News: In the Media

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
graphic of a large golden box which coins are dropping into. Around the large golden box is a cluster of smaller blue boxes, which are receiving no coins.
Research Reveals the Failure of Crowdfunding as a Social Safety Net
July 21, 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
Washington State’s Supreme Court Building, also known as the Temple of Justice, photographed on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in Olympia, Wash. (Jovelle Tamayo for Crosscut)
After Blake, will Washington state repay victims of the war on drugs?
April 8, 2021
Washington high court charts less punitive path on juvenile justice
April 1, 2021
Mt Rainier through the trees
UW Sociology ranks highly in US News’ ‘Best Graduate School’ lists
March 29, 2021
Mary and Antonio Aramburu in Federal Way with their seven children
How the pandemic has changed Washington families for better, for worse … forever?
March 13, 2021
portraid photo David Takeuchi
Takeuchi Tracking Anti-Asian Racism During Pandemic
March 12, 2021
Community members hold a press conference addressing an upcoming Seattle City Council vote on an agreement between the Seattle Police Officers Guild and the city of Seattle at City Hall, Nov. 13, 2018.
Podcast | When defunding the police meets Seattle’s political reality
January 28, 2021
Bushes and trees cover a walkway outside Mary Gates Hall
Police contact at a young age leads to different outcomes for Black youth
January 22, 2021
phone screen with a dating profile on it and a thumb about to swipe left or right
Can You Find True, Lasting Love on Tinder? Study Finds It's Possible
January 7, 2021
Cop Budgets Benefit from Cannabis Legalization, Sparking Backlash in 'Defund the Police' Era
December 16, 2020
Katherine Beckett portrait against green background
In a time of isolation, finding communion
December 15, 2020
police car lights flashing red and blue
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
The Criminal Legal System as a Social Problem
November 12, 2020
Q&A: Alexes Harris on defunding police, racial disparities in criminal justice
September 28, 2020
Muslim woman holding an American flag and raising her hand to take the citizenship oath
Steve Pfaff's Op-Ed in the Washington Post Highlights His Research on Discrimination Against Muslim and Atheist Families in US Schools 
September 14, 2020
doorway of an apartment building in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood
Ian Kennedy’s Research Sheds Light on Discriminatory Rental Practices In Seattle Neighborhoods
September 14, 2020
COVID-19 viruses against green background
New Guide for Understanding COVID Data
September 13, 2020
Malone Muwkende, a medical student at St. George's University of London
How Bias In Medical Textbooks Endangers BIPOC
August 31, 2020
Are Black Lives Matter protesters peaceful or violent? Depends on whom you ask.
August 24, 2020
How the pandemic is changing relationships
July 10, 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
With coronavirus, prison and jail sentences could become death sentences
March 31, 2020
Detroit, New York City, and Chicago
Christine Leibbrand Looks at Segregation and Life Outcomes in The Conversation
January 8, 2020
‘Divorce Month’ Fact or Fiction: Do More Couples Split in January?
January 4, 2020
Op-ed: What happens when black Americans leave their segregated hometowns
December 11, 2019
What it's like to have dinner with Seattle chef Melissa Miranda
September 23, 2019
Katherine Beckett and Heather Evans
Beckett and Evans' Research Upends Death Penalty in Washington State
October 23, 2018
Sarah Diefendorf
Sarah Diefendorf, PhD '18, draws on social science research in an op-ed about masculinity and Brett Kavanaugh's response to allegations of sexual assault
September 26, 2018
Callie Burt
"Why We Stay Silent After Sexual Assault"  Callie Burt Weighs In On the Kavenaugh Case
September 22, 2018
Miyamoto Professor Katherine Beckett
Beckett Op-Ed on Restorative Justice in the Seattle Times
May 21, 2018
Barbara Reskin weighs in on the impact of overtime on the city of Seattle's gender wage gap
April 11, 2018
Pepper
In the News:  Pepper Schwartz weighs in on #Metoo and issues of sexual consent
January 28, 2018
No Money, No Vote: How Imposed Fines, Fees and Cost Keep Black People From Voting
December 1, 2017
How air pollution clouds mental health
November 2, 2017
Luther
On the Quincentennial of Luther's 95 theses, Steve Pfaff discusses how Luther's spiritual practice helped spread the Reformation.
October 30, 2017
Using Facebook data as a real-time census
October 16, 2017
Pettinicchio
David Pettinicchio (PhD 2012) and Michelle Maroto (PhD 2012) examine employment discrimination against persons with disabilities
September 21, 2017
Changing the Game
September 12, 2017
Q & A: Sarah Quinn lifts the curtain on the 'hidden state'
August 22, 2017
Guest Editorial: Seattle Must Do More to Help Former Prisoners Get Housing
August 9, 2017
Brendan McGovern
Top Honors for Four Undergrads
June 7, 2017
L.A. County might stop charging needy defendants a $50 fee
June 7, 2017
6 Common Sex Problems Every Couple Deals With
May 26, 2017
Cultural FOMO: the neverending struggle to keep up
May 18, 2017
Black life is draining out of Seattle, Census shows
May 16, 2017

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