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Unlocking the brain with the fruit fly
Undergraduate Mary Bun studies multitasking in fruit flies to offer valuable insights into disorders like Parkinson’s disease.
From mentorship to MBA
Alumnus Izaiha Ellis, ’20, began his interdisciplinary journey at the UW with the Honors Program.
Navy to Neuroscience
Navy veteran and undergrad researcher Kristin Bennett works to uncover the mysteries of the brain.
Becoming boundless
April 10, 2025
Undergraduate Salma Rashwan writes about embracing the impossible during Alternative Spring Break teaching kids in Forks, Washington, about science, technology, engineering and math.
UW undergraduate with interdisciplinary AI focus earns fellowship of up to $90,000 for graduate study
April 9, 2025
University of Washington Honors student Andre Ye, pursuing bachelors’ degrees in philosophy and computer science with minors in math and history, has been selected for the esteemed Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans is a merit-based fellowship supporting immigrants and children of immigrants pursuing…
Opportunity for temporary summer teaching aides at the Robinson Center
April 7, 2025
The Robinson Center has an outstanding opportunity for temporary 2025 summer teaching aides to join their team. The Halbert and Nancy Robinson Center for Young Scholars offers two summer enrichment programs, Summer Challenge and Summer Stretch. The Robinson Center for Young Scholars seeks temporary, hourly teaching aides (TAs) to support program instructors in their daily classroom…
Progress report on the UW Dialogue Initiative
March 26, 2025
In this video, Megan Kennedy, director of the UW Resilience Lab and project lead for the UW Dialogue Initiative, provides some background and a progress report on the first year of the Initiative.
UW undergraduate receives prestigious Gates Cambridge scholarship
February 26, 2025
Tristan Jafari, pursuing his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry at the University of Washington, was selected for the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship. Jafari, a departmental Honors student set to graduate a year early this June, will receive a full-cost scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in philosophy in Population Health Sciences at the University of Cambridge,…