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Ted Poor, assistant professor of drums in the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Music, has a new album. “You Already Know,” was released Feb. 28 on New Deal/Impulse. ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Notebook caught up with Poor for a short Q and A.

It’s the year 2020, and where two or more are gathered, it seems, there is a podcast. Given the level of creativity among ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø faculty and staff, it’s no surprise that many high-quality podcasts are now being produced on campus. Here’s a look at three podcasts being created by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø departments or people, including a couple that have been underway for quite a while. ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Notebook will occasionally report on campus podcasts and ask a few questions of…

Notable new books by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø faculty members include studies of military cultural education programs and equitable collaboration between schools and families. Also, National Endowment for the Humanities support for a coming book on an 18th century India poet, an honor for a work about postwar Japan — and a National Jewish Book Award.

James W. Harrington is not only a ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø professor and former administrator — in recent years, he has also become a prolific painter. ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Notebook caught up with him to ask a few questions about his art and his coming exhibit at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Tower.

A conversation with ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø psychology professor Sheri Mizumori about the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø-based program Broadening the Representations of Academic Investigators in NeuroScience — or BRAINS for short — designed to accelerate career advancement for postdoctoral researchers and assistant professors from underrepresented populations.

  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 ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø 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:…

Donald Hellmann, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø professor emeritus in the Jackson School of International studies and of political science, has been awarded the Order of the Rising Sun from the Government of Japan, in recognition of his contributions in promoting academic exchanges and mutual understanding between Japan and the United States. Hellmann, 86, teaches courses on Japanese government and politics, American foreign policy and the international relations of Northeast Asia. He joined the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø in 1967, chaired the Japan Program for several years,…

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø English professor emeritus Charles Johnson is one of five people whose likeness is featured on posters promoting diversity and inclusion sent by the American Philosophical Association to every college undergraduate philosophy program in the United States and Canada. And he is in excellent company: The other four people featured, each in a separate poster, are American writers Susan Sontag and Mary Higgins Clark; British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize for literature; and English actor Theo…

Balancing the needs of open science with national security and journal sustainability, and respecting the beliefs of native populations near observatories are among current issues for the American Astronomical Society, said Paula Szkody, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø professor of astronomy. She has begun a term as president-elect of the AAS, and will serve as the society’s president in 2020-2022.

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø political scientist Megan Ming Francis says there is a dearth of academic book series being published on topics of race, ethnicity and politics. Now, she will start to change that. An associate professor of political science, Francis will be the editor of a new series of books from Cambridge University Press called Cambridge Elements in Race, Ethnicity and Politics. Francis, on leave and at Harvard for the 2019-2020 school year, answered a few questions about the new…

In American politics, the question of “Who donates?” is linked to the crucial question of “Who governs?” Most campaign donations historically have come from white voters. But new ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø-led research indicates that if more candidates of color ran for office, donations from individuals of color would likely increase as well.

Joel S. Migdal, professor in the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Jackson School of International Studies, will celebrate retirement after 39 years at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø on Oct. 3 with a daylong workshop featuring current and former students, followed by a lecture on “State and Society: Then and Now.â€

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

New research from astronomers at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø uses the intriguing TRAPPIST-1 planetary system as a kind of laboratory to model not the planets themselves, but how the coming James Webb Space Telescope might detect and study their atmospheres, on the path toward looking for life beyond Earth.

In recent years, physicians at Seattle Children’s Hospital have worked with ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø faculty members in design to come up with a better, safer, more reliable way to order and use drugs on an operating room’s anesthesia cart.

Her sweeping new book about the history of Silicon Valley has ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø history professor Margaret O’Mara on a busy national book tour this summer. The book, “The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America,” was published this month by Penguin Press and is receiving many positive reviews.

Recent notable books by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø faculty members explore how the U.S. government has historically used credit to create opportunity, how “reproductive slavery” has left lasting ramifications and how technology design benefits from human values.

The subsurface ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus probably has higher than previously known concentrations of carbon dioxide and hydrogen and a more Earthlike pH level, possibly providing conditions favorable to life, according to new research from planetary scientists at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.

Of the many papers and presentations scheduled for AbSciCon2019, the conference on astrobiology and the search for life in space happening in Bellevue the week of June 24, the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s Dominic Sivitilli’s is perhaps unique — he’ll discuss his research into how octopuses “think.”

The annual thesis exhibition by graduating art and design students with the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Art + Art History + Design reliably brings together the dreamy and the practical to cohabit at the Henry Art Gallery. This year’s exhibit features the work of 10 artists and 11 designers, and will be at the Henry through June 23.

Academics will gather May 31 at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø with policymakers, entrepreneurs, and representatives of corporations, foundations and nonprofits for The xTech + Impact 2019 Summit, a daylong seminar exploring the role of exponential technology and its impact on society.

Americans appear more willing to support a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants if that path includes serving in the United States military, according to new research from ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø political scientists Sophia Jordán Wallace and Geoffrey Wallace.

A new space race is underway, characterized by the intersecting trends of democratization, commercialization and militarization. Saadia Pekkanen, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø professor of international relations, is lead guest editor for a group of essays addressing such issues and more published online this month in the American Journal of International Law.

Emily Levesque, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø assistant professor of astronomy, is gathering material for a new book to be called “The Last Stargazers: True Tales of the Colorful and Vanishing World of Observational Astronomy.â€