Tracking a global hurricane
Experts at an independent population health research center are helping policymakers navigate the COVID-19 pandemic — and prepare for an uncharted future.
MoreUW fights viral misinformation
From debunking myths on social media to investigating how users react to fake content, UW researchers hope to slow the viral spread of the COVID-19 'infodemic.'
MoreA natural cure for cavities
Imagine if we could reverse cavities before they worsen — and avoid a painful and costly visit to the dentist.
MoreRaising their voices
Seen through the eyes of Charity Urbanski, senior lecturer in history, the women of medieval Europe have a lot to teach today’s students.
MoreCurating the future
At the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, curatorial interns get hands-on preparation for careers in the art world — and roles in the community.
MoreStrength in community
Hayden Campbell, a graduate student in urban planning, is building on his UW education to help create more equitable spaces on campus — and in the city.
MoreThe path to healing
Srinya Julie Sukrachan overcame many hurdles on her way to becoming a nurse. Now she’s using her UW degree to serve others.
MoreFostering brotherhood abroad
Study abroad can be life-changing, but it can also seem largely inaccessible to young men of color. The UW Brotherhood Initiative is working to open the door.
MoreRemembering those who sacrificed
On Memorial Day, we recognize those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country. These monuments on the UW campus in Seattle honor their memory.
MoreBuilding bridges
From a small Washington town to one of the world’s largest cities, Caleb Huffman is on a quest to connect with others — and expand his own perspective in the process.
MoreVeterans on a mission
Evans School graduate Joy Turner, ’18, and student Andrew Peppler, ’19, encountered all kinds of political viewpoints during their Army service. Now they’re bringing a range of veteran voices to the public with their podcast, Speak Freely.
MoreSpeaking words of justice
Through her undergraduate research, UW Bothell senior Malak Shalabi is exploring her identity, her past — and the grim political reality that still affects her family.
MoreLearning from the ground up
At the College of the Environment’s geology field camp, students hit the dirt for lessons you can’t find in a textbook.
MoreBrewing success
With support from the Foster School’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship, four co-founders are turning a UW classroom project into a budding beverage company.
MoreA week in the wild: Field lessons
Students and professors from the College of the Environment made a classroom out of one of the world’s most closely monitored ecosystems: Yellowstone National Park.
MoreA promise
fulfilled
In the last decade, the Husky Promise program has helped more than 39,000 Washington students attend the UW — including these three alums.
MoreA commitment to community
Thanks to our Be Boundless campaign sponsors, the UW is strengthening its efforts to serve others and create opportunities across the state.
MoreA healthy future after kidney failure
Following a successful kidney transplant, Wade Washington resolved to become a transplant surgeon himself. Now he’s pursuing that dream at the UW.
MoreA pocket-size research revolution
A breakthrough device called kidney-on-a-chip is giving new hope to patients suffering from kidney disease. Meet the team behind the project — and find out why the chip is heading to outer space.
MoreCreating communities that care
Across Seattle, UW School of Social Work students and community leaders are working together to encourage healthy behaviors in young people — and set them up for success.
MoreReader today, leader tomorrow
Each summer, the UW’s Real Dawgs Read program helps children across Washington state discover the joys — and immense benefits — of reading.
MoreChanging the game
When she came to the UW, Havana McElvaine, ’17, thought of herself as an athlete first. She graduated as a student-athlete-activist — and now she’s getting ready to explore the world.
MoreGarden cities
At the UW’s College of Built Environments, students like David de la Cruz, ’17, are partnering with some of the world’s most vulnerable communities in the fight for environmental justice.
MoreWhere will meets way
For Yakima-born Yesenia Velasquez, the Young Executives of Color program at the Foster School of Business has opened the door to a promising future she never knew existed.
MoreFacing homelessness
For 90 days over winter quarter, the UW hosted Tent City 3, an organized tent city that offers safe, secure housing to people in need. These are the residents’ stories.
MoreCreating safer, smarter homes
Older adults are living more independently thanks to modern technology. See how the UW School of Nursing is turning houses into smart homes, allowing residents and caregivers to catch warning signs of illnesses earlier.
