Fellowship
April 12, 2016
Prof. Michael Brown and his art featured on Faculty Friday!
November 24, 2015