News
Tue, 05/11/2021
HCDE students work with WA Department of Health to study COVID–19 exposure notification app
In HCDE's course on usability studies, a student team led a study of Washington State residents to understand reactions to and experiences with the Washington State Exposure Notifications Tool.
Tue, 05/11/2021
Nadya Peek receives Moore Foundation award to develop new automation tools with scientists
HCDE assistant professor Nadya Peek is the principal investigator on a new project supported by the Moore Foundation to develop modular, low-cost tools for scientific exploration.
Thu, 05/06/2021
Announcing The Otherwise School summer program
HCDE announces The Otherwise School, a new summer program aimed at developing tools and techniques of counter-fascism. The Otherwise School is led by HCDE Assistant Professor Sucheta Ghoshal’s research collective, Inquilab, and We Be Imagining, an initiative led by J. Khadijah Abdurahaman. The Summer 2021 program will be held from June 14 – July 23, 2021.
Tue, 05/04/2021
HCDE students explore mental health access in a Design–a–Thon for Social Good
In April 2021, HCDE hosted a Design-a-Thon for Social Good in which students explored barriers to mental health resources experienced by people in underrepresented communities. Learn more about the event and find video pitches from winning student teams here.
Wed, 04/28/2021
POST(–)HUMAN HAZMAT
Through visual storytelling, UW students explore more-than-human concepts, human relationships with other species and the natural world, and future scenarios of collaborative survival.