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.
Category: Spotlight
Defining
undaunted
From the Paralympics to Husky crew, blind student athlete Eleni Englert continues to blaze her own trail.
Husky 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.
By 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.
Rocking 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.
Closing 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.
Fighting 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.
Taking on childhood trauma
With a scholarship-supported internship, Victoria Chambers broadened her understanding of how trauma affects children — and how she could help.
The business of nonprofits
Tiny Tots, a local nonprofit, finds new financial footing with the guidance of students from the Foster School of Business.
Training 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.