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A Legacy of Inclusion
October 15, 2025
John Leverso (PhD UW Sociology 2020)
John Leverso shares his unusual journey to becoming a sociologist
October 13, 2025
Aliya Adan, 2025 Albert W. Black Undergraduate Community Service Award Recipient
Aliya Adan is the recipient of the 2025 Albert W. Black Undergraduate Community Service Award 
July 24, 2025
Caroline Hale, recipient of the 2025 Crutchfield-Tolnay Award
Caroline Hale is the inaugural recipient of the Crutchfield-Tolnay Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
July 24, 2025
Ava Finn, 2025 Howard B. Woolston Award Recipient
Announcing Ava Finn as the recipient of the 2025 Howard B. Woolston Award for Academic Excellence 
July 24, 2025
ArtSci Roundup: May 2025
ArtSci People & Research in the Media: Winter Quarter Roundup
May 21, 2025
June Yang, pictured far left, with 2024 DSSG focus group members
Alumni June Yang's research has provided academic and personal growth
February 20, 2025
Photo of Bob Crutchfield (left) and Stewart Tolnay (right)
New Crutchfield-Tolnay Undergraduate Research Award Announced
October 22, 2024
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Working Toward Responsible AI
June 28, 2024
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We are First-Generation: College of Arts & Sciences Students and Alumni
October 14, 2023
Sherri Berdine portrait
Connecting with Native Communities
January 9, 2023
Sherri Berdine
How Sociology and American Indian Studies Alum Sherri Berdine Found her Community at UW
January 8, 2023
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Alexes Harris, ’97, becomes first UW regent to represent faculty
November 26, 2022
A man receives a vaccination in East Hollywood, Los Angeles last week
The Delta variant and ‘breakthrough’ infections: should Americans be worried?
August 5, 2021
People in cars wait at a Covid testing and vaccination site at Barnett Park in Orlando, Florida
Covid cases in US may have been undercounted by 60%, study shows
July 26, 2021
Security and police try to prevent supporters from entering a homeless encampment as the camp's occupants await possible eviction by police after workers enclosed the area with a fence, at Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto, June 22, 2021.
Opinion: The Trinity Bellwoods crackdown was not surprising — but there is a better way to respond to encampments
July 10, 2021
A demonstrator holds their hands up while they kneel in front of the police at the Anaheim City Hall on June 1, 2020 in Anaheim, California, during a peaceful protest over the death of George Floyd. (Apu Gomes/AFP/Getty Images)
An Inside Look At Washington State's Policing And Race Curriculum For Recruits
May 25, 2021
Mt Rainier through the trees
UW Sociology ranks highly in US News’ ‘Best Graduate School’ lists
March 29, 2021
Chris Hess portrait
Chris Hess collaboration with The Equity Lab shakes up admissions by immersing low-income students in Ivy League courses
March 8, 2021
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Early police stops had long-term consequences for Seattle’s Black youth, UW research shows
December 2, 2020
close up of census form
The 2020 census: deadlines, politics and what may come next
November 19, 2020
Faculty picture of Daniel Karell from NYU Abu Dhabi
Alumni Highlight: Q&A with Daniel Karell
June 29, 2020
Protesters outside the Seattle West Precinct with their fists raised in the air
Alexes Harris: Companies Can Keep Their Hollow Statements on Racism. We Need Real Change.
June 17, 2020
John Leverso
John Leverso Accepts Assistant Professor Position at Whitman College
January 8, 2020
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What it's like to have dinner with Seattle chef Melissa Miranda
September 23, 2019
Hongtianxu George Hua
Careers: Sociology Undergraduate George Hua Appointed as Data Analyst at the IHME
April 24, 2019
Cara Margherio portrait photo
Margherio Named Virtual Visiting Scholar for the ARC Network
October 31, 2018
Toshio
Distinguished Sociologist Toshio Yamagishi, UW PhD '81, Dies at 70
May 16, 2018
alexes harris portrait
Professor Harris Receives 2018 Distinguished Teaching Award
April 25, 2018
Pettinicchio
David Pettinicchio (PhD 2012) and Michelle Maroto (PhD 2012) examine employment discrimination against persons with disabilities
September 21, 2017
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Changing the Game
September 12, 2017
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Q & A: Sarah Quinn lifts the curtain on the 'hidden state'
August 22, 2017
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Guest Editorial: Seattle Must Do More to Help Former Prisoners Get Housing
August 9, 2017
Olivia Smith, BA 17
Olivia Smith, B.A. '17, Awarded Fulbright to Study in Mexico
July 31, 2017
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L.A. County might stop charging needy defendants a $50 fee
June 7, 2017
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Black life is draining out of Seattle, Census shows
May 16, 2017
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Research team tracks complex web of monetary sanctions in 9 states
April 25, 2017
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I'm a woman of color with cancer. Here's why I can't find a bone marrow donor.
April 4, 2017
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Airbnb bans N. Carolina host as accounts of racism rise
June 1, 2016
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UW PhD (2009) Emily Walton is highlighted at Dartmouth College
April 11, 2013