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RiC Writing Retreat
This past spring in May, we went on our first writing retreat as a group. About 12 of us headed out on a Friday from Seattle to go to Friday Harbor Laboratories (FHL), a marine research area that UW has in the San Juan Islands. After about a 2 hour drive in a carpool, followed…
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Introducing Yearbook: Our New Series on Community-Based Research
We’re excited to introduce Yearbook, a new blog series that celebrates the inspiring community-based research led by our students and researchers. Each feature will share stories of collaboration, creativity, and impact, showing how research connects with real people and places. To kick things off, we’re highlighting two graduate students: Amelia, who is exploring how communities…
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Archives, Human Rights, and Communities
Last week, I had the privilege of attending the Society of American Archivists (SAA) Annual Meeting 2025 in Anaheim, California. The SAA conference is the largest gathering of archivists, records managers, and memory workers in the United States, and this was my very first time participating. My attendance was made possible through the Faculty Organizing…
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Wait? What are Summer Schools?
This past month in July, I had the chane to attend the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (DISI) in St Andrews, Scotland. Frankly, I had seen an email that the program had extended their application deadline and had no significant summer plans, so I decided to apply. I wasn’t exactly sure what the program entailed beyond…