Cecilia Aragon – UW News

‘Dancing in the sky’: UW professor Cecilia Aragon tells of beating fear, becoming competitive pilot in memoir ‘Flying Free’

Peter Kelley — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 18:34:02 +0000

A conversation with UW professor Cecilia Aragon about her new memoir, "Flying Free: My Victory Over Fear to Become the First Latina Pilot on the US Aerobatic Team"

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Mindful travel, Silicon Valley’s evolution, Schumann on viola, Seattle history — UW-authored books, music for the Husky on your list

Peter Kelley — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 18:19:38 +0000

A teacher discusses respectful world travel, a historian explores Silicon Valley’s evolution, a professor and violist plays the music of Robert Schumann and a late English faculty member’s meditation on Seattle returns … Here’s a quick look at some gift-worthy books and music created by UW faculty in the last year — and a reminder of some recent favorites. O’Mara’s ‘Code’: History professor Margaret O’Mara provides a sweeping history of California’s computer industry titans in her book “The Code:...

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UW books in brief: Tribal sovereignty and the courts, mentoring through fan fiction, UW Press paperback editions

Peter Kelley — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 20:04:49 +0000

Recent notable books by UW faculty members explore the legal history of Indigenous nations and the mentoring benefits of fan fiction. Plus, a UW anthropologist’s book is honored, a former English faculty member is remembered in a biography, and UW Press brings out paperback editions of three popular titles.

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AAAS symposium looks at how to bring big-data skills to academia

Michelle Ma — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 21:24:01 +0000

A session Feb. 15 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting will explore how big data scientists can find careers at universities and within academic settings.

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AAAS talk: Some bilinguals use emoticons more when chatting in non-native language

Michelle Ma — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 16:47:41 +0000

A research team has found that one group of bilingual speakers used emoticons more often when typing in their second language in casual, online communication than they did when typing in their native tongue.

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Eye-tracking could outshine passwords if made user-friendly

Michelle Ma — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:30:37 +0000

�� engineers found in a recent study that the user's experience could be key to creating an authentication system that doesn't rely on passwords.

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