MoreWandering and wondering
A handful of UW students are selected as Bonderman Fellows every year. For eight months, they get to travel the world for an experience that’s eye-opening, unstructured and transformative.
MoreSetting a course
for the future
Each year, dozens of UW students spend their spring break volunteering across the state. This spring in Neah Bay, volunteers helped fifth-graders imagine their futures through digital storytelling.
MoreSlide to unlock
Today’s touch-screen world is leaving behind an entire segment of the population: those with motor impairments. iSchool Ph.D. candidate Martez Mott wants to change that.
MoreArt in all forms
Explore the hidden treasures of the Henry Art Gallery — from 18th-century fashion to priceless works of art from the Pacific Northwest to India and beyond.
MoreHow can we reduce poverty?
For researchers like Matthew Fowle, an MPA student at the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, a desire to make the world more equitable drives his work to improve financial services in low-income countries.
MoreTracking the $15 minimum wage
Seattle's historic $15 minimum wage presents an unprecedented opportunity for researchers like Hilary Wething to track the effects of a new policy in real time.
MoreBridging the Know-Do Gap
We know science can improve health. But how do we go from knowing to doing? The School of Public Health has the world’s first Ph.D. program in implementation science, designed to raise the speed and quality of applying science toward improved health worldwide.
MoreSpecial care for healthy smiles
Finding a dentist can be challenging for people with disabilities. But Dr. Keturah Lowe and other practitioners at the UW School of Dentistry are working to increase the number of dentists who can treat patients with special needs.
MoreTom Rochat 2.0
Five years ago, Tom Rochat, ’13, was foraging for mushrooms and struggling to pay rent. Today, he’s on the fast track to senior-level management at a global IT company — and he gives UW Tacoma credit for his transformation.
MoreA new face in Washington state politics
Dulce Gutiérrez, ’14, is making history as one of Eastern Washington’s first Latina city council members.
MoreImproving one-third of our days
Spurred by factory work with her mother, Google consultant Vy Tran, ’16, is dedicated to making workplaces safer and healthier.
MoreArchiving history
From historical manuscripts to rare photographs, University Libraries' Special Collections offers countless opportunities to discover the past from a first-person perspective. Explore some of what the archives hold.
MoreTaking diversity to the next level
Students and staff in UW Bothell’s Digital Future Lab are not only creating professional-quality video games for commercial release, they’re also addressing the lack of diversity in the technology industry.
MoreWhat is possible?
Associate professors of art Mark Zirpel and Amie McNeil ask what is possible when we unite scientific curiosity and artistic mastery.
MoreOpening the door to opportunity
As an instructor and student member of the UW’s Race & Equity Initiative steering committee, Ph.D. candidate Gonzalo Guzman is tackling injustice from K–12 to college.
MoreHelping the body heal, feel and move again
From the Ability & Innovation Lab to the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering, the College of Engineering is innovating novel devices to help people of all abilities live out their dreams.
MoreTargeting cancer, precisely
At the vanguard of next-generation precision medicine, Dr. Pamela Becker’s work through the Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine is taking aim at cancer.
MoreUnleashing the Husky Experience
What is the Husky Experience? Well, that depends on who you ask.
MoreNurturing minds, opening doors
In South Seattle and south King County, the UW College of Education is partnering with the Road Map Project to close achievement gaps in schools — and open all doors for young learners.
MoreOn the research track
Jennifer Smith, ’16, had been a high school dropout. Now, with the help of scholarships, the mother of three is combining her interests in history and horses with a passion for research.
MorePreserving the past, helping the future
Join us as we go behind-the-scenes at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. See fascinating items that aren’t on display, and learn how the museum manages collections in areas from fish to fossils.
MoreA new reality for rehabilitation
Recovering from a stroke is an arduous process, but thanks to a group of UW Ph.D. students, virtual reality video games could transform the way patients experience therapy.
MoreGetting into shipshape condition
For 25 years, the UW’s Thomas G. Thompson has conducted research in nearly every ocean on Earth. This year, the ship is being upgraded to extend its life for another quarter century.
