Bill Gates Sr.’s legacy
As a leader in public service and champion of the UW, Bill Gates Sr. leaves a legacy far beyond his legal contributions.
December 2020 Issue
For many UW retirees, service never stops
Retiring from the UW doesn’t end the story for faculty and staff. They are driven to serve their communities on a local or global scale.
December 2020 Issue
Hockey heights
Now an agent, Ryan Minkoff, ’15, became the first student-athlete from the Husky club hockey team to make it to the professional hockey ranks.
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Community | Letters | December 8, 2020
Learning from darkness
After a tumultuous 2020, what have we learned that can light our way forward?
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.
Arts & Entertainment | Features | Medicine | Research | September 11, 2020
For our health
The UW is putting its combined brainpower into population health, improving lives around the world.
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.
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.
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He taught us how to care
The impact of Bill Gates Sr. will continue to be felt throughout Western Washington, and that is a tribute to his ambition to make this a better world.
December 2020 Issue
Sign of the times
A campus road has been renamed sluʔwiɫ, a word in the Lushootseed language that loosely translates to “Little Canoe Channel.”
December 2020 Issue
10 feel-good stories
In the spirit of Swedish doctor Hans Rosling, we’ve assembled a sampling of good news findings and events with connections to the UW.
December 2020 Issue
Firearm study
The UW is researching handgun carrying among rural adolescents, in a three-year, $1.5 million study funded by the CDC.
December 2020 Issue
UW vs. COVID-19
Recent news in the battle against COVID-19 from the UW community.
December 2020 Issue
Grade A performer
Liberty Bracken is a big reason the Husky football team earned an NCAA-record academic score.
December 2020 Issue
Voice of the band
Frazer Cook called his time with the Husky Marching Band “an honor, a privilege and a pleasure.” Husky fans everywhere felt the same way about him.
December 2020 Issue
Fresh fish finder
With many restaurants closed, the Fish Map offers a way for commercial fishing companies to sell their products directly to consumers.
September 2020 Issue
Emerging from pain
Britt East’s book “A Gay Man’s Guide to Life” provides realistic ways for gay men to deal with homophobia and live a good life.
December 2020 Issue
Whitman revisited
In “Unsettled Ground: The Whitman Massacre and Its Shifting Legacy in The American West,” historian Cassandra Tate, ’86, ’88, ’95, revisits a conflict that left 13 settlers dead.
December 2020 Issue
People
Holistic view
The first Filipino-American to graduate from UW medical school, Fernando Vega helped open the path to alternative medicine in the U.S.
December 2020 Issue
Healing words
Norman B. Rice’s timing couldn’t have been better for his new book, “Gaining Public Trust: A Profile of Civic Engagement.”
December 2020 Issue
Inspirational figure
A titan of the law and a trailblazer on the bench, Judge Joseph Jerome Farris sat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for 41 years.
December 2020 Issue
Solutions
Nobel laureate’s UW ties
Harvey J. Alter, a UW resident in internal medicine from 1964-65, has received a Nobel Prize for his contributions to the discovery of the hepatitis C virus.
December 2020 Issue
The other pandemic: racism
Members of the UW community join to fight “white supremacy as a lethal public health issue.”
December 2020 Issue
Whale on display
The skeleton of a 39-foot-long Baird’s beaked whale is now on permanent display in the Burke Museum lobby.
December 2020 Issue