Features

June 16, 2017

elephant art wolfe, sam wasser

Animal instinct

Biology professor Sam Wasser fights to save endangered species.


June 12, 2017

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The Mountaineers

In a time before trails, UW climbers found a way to trek the Pacific Northwest.


June 1, 2017

Of the highest grade

Celebrating the 2017 teachers of the year.


May 29, 2017

norman rice seattle mayor asld uw

Man of the city

In his five decades of public service, Norman Rice has helped build a community we are all proud of.


May 8, 2017

joe lott, brotherhood initiative, uw

Brothers, mentors, friends

Inside the new program advocating for black and brown students on campus.


March 3, 2017

Sol Moravia-Rosenberg, Sol, rap Seattle, UW poetry

Rhymes on the mic

Rooted in a rich legacy of rhymes, a new class of poets compose verses that channel their cultures and challenge the status quo.


March 1, 2017

population health, global health, health care

Tending to the world

Scientists, doctors and data collectors join forces for population health.


February 27, 2017

kathy hsieh

Dramatic dynamics

Stereotypes don't have a chance when Kathy Hsieh, '87, takes center stage.


December 29, 2016

dulce guitierrez

In the heart of Yakima

Dulce Gutiérrez, ’14, is making history as one of Eastern Washington’s first Latina city council members.


For Washington, for the world

A look inside UW’s most ambitious fundraising campaign.


Gilmour Dobie

Gridiron giant

Under head coach Gilmour Dobie, the UW Football team went undefeated for 10 years.


September 1, 2016

New age of dentistry

Going to the dentist has never been as unpleasant as it’s often made out to be. But new technology and a new teaching philosophy is about to dispel that myth for good. Say ahhh.


Introducing Shwetak Patel

He's one of the brightest thinkers you'll ever meet. Writer Julie Garner pays him a house call and confirms that, yes, he puts his inventions and gadgets to work, but she finds out a whole lot more.


An open invitation

Here we present six alumni who show us the different ways they keep connected, whether they graduated 40 years ago or just this spring.


Growing up in Union Bay Village

How many of us Union Bay Village kids are left?


June 1, 2016

True hued

Brock and Damon Huard both found NFL careers and success after their UW playing days, and both felt drawn to come home.


The torch carrier

Letters from a young man's trip to the 1936 Olympics offer hints of the life he would live.


Dying with dignity

Columns staff writer Julie Garner talks to two men facing death, and the people who care for them.


Always in her element

Whether on a mountain, in a boardroom or on a boat, Sally Jewell is leading the way.


March 1, 2016

How does baby learn?

Researchers with the UW's I-LABS break new ground with their discoveries of how young minds develop.