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June 19, 2026

Heavy metal

It’s standing room only for the Husky Robotics team meetings. As the UW’s largest registered student organization, it routinely receives hundreds of applications for only 40 spots.


June 12, 2026

A neon-lit whale tail sculpture sits in the window of Tai Tung

Beacons in the SEA

As Seattle welcomes global visitors for the FIFA 2026 Men's World Cup, these alumni-owned businesses shine a welcoming light.


June 5, 2026

Intricately carved statue of Benjamin Franklin on the facade of Suzzallo Library, which is covered in scaffolding

Behind the screens

After a $21.5 million seismic improvement and restoration project, Suzzallo Library will be ready for its next 100 years.


June 1, 2026

Pitch purple

In the summer of 2025, crews transformed the UW's well-worn soccer field into a world-class training facility for the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup.


May 20, 2026

Decades of dedication

For more than five decades, Ed Lazowska has shaped generations of computer scientists at the University of Washington.


April 23, 2026

Fifty years, one floor

Ruby Navarro tells about her first days on Lander Hall’s ‘Chicano floor,' where dormmates turned into lifelong friends.


April 14, 2026

Bulletins in bloom

We traveled across campus with a camera on a quest for the UW's bulletin boards.


March 31, 2026

Roads of recognition

Alumni who contributed to our way of life have been honored when governments named roads after them.


March 10, 2026

Unseeded and unstoppable

Winning six tournament games on the road from coast to coast earned the overlooked Huskies men’s soccer team its first national title ever.


March 9, 2026

Full circle story

Liv Schiller never met her aunt, who died in a tragic plane crash on September 12, 2001, but she's proud to be from a family of Huskies.


March 5, 2026

Boys of the year

Live mascots for 11 Seattle sports teams are in the running but c’mon, the UW’s mascots are a lock.


March 3, 2026

Evelyn Iritani wearing a colorful scarf in a library

Telling an untold story

Pulitzer-winning reporter Evelyn Iritani uncovers the diplomatic exchange of American and Japanese civilians while the two countries were at war.


January 21, 2026

Larry Owings, now in his 70s, holds a trophy

Grappling with immortality

Larry Owings scored the biggest upset in NCAA wrestling history, and he’s spent the rest of his life coming to terms with it.


December 12, 2025

Three people gesturing to a statue of Edvard Grieg without a shiny nose

Garden of the mountain king

Alcohol, a Viking ship and Scandinavian support led to a Norwegian composer’s bust on the UW’s campus.


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 2, 2025

A forest takes root

UW Tacoma community members use the Miyawaki method to rapidly reforest a small plot of land in Tacoma.


November 18, 2025

Back in time

The UW campus got a facelift or two over the past 164 years, but some things never change.


September 12, 2025

Hitting a high note

The largest crowd in UW history turned out 30 years ago when the Huskies faced ... Army?


September 11, 2025

Remarkable relic

"Here's a bag of clam. Go find out where the pieces go."


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