Community Impact

Image for Life, In Spite of It All
Professor Richard Watts and Team Awarded 2024-2025 UW EarthLab Innovation Grant 
October 10, 2024
Flyer for French Cinema Club
Introducing the UW French Cinema Club!
April 11, 2024
Students and faculty play Bocce and Petanque in the Quad
Autumn Quarter Events Wrap Up
January 23, 2024
Professor Louisa Mackenzie
Professor Louisa Mackenzie elected as Faculty Senate Vice-Chair for 2023-2024
April 12, 2023
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Night of Ideas [La Nuit des idées]
February 15, 2023
Professor Louisa Mackenzie
 Professor Louisa Mackenzie gives Keynote Address at the Early Modern French Studies Conference
January 31, 2023
Judith Okonwko Event picture
Autumn Events Co-Sponsored by French & Italian Studies 
November 14, 2022
Professor Maya Angela Smith
Associate Professor Maya Angela Smith to Lead Equity, Justice & Inclusion Efforts
November 8, 2022
stack of language books
 Why Study a Foreign Language?
July 10, 2020
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Associate Professor of French Maya Angela Smith Publishes Essay for the Boston Globe 
June 26, 2020
Louvre Pyramid
Facts and Information Regarding Spring Quarter 2020
March 27, 2020
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UW classes moving online beginning March 9
March 6, 2020
UW foreign language alumni
Career Panel for Foreign Language Students
December 16, 2019
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The Daily: "A portal into other cultures"
November 18, 2019
UW Climate Survey
Take the UW Climate Survey - Your Voice Your UW
October 8, 2019
French Books and paper
FIS Holds Dictée at French Fest 2019
April 3, 2019
Kenneth Barger
French Alumnus Taking Language to Court
January 7, 2019
Sophie Labelle_ Louisa Mackenzie
UW Welcomes Québec Artist Sophie Labelle 
November 1, 2018
Christelle Silue
French Major Christelle Silué Travels to Ivory Coast to do Research and Advocacy Work
August 21, 2018
UW Italian Club
Italian Club Cooks Dinner for the Families at the Ronald McDonald House
December 7, 2017
UW Italian Club
Italian Club Community Outreach & Autumn Events
October 10, 2017
Richard Watts
Department Chair Rich Watts Weighs in on the French Election for Q13 Fox
May 8, 2017
Seattle International Film Festival Recognizes Claudio Mazzola
December 5, 2016
Italian flag against blue sky
UW minor reflects on experience working at Bianco-Rosso Imports
April 11, 2016
Students in UW's French 203 class discuss recent attacks in Paris
KING5 News Sits in on class discussion of recent Paris attacks
November 17, 2015
“J’être humain” on statue in Paris
A message from Richard Watts, Chair of French and Italian Studies, regarding the recent events in Paris.
November 16, 2015
Madrigal & Villapondo speak to French 212 students about NWDC Resistance
May 18, 2015