MoreStudying sockeye salmon
Each summer, aquatic and fishery sciences professor Daniel Schindler and his students travel to Bristol Bay, Alaska to observe one of the most valuable fisheries in the world.
MoreSeeds of hope
In the name of holistic mental health, Christopher Brown, ’16, created Growing Veterans, a sustainable farming organization that reconnects veterans to each other — and to life.
MoreThe unsinkable Concrete Canoe Team
United by a passion for problem-solving, UW undergrads are putting their minds — and paddles — together to build and race a canoe made out of concrete.
MoreAlternative Spring Break
Spring break can be an eye-opening experience for UW undergrads who spend the week teaching in underserved areas of the state. In this special feature, hear their compelling stories and meet some of their eager students.
MoreMeet the Husky 100
The Husky 100 is a new award recognizing 100 UW undergraduate and graduate students who exemplify the Husky Experience. Leaders, innovators, activists, teachers, change agents – get to know these outstanding students.
MoreDigging into the past
Prehistory, meet Professor Donald Grayson. As featured speaker for this year’s University Faculty Lecture, he digs into the mystery surrounding mass extinctions at the end of the last Ice Age.
MoreDefining
undaunted
From the Paralympics to Husky crew, blind student athlete Eleni Englert continues to blaze her own trail.
MoreHusky globetrotter
From Brazil to Berlin, UW senior Kainen Bell has trekked the world as part of his student experience. Now, he’s helping students who share a similar background make their dreams of traveling come true, too.
MoreBy veterans, for veterans
Graduate student and veteran Lindsay Zike wanted to help others make the transition from soldier to student. The Office of Student Veteran Life, recently established with her help, is doing just that.
MoreRocking the new digs
Back when nirvana was just a state of transcendence, campus-based KCMU was incubating a new kind of rock. Forty-some years later, Seattle’s broadcast pioneer KEXP is settling into its new home.
MoreClosing the global gap on mental health
Mental health illnesses affect more than 1 billion people, but UW global health professors are tailoring treatments that encourage health — and help.
MoreFighting for environmental equity
From volunteering to lobbying, Faith Ramos built an impressive resume of service. Now at UW Tacoma, she’s applying her passion for environmental justice to create widespread impact.
MoreTaking on childhood trauma
With a scholarship-supported internship, Victoria Chambers broadened her understanding of how trauma affects children — and how she could help.
MoreThe business of nonprofits
Tiny Tots, a local nonprofit, finds new financial footing with the guidance of students from the Foster School of Business.
MoreTraining the brain
When psychology major Marissa Pighin was diagnosed with ADHD, her doctor wrote her a prescription and sent her out the door. Now, Pighin is working toward a better treatment at I-LABS, using neurofeedback to help boost reading retention.
MoreHelping soldiers tell their stories
For soldiers-turned-students of the Red Badge Project, creative writing in UW English Professor Shawn Wong's class isn't just therapeutic — it's life-saving.
MoreQ&A about 'The Really Big One'
Alongside fellow experts, UW professor John Vidale is working toward making the earthquake-prone Pacific Northwest a safer place.
MoreBeyond bars
Thanks to a partnership with a local nonprofit, students in the UW’s Law, Societies & Justice program are getting real-world experience in a mixed-enrollment class alongside inmates at the Monroe Correctional Complex.
MoreThe next generation of nursing
At UW Nurse Camp, Karissa Sanchez found the motivation to pursue her dream of going to college and serving her Eastern Washington community. Now a UW graduate, she’s inspiring underrepresented high school students to do the same.
MoreBuilding a boundless future
Seventy percent of UW graduates remain in Washington — playing a major role in shaping the region's economic and cultural future.
MoreWhere the music matters
Pressing play on his iSchool education, KEXP librarian Dylan Flesch, ’08, ’14, is combining his love for music and information science to preserve decades of Seattle history.
MoreThey asked, she told
After being honorably discharged for disclosing her sexual orientation, retired Army Col. Grethe Cammermeyer, ’76, ’91, fought the decision — and won — paving the way for the next generation of LGBTQ military members.
MorePicturing hope
With a deep background in special education, UW graduate Ariane Gauvreau works to make the future brighter for
children with special needs — and their families.
