Alumni
December 24, 2025
From Seattle to Compton
Former Husky basketball star and NBA player Bobby Jones is a big hit in Compton and beyond with his community-oriented organizations.
December 19, 2025
December sports fast facts
We're bringing you a few December Husky sports briefs from both on and off the field.
December 18, 2025
UW in the Supreme Court
Civil rights lawyer and double dawg Colleen Melody brings her "brilliant legal mind" to the state's highest court.
December 12, 2025
Winter media round-up
These new releases from UW alumni and faculty can help you end your year—or start the new one—with Husky spirit.
December 7, 2025
Tireless advocate
A fierce advocate for women and children in the Spokane community, Mari Clack was also a devoted UW alumna.
December 6, 2025
Whiskey and wiretaps
Privacy lawyer Albert Gidari turns detective to flesh out the story of Seattle’s most famous bootlegging couple, Roy and Elise Olmstead.
Pack to the future
Did you know the first JanSport backpack was called the "University Bookstore Rucksack"? Learn more about JanSport's UW origins.
December 5, 2025
Backwoods dreamer
Patrick Hutchison went from the UW to Argentina to the Cascades, where he bought and restored a primitive cabin, inspiring a best-selling book.
Leisure is not a luxury
What if time for leisure isn’t the reward for a good life—but the foundation of one?
From Montlake to Vietnam
Many Husky football players we cheered for in the 1960s went off to fight in the Vietnam War. It’s time we paid tribute to them.
December 4, 2025
Secrets of the deep
Coll Thrush brings a fresh lens to shipwrecks, connecting colonial ambition and Indigenous presence.
December 3, 2025
A big net gain
Former Husky star Krista Vansant Hendrickson joins the UW women’s volleyball coaching staff.
50 years of fighting cancer
Founded in 1975 and named to honor a brother, the Fred Hutch Cancer Center became a world-class biomedical research and clinical care institution.
From survivor to scientist
A childhood hurricane set Ángel Adames-Corraliza on course for a MacArthur award.
December 2, 2025
Brunkow's brilliance
Mary Brunkow, ’83, helped uncover the gene that keeps the immune system in check.
November 26, 2025
Defying gravity
While some dancers only appear weightless, Rachael Lincoln—with the help of climbing technology—literally defies gravity.
November 25, 2025
Collectible joy
Sahily Anais Perez McMillan brings joy and nostalgia to Seattle and beyond with collectible mini prints.