Community Impact

H-1B visas help fuel Washington's international migration, experts say
June 17, 2026
Photo of UW Sociology undergraduate student Ben Brockie
Ben Brockie is the recipient of the 2026 Albert W. Black Award
June 15, 2026
Sound Data logo
Sound Data Survey
June 8, 2026
Photo of UW Sociology Professor Theresa Rocha Beardall
UW Sociology Department's Dr. Theresa Rocha Beardall Receives Prestigious William T. Grant Scholars Award 
April 16, 2026
Photo of UW Sociology Professor Theresa Rocha Beardall
UW study: Police disproportionately kill Native people near reservations
April 10, 2026
ArtSci Roundup: November
ArtSci Roundup: February
January 21, 2026
King County looks to replace program diverting youth from jail
October 30, 2025
A Legacy of Inclusion
October 15, 2025
Puyallup Tribal Historic Preservation Department (THPD) Family Data Reclamation Project
Working to help preserve Puyallup Tribal History
October 13, 2025
John Leverso (PhD UW Sociology 2020)
John Leverso shares his unusual journey to becoming a sociologist
October 13, 2025
Opinion: What this mayoral election owes 'Black Seattle'
October 9, 2025
TikTok predicts a looming recession economists do not
August 4, 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
UW Sociology Students present data to Sound Transit
UW Sociology Collaborates with Sound Transit to Improve Seattle Area Public Transportation
May 28, 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
Marco Brydolf-Horwitz UW Graduate Sociology Student
Marco Brydolf-Horwitz is studying how people living unsheltered in downtown Seattle find housing
February 18, 2025
Elizabeth Morande UW Sociology Graduate Student
Elizabeth Nova's research focuses on population health 
February 18, 2025
Brandon Morande UW Graduate Sociology Student
Brandon Morande's research examines the intersections between punishment, poverty, and neighborhood change 
February 18, 2025
ArtSci People & Research in the Media: Autumn Quarter Roundup
January 9, 2025
Researchers at UW improve upon survey-based system for better homeless counts
November 15, 2024
Ibrahim Burka receiving the Al Black Award from Judith Howard, Professor Emerita, at graduation 2024.
2024 Albert W. Black Award Recipient Announced
June 20, 2024
On being a Husky fan: ‘Pacing, yelling, kneeling’ — sometimes praying
January 8, 2024
Jerald Herting and Sound Data students
Pilot project hopes to provide relevant data to policy makers  
December 10, 2023
SOC 403 students and faculty at Seattle City Hall
SOC 403: UW Sociology practicum immerses students in real-world projects
December 10, 2023
I am First-Generation: Alexes Harris
October 15, 2023
We are First-Generation: College of Arts & Sciences Students and Alumni
October 14, 2023
I am First-Generation: Audrey Mikal
October 10, 2023
I am First-Generation: Elizabeth Nova
October 8, 2023
2023 Husky 100
April 23, 2023
ArtSci Roundup: Spring Art Exhibitions, The Motherboard Suite, and more
ArtSci Roundup: Spring Art Exhibitions, The Motherboard Suite, and more
March 24, 2023
ArtSci Roundup: Spring Art Exhibitions, The Motherboard Suite, and more
March 23, 2023
Washington University Students Posing
New Huskies 2023 Arts and Sciences Events
March 3, 2023
Large conference table covered with snacks, supplies. Students stand around the table putting items in bags.
Students in SOC 401B Deliver Supplies to Tent City 3 and Rosie’s Tiny House Village
January 11, 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
In a 466-day period pre-reform, 11 people were killed in active vehicle pursuits. In a period of the same length after the reforms were introduced, only two people were killed. Chart by Henry Behrens/Source: Martina Morris
Data shows fewer deaths after restrictions on police pursuits
November 27, 2022
Alexes Harris, ’97, becomes first UW regent to represent faculty
November 26, 2022
Alexes Harris Professor of Sociology
Sociology Professor Alexes Harris appointed UW’s first Faculty Regent
October 25, 2022
CERSE staff photo spring party
Get to Know CERSE
October 12, 2022
Scholarship in SSTEM award from NSF
UW Statistics to co-lead NSF-funded Pacific Alliance for Low Income Inclusion in Statistics and Data Science
September 19, 2022
book cover: Ending Mass Incarceration: Why it Persists and How to Achieve Meaningful Reform by Katherine Beckett
Katherine Beckett: Ending Mass Incarceration is Ambitious but Doable
May 11, 2022
a Black man waves a Black Lives Matter flag in the middle of an intersection while a group of protesters holding signs gathers behind him
How Black Lives Matter protests sparked interest, can lead to change
March 7, 2022
illustration of a man chained to a gavel as he tries to run away
Multi-state study of monetary sanctions finds widespread inequities, far-reaching consequences
March 3, 2022
County revenue from legal fines based on 2019 data
Counties that rely on the courts for revenue sentence more women to incarceration
March 3, 2022
Chart showing divorce rates spiking in early spring and late summer, before dipping in the fall and winter.
No, divorce rates in Washington didn’t rise during the pandemic
November 3, 2021
Portrait of Alexes Harris against a dark teal background. She is smiling and looking off to the left.
Professor Alexes Harris works closely with UW Athletics to help student-athletes succeed
September 23, 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
Multiple coin boxes gathered together. In the middle is one large gold coin box, with coins only falling in the middle and largest box.
Does Crowdfunding Make a Difference? Research Says Barely Any
June 23, 2021
protest outside police precinct with demonstrators holding a yellow and black banner that reads "JUSTICE FOR DAUNTE WRIGHT"
Alexes Harris: How pretext traffic stops fund police departments — and put Black drivers in danger
April 19, 2021