The Kraken
are coming!
The Kraken
are coming!
The Kraken
are coming!
Seattle finally has its own NHL team,
and the UW has its tentacles all over it.
Surveying the Native art of the Pacific Northwest
Here's what it's like to be a student in the University of Washington's class about Indigenous art.
March 2021 Issue
Soul of Seattle
With the city changing rapidly, Ron Chew set out to write about one of its beloved communities. It’s a story only he could tell.
March 2021 Issue
Quantum leap
UW scientists work toward a revolution in computing power, and consider the side effects it would cause.
March 2021 Issue
Hub
Sports | March 4, 2021
A dream come true
Jimmy Lake took a long and winding road through colleges and the NFL before becoming head coach of Husky football.
March 10, 2021
Cash with flush
Ryan Fritsch, ’12, is the co-founder of Cloudpaper, a Seattle company that sells toilet paper made from bamboo grass. The sustainable grass survives harvesting, regrows quickly and releases more oxygen than trees.
Alumni | March 4, 2021
Dick’s dynasty
Jim Spady never expected to preside over the family business of burgers and fries.
Faculty & Staff | March 4, 2021
Our climate future is now
Scientists spent decades warning us about what would happen during the 2020s and 2030s. Now we see it.
March 4, 2021
Awake with the moon
In the days leading up to a full moon, people go to sleep later and sleep for shorter periods of time.
Campus Life | Campus News | March 9, 2021
Sign of the times
A campus road has been renamed sluʔwiɫ, a word in the Lushootseed language that loosely translates to “Little Canoe Channel.”
Community | Letters | December 8, 2020
Learning from darkness
After a tumultuous 2020, what have we learned that can light our way forward?
Alumni | Features | December 7, 2020
After prison
Ten stories that show how the UW can help people take advantage of second chances.
Art | Community | December 16, 2020
Honoring our roots
In celebration of the Seattle Japanese Garden’s 60th birthday this summer, a number of local artists created works honoring the landscape and the people involved.
Art | Faculty & Staff | November 12, 2020
A new face teaches American portraiture
Assistant Professor Juliet Sperling, pictured here, began teaching American art history at the University of Washington this fall. She took us on a tour of U.S. history by looking at 18 portraits over four centuries.
Sports | December 16, 2020
Whitcomb’s year
Not only did Sami Whitcomb help the Seattle Storm capture its fourth WNBA championship, but she and her wife Kate welcomed their first child.
Features | Husky History | Sports | September 11, 2020
Grand stand
The first football game at the iconic stadium came on Nov. 27, 1920.
Art | Faculty & Staff | August 21, 2020
Make fine art with a UW professor, from his kitchen to yours
The chair of UW’s Printmaking Program designed a popular new class during the pandemic, stamping out doubt about how effective remote learning can be.
Campus Life | Faculty & Staff | Obituaries | September 11, 2020
Beauty by all accounts
To experience the true beauty of the University of Washington’s Seattle campus, look no further than the photographs of Loyd Heath.
Solutions | August 14, 2020
Camping during COVID-19
We ask an infectious disease expert for advice about how to explore the great outdoors.
News | People | August 14, 2020
The queen of the skies goes quiet
The majestic Boeing 747, designed by Joseph Sutter, ’43, will no longer be flying for one of the world's biggest airlines.
Art | September 21, 2020
Future facing
A sculpture by Kenyan-American artist Wangechi Mutu will move to its new home at the UW in front of the plaza of the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health.
Art | Students | March 11, 2021
Bracing artistry
Residents in the School of Dentistry’s orthodontics program crafted wire sculptures using the materials of their profession.
Community | September 21, 2020
Making people count
Underrepresented minority communities often view government with mistrust. The ECC is working with those communities to build trust in the U.S. Census.
Art | Obituaries | June 10, 2020
The Wright eye
Virginia Bloedel Wright, 1929-2020, brought the Broken Obelisk to the UW and funded countless shows at the Henry Art Gallery.
Sports | July 16, 2020
Sports talk hosts with the most
710 ESPN’s Stacy Jo Rost, ’11, and KJR’s Dick Fain, ’96, earn national acclaim for the way they talk the talk.
Alumni | September 23, 2019
What it’s like to have dinner with Seattle chef Melissa Miranda
An intimate conversation with the chef behind Beacon Hill's most anticipated new restaurant.
Arts & Entertainment | September 3, 2019
Where to find Filipino food in Seattle
From homestyle cooking to pop-ups with fusion flavors, here’s what our city’s Filipino food looks like, tastes like and means to the people who eat it.
Alumni | Husky History | March 13, 2020
A legacy of caring
For a life dedicated to students of color, the UW honors Emile Pitre with the 2020 Charles E. Odegaard Award.
In Print
Is normal near?
A year after COVID-19 arrived, there are promising signs that we’ll be back on campus soon.
March 2021 Issue
Elevating expectations
"My goal was to help Jen further elevate our efforts on the external side of the house, and work closely with a few of our programs," he says.
March 2021 Issue
Floating robots
The UW will soon be deploying a fleet of floating robots in oceans around the world.
March 2021 Issue
Digital dynamo
UW Libraries has undertaken a massive effort to expand access to digital resources and develop programs that teach students and faculty skills for research in a digital age.
March 2021 Issue
Private-eye inspiration
Instead, Thoft uses the P.I. skills she learned to write her award-winning detective novels featuring hard-nosed private eye Fina Ludlow.
March 2021 Issue
Native knowledge
Native art is prominent in the life of Miranda Belarde-Lewis, an assistant professor in the University of Washington Information School.
March 2021 Issue
Never done learning
Ed Jones has since completed 11 UWPCE certificate programs, more than anyone else.
March 2021 Issue
People
Focus on equity
Sheridan Blanford, ’16, has the opportunity to make a big impact as she incorporates two of her passions—sports and inclusion.
March 2021 Issue
Stories of home
The UW Alumni Association recently invited a group of Native storytellers for a virtual event to discuss the meaning of sense of place.
March 2021 Issue
Standing tall
He went from the UW to professional basketball and back. But it’s in the special education classroom that Anthony Washington, ’16, ’19, is making a lasting difference.
March 2021 Issue
Charles V. Johnson, 1928-2020
Colleagues remember the remarkable life of Charles V. Johnson, ’57.
March 2021 Issue
Rural nurses wanted
A program funded by Premera Blue Cross is placing nursing students in rural practices throughout Washington.
March 2021 Issue
Helen Chu honored
University of Washington Medicine professor Dr. Helen Chu, ’12, “Washingtonian of the Year” by the Washington State Leadership Board.
March 2021 Issue
Solutions
Don’t be a spreader
Some advice about the kind of misinformation you may see in the coming months about COVID-19 vaccines and some tools to stop its spread.
March 2021 Issue
The greater Gould
Gould Hall’s original designers created a building that could be modified to serve new generations of students and faculty in the design disciplines.
March 2021 Issue
Aiming at COVID-19
A year after it became one of the first academic labs in the U.S. to develop a COVID-19 test, the UW Medicine Virology Lab continues to innovate in response to the pandemic.
March 2021 Issue