Recent News
Congratulations to Sunny on receiving the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship!
Summer registration is now open!
Here are some of the exciting courses we're offering this Summer:
In March, Professor Emily M. Bender participated in an event titled "The Great Chatbot Debate," hosted by the Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) and co-organized by IEEE Spectrum.
In the debate moderated by IEEE's Eliza Strickland, Bender went up against OpenAI's Dr. Sébastien Bubeck over the question "Do LLMs Understand?"
We are pleased to introduce four PhD students who joined the department in Fall 2024. They each have unique backgrounds and research interests, and we are excited to see what they accomplish over the next few years!
Congratulations to Ella De Falco on receiving the 2024-2025 Graduate Research Excellence Award!
Congratulations to Kaveri Sheth on receiving the 2024-2025 Graduate Research Excellence Award! Here's more about Kaveri’s research in her own words:
Congratulations to Richard Wright on becoming the co-editor-in-chief of the journal Phonetica!
We are proud to host the 43rd West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 43), which will take place April 25-27, 2025. The program is now available and registration is open!
Graduate student Jessica Luo is the 2024-2025 recipient of the Arienne Dwyer Language Documentation Award, made possible by a fund generously established in 2022 by UW Linguistics affiliate faculty member, Arienne Dwyer.
Congratulations to Trent Ukasick on receiving the 2024 Graduate Research Excellence Award! Here's more about Trent’s research in his own words: