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CLA scholars will tackle the question, "Can policing ever be just?" during the Law School's Sawyer Seminar this academic year.

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Emerit professor Phyllis Moen weighs in on how to make retirement enjoyable.

Speaking with USA Today, Professor Michelle Phelps says the idea that Walz let Minneapolis burn is “a wild misconstruing of the facts."

From ancient Greek traditions to modern geopolitical tensions, from the economics of host cities to the way we talk about athletes, our scholars illuminate the complex web of…

CLA scholars are committed to tackling today’s biggest challenges and questions.

This prestigious award is named for Devah Pager, a professor of sociology and public policy at Harvard University and a UW Sociology alumnus (PhD 2002). Devah was a highly…

Informed by 100 interviews with parents and supplemented by observation in schools, this article demonstrates interactions between structural memory and communicative memory…

Lewis Hyde (BA '67, sociology) reflects on his many accolades and experiences as a writer, professor, and translator.