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May 15, 2025
Ash and thunder
Guillermo Castaneda, an important figure in health care in the Yakima Valley area, recalls the day Mount St Helens "blew her head."
May 14, 2025
Recognizing a young alum
Diana Betancourt Macias received the second Spark Award from OMA&D for her leadership toward equity, diversity and opportunity as a student and in her early career.
May 8, 2025
10 years of belonging
As wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House marks its first decade as a cultural home for the Indigenous students at the UW and as a resource for the Native community, the longhouse-style center prepares for Phase 2—adding dedicated spaces, expanded services and deeper support for Native student success.
April 30, 2025
Lettuce [eaters] rejoice
UW Lettuce Eating Club’s 2025 competition was entertaining, stomach-filling, and inspiring all at once for an organization that takes climate justice very seriously.
March 19, 2025
Swing shift
Glenn Kaino's "Not Afraid of Falling" was commissioned for the Gates Center as part of the expansive UW Public Art Collections.
March 18, 2025
No kissing!
Smooching on the UW campus was outlawed back in 1929 when then-UW President Matthew Lyle Spencer saw the display of affection as an affront to the morals of the time.
March 12, 2025
UW Law turns 125
Hugh Spitzer, a retired law professor from the UW School of Law, reflects on 125 years of the law school's commitment to diversity.
March 3, 2025
The Northwest legacy of Jacob Lawrence
Twenty-five years after his death, Jacob Lawrence's impact as a chronicler of the Black experience lives on through the efforts of local arts institutions.
January 27, 2025
A very cheesy goodbye
Burgermaster fans have until Feb. 23 to enjoy this campus institution for the last time.
January 13, 2025
Jeanette's bridge
Though we know it by its colloquial name, the West Seattle Bridge is steeped in Jeanette Williams' legacy.
December 10, 2024
Hotel history
The Fairmont Olympic Hotel in downtown Seattle is celebrating its 100th birthday as well as well as a priceless century-old connection to the University of Washington.
Read all about it
Assunta Ng, entrepreneur and journalist, has dedicated her career to serving the Asian American community. Now, she passes the torch.
December 9, 2024
Books and beyond
In January 2025, University Book Store, a bastion for UW students and community, celebrates its 125th anniversary.
High five for '75
Twenty years ago, Linda Buck, '75, won the Nobel Prize. Meanwhile, Mark Emmert, '75, became president of the UW.
December 6, 2024
The life and times of Dan Evans
A rare pragmatist who never compromised his values, Evans bettered the world as a senator, governor, community-college builder and champion of the environment.
Animal magnetism
UW Magazine pays homage to everyone's favorite four-legged friend on his seventh birthday.
Winged things
The Burke Museum exhibit shares beautiful and endangered flighted species through art and interactive experiences.
November 26, 2024
A taste of the UW
An internship program gives high school students an idea of what it looks like to attend the UW, especially if they don't have family experience to lean on.
November 14, 2024
Catching up
This fall, Viewpoint reaches 20 years of telling stories about people who make a difference. Catch up with those alumni and see how they've changed the world.
November 1, 2024
Cultivating community
The UW's Native Garden was created to "honor, acknowledge and make space for the traditional peoples" who once built longhouses and a fishing weir in the area.