China, revisited
Jane Yang, a UW sophomore who grew up in Shanghai, is teaching the UW men’s basketball team about her language and culture. Now, she’s looking at her home — and herself — with fresh eyes.
MoreCreating a cleaner cookstove
Thanks to a grant from the Department of Energy and strong community partnerships, Ph.D. student Garrett Allawatt is helping engineer a cleaner cookstove for developing countries.
MoreA living laboratory
Through the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Sarah Schooler, ’15, spent six weeks in the Alaskan bush, collecting the same data in the field she’d been studying in the classroom: salmon and the hungry habits of grizzly bears.
MoreCompassion for community
One four-legged friend at a time, Ph.D. student Dr. Heather Fowler is giving back to the community as a volunteer veterinarian for the pets of low-income and homeless Seattleites.
MoreA promise to the public
Second-year law student Raz Barnea has always believed in paying it forward, playing his part in public service through a two-year Peace Corps post in Jamaica.
MoreBrewing up apps
In a city where coffee and technology are king, iSchool graduate Stephen Ramirez, ’15, has found his niche as a developer at Starbucks — with help from the Husky Promise.
MoreAdvocating for equal access
With a passion for equity, sophomore Joshua Dawson is advocating for — and empowering — underrepresented
pre-med students.
Finding Friday Harbor
UW alumna Susan Harris, ’15, spent a quarter studying everything from orcas to algae on the rocky shores of San Juan Island — right in the Puget Sound’s backyard.
MoreTeaming up for philanthropy
A third-generation Husky, Michael Kneip is living his childhood dream to be a Husky football player, while working hard to establish a legacy of giving.
MoreHungry for change
Christine Tran, a Ph.D. student in the College of Education, is peeling back the complex issues surrounding hunger in our nation’s schools.
MorePowering promise
Combining a background in electrical engineering with the real-life business skills she’s learning with the UW Solar club, Shruti Misra is helping make solar power a reality at the UW and beyond.
MoreCenter stage
After scoliosis surgery, Annie Morro, ’15, is pursuing her passion for performing as a member of the UW musical theater program’s inaugural graduating class.
MoreThe big picture
In addition to securing microscopic evidence from the world’s chilliest climes, Brad Markle uses his artistic eye to capture photographs of vast landscapes.
MorePutting a stop to poaching
A new study by UW biology professor Samuel Wasser shows that DNA tracing might be the solution to stopping illegal ivory tusk trafficking in Africa, saving elephants from extinction in the process.
MoreDiscovering the deep blue
Just months after an underwater volcano erupted off the coast of Oregon, a team of researchers, engineers and students set to sea to work on the Ocean Observatories Initiative's seafloor laboratory.
MoreScanning the sky
UW astronomer Andrew Connolly is helping transform our knowledge of the universe with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope — the largest digital camera in the world that aims to answer some of the most fundamental questions in astrophysics.
MorePrinting possibilities
Through 3-D printing, UW Bothell’s Ivan Owen is increasing access to prosthetics for children around the world with missing fingers — and inspiring the next generation of innovators along the way.
MoreThe poetry brigadier
A whiz with words, UW senior Jack Chelgren is on a mission to make poetry present and relevant on campus and around the community.
MoreDeconstructing dementia
Thanks to a groundbreaking study linking some common medications to an increased risk of dementia in older adults, pharmacy Professor Shelly Gray’s impact has gone global.
MoreClimate clues
By investigating ancient Antarctic ice, UW researchers are unlocking climate clues from the earth’s deepest reaches.
MoreStarting up
Temo Ojeda came to the University of Washington with a passion for startups, and thanks to the Lavin Entrepreneurship Program, the most valuable lessons he’s learned have been outside the classroom.
MoreThe first line of defense
Developed by UW researchers, a new injectable polymer that strengthens blood clots could save the lives of trauma victims.
MoreSaving lives with smartphones
Saloni Parikh took her passion for global health and her knack for computer science halfway across the world, playing a key role in HIV-fighting research.
MoreExploring Earth’s final frontier
With the ability to explore the deepest reaches of the ocean, the UW’s Deepglider is poised to unlock the secrets of climate change in the briny deep.
