Songs are a wonderful way to learn language–they are easy to remember and build understanding of the cultural context of the language.  In Summer 2018, University of Washington Foreign Language &

I love this type of verbiage because it sort of suggests a view of the world that assumes all things bend towards beauty in their natural state. Haley Millet, a

“My host family likes to play this song [“Ghazali“] on the TV every night and sing and dance along.” -Sydney Ward (Fez, Morocco) In Summer 2018, University of Washington Foreign

In Summer 2018, University of Washington Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) fellows studied seventeen languages in eighteen different countries on four continents.  This is the second in a series

“During the [Hakodate Port] festival, large groups of people–usually companies, programs, etc.–dance like a squid along a 1.5km route down the streets of Hakodate.” Songs are a wonderful way to

“« Tu veux un Queues de Castor? » asked my newfound Québécoise friend. I looked at her strangely. « Pardon? » I replied. She repeated: « un Queues de Castor?

“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth” —Muhammad Ali Saddiqullah Faizi’s favorite quote embodies the guiding principle of his life’s vocation: to help

Maybe it is the smell of burning flesh, or the close look at a torn supraspinatus tendon, or the sound of the surgical staff conversing in Hebrew, but I snap

Global Studies FLAS alumnus Bradley Wagenaar (PhD Epidemiology, 2015) was recently awarded two grants by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to support his research on mental health care

As he kept talking, the golden glow of the late afternoon gave way to the blood red Manila sunset.  Suddenly, everything looked strange and unfamiliar.  Have I been away from