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Social media highlights: UW News 2025

Alex Bartick — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:33:26 +0000

This year, the UW News social media team shared stories from the �� community with reporters, news outlets and our social media followers. We also promoted special events happening around campus. Here are some of favorite moments from 2025. Welcome President Jones! The Board of Regents named Robert J. Jones the 34th President of the UW. Jones visited campus a few days later and talked about his excitement to join the University. Snow days on campus Students took...

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Social media highlights: UW News 2024

Alex Bartick — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 18:24:51 +0000

This year, the UW News social media team shared the inspiring stories of work being done by the �� community with reporters, news outlets and our social media followers. We also shared special events happening around campus with our community. National Championship Game 2024 started off with the NCAA National Championship game between the Washington Huskies and the Michigan Wolverines. UW News was there while fans in Houston, Texas cheered on the Huskies and we spoke with UW...

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Video: UW historian on medieval European monsters, and the meaning of monsters

Alex Bartick — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 19:03:40 +0000

Charity Urbanski, a teaching professor of history at the UW, studies monsters and monstrosities in medieval Europe. One of her interests is the purpose monsters served for medieval Europeans, and what we can learn about medieval European society by looking at their monsters, which served as vehicles for expressing anxieties and fears.

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Video: UW professor on ‘The Boys in the Boat,’ Nazi Germany and the 1936 Olympics

Lauren Kirschman — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:52:08 +0000

The film version of “The Boys in the Boat,” released on Dec. 25, was inspired by the �� men’s rowing team that won a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics. It’s based on the 2013 book by Daniel James Brown. But there is more to the story than the improbable victory by UW student-athletes from small towns and working-class backgrounds. The 1936 Olympics were held in Berlin, following a failed movement in the United States and Europe to boycott the...

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Social media highlights: UW News in 2023

Alex Bartick — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 20:00:12 +0000

This year, the UW News social media team shared the inspiring stories of work being done by the �� community with reporters, news outlets and our social media followers. These included stories about new biodegradable plastics that break down at the same rate as a banana and efforts to make technology more accessible. And announcements of recognition on the work being done by UW researchers and on the University itself. UW News used social media to highlight important...

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