MoreA global citizen
Thanks to scholarship support, UW resident adviser Louie Vital is forging her passion for academics, leadership and study abroad — from Spain to the Philippines.
MoreA spring break of service
A first-generation student from a migrant farming family, Salvador Gomez is donating his spring break to the Pipeline Project, tutoring and mentoring children in rural Washington whose childhoods remind him of his own.
MoreAdvocating for hope
Thanks to scholarship support, Dashni Amin was able to draw inspiration from her parents’ sacrifices — and prepare herself for a future of helping others.
MoreSpeaking up to save lives
Forefront, a UW-based organization, teams up with Facebook in the name of suicide prevention.
MoreNext generation breast cancer care
By applying PET technology to a standard mammography machine, UW startup PET/X hopes to streamline the treatment process for breast cancer patients, knocking out costs and side effects along the way.
MoreMaking waves in marine energy
Monitoring the briny depths, the aptly named Millennium Falcon robot serves as the eyes and ears for scientists studying the effects of tidal- and wave-energy projects on marine life.
MoreCurbing concussions
With a little help from the NFL, UW startup VICIS is bringing together the latest in engineering and medicine to create a football helmet for the modern age.
More'Beast quakes' offer test of seismic network
UW seismologists detected the biggest vibrations ever recorded at CenturyLink Field during the NFC Championship game.
MoreSolving for success
Once a homeless youth with a devastating addiction to drugs and alcohol, Mark Bennett is on his way to earning his bachelor’s in mathematics at the UW — all while giving back to the community that saved him and raising his 9-year-old son.
MoreCreating a world of good
Take a closer look at the UW’s new statewide Economic Impact Report. Plus, see what that impact means right in your own backyard.
MoreA new vision for vascular disease
Ben Starnes is improving the surgical treatment options for blood vessel disorders while strengthening Harborview’s reputation as a leader in clinical research.
MoreProtecting the Puget Sound
Tim Dardis is helping protect the Puget Sound’s wildlife by reducing the harmful noise pollution of aquatic construction projects.
MoreA heart for health care
Taylor Boyd, a proud second-generation Husky, is committed to giving back to the community and to providing health services to underserved populations.
MoreSky-high solution
With sights set sky high on streamlining coating for the aerospace industry, UW startup PolyDrop developed an additive that’s grabbed the attention of Boeing — and they’re just getting started.
MoreGiving thanks
The gifts that Greta Sedlock, ’77, and her late husband Tom, ’70, ’74, made to the University of Washington support innovators, including one who saved Greta’s son’s life.
MoreArt of light
With support from a family whose Husky roots go back 100 years, Julia Chamberlain is forging brave new worlds
in glass and light.
Arctic immersion
On a mission to learn the language by immersing themselves in the culture, students Jason Young and Walter O’Toole journeyed to the Canadian Arctic to study the native tongue of the Inuits.
MoreIntergalactic show and tell
The University of Washington Astronomy Department is taking starry nights to the schools, inflating its portable planetarium in classrooms across the Seattle area.
MoreBridging brains
Language may limit us, but a groundbreaking technology developed by researchers at the UW means communicating basic commands from one human brain to another is a new reality.
MoreA community of support
As a student in the UW School of Dentistry’s RIDE program, Renelle Conner is working to bring a world of good to the Yakama Nation community, one smile at a time.
MoreGoodbye, greenhouse gases
A groundbreaking concept for a fusion reactor called the “dynomak” could reduce our carbon footprint and change the energy game — all on a budget — courtesy of graduate student Derek Sutherland.
MoreCitizen science in action
From counting seabirds to collecting rare plants, UW professors and students are partnering with caring Washingtonians to research pressing environmental issues.
MoreEngineering the car of the future
Sixty UW undergrads from schools across campus are teaming up for a national competition to re-engineer the fuel-hungry Chevy Camaro into the hybrid-electric car of tomorrow.
MoreUnlocking secrets of the ocean
Students, scientists, engineers — and even some robots — have joined forces to build the world’s largest deep–sea ocean observatory off the coast of Washington and Oregon.
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