Alumni
northern california
March 14, 2017
Alumni Giving Creates Opportunities for Cultural Immersion
![Robert and Lydia Hellrich-Dawson](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2017/03/10184306/Hellrich-Dawson_300x300-150x150.jpg)
Bob and Lydia Hellrich-Dawson on why they support students who study abroad.
March 1, 2017
Protectors of the Presidio
![Christina Wallace](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2017/03/10184815/Christina-Wallace-220x188-150x150.jpg)
Robert and Christina Wallace lead the Presidio’s restoration and preservation
February 17, 2017
Painting by numbers: Engineering, art and data science
![Susie Lu portrait](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2017/02/10184945/susie-lu-150x150.jpg)
Susie Lu visualizes data for Netflix thanks to painting and engineering degrees.
April 27, 2016
Husky profile: Chris Wiggum, ’98
![Chris Wiggum, '98](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2016/03/10193533/FY16_Comm_NoCal_ChrsWiggum_hlf-sh-150x150.jpg)
Higher education has two layers: academic experience and life experience. Some alumni like Chris Wiggum, ’98, have found ways to merge both.
February 18, 2015
Science for the people: research funding revolutionized
![Denny Luan and Cindy Wu](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2015/02/10202751/2015_BayArea_science_for_people_sh-150x150.jpg)
Meet Denny Luan,’11 and Cindy Wu, ’11, creators of Experiment, a platform for scientists to generate crowd-sourced funding and for the public to give directly to research that matters to them.