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May 16, 2022
Why we love the ECC
As the ECC celebrates 50 years of creating a space for diversity and inclusion, alumni share fond memories of the space.
Care Package Community
The UW Champions Program was established in 2011 to serve former foster youth. Recent expansions help students who experienced unaccompanied homelessness as youth.
March 11, 2022
Remembering Desmond Tutu
Twenty years ago, the human rights leader delivered a message of hope to Seattle.
March 5, 2022
Fungi friendly
The Northwest is the perfect place for a mushroom enthusiast; one digs into the Burke Museum’s collection.
March 4, 2022
Show us the Shell House
Efforts to preserve and renovate the historic ASUW Shell House on the Montlake Cut continue full speed ahead.
Galaxy gazing
The Manastash Ridge, a basalt plateau that runs between Ellensburg and Yakima, is home to the UW’s 50-year-old observatory.
Biodiversity in a box
Nature photographer David Liittschwager captures biodiversity in one cubic foot of space.
March 3, 2022
The Kelly ECC at 50
Once a student activist’s dream, the Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center celebrates five decades as a space for diversity and inclusion.
March 1, 2022
One momentous week
In the span of seven days in November 1961, civil-rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. and President John F. Kennedy spoke on campus.
December 4, 2021
UW in the cards
‘Down the Ave,’ a card game developed by business students, is full of UW and Seattle references.
The Inn crowd is back
Raise a toast to the historic, quirky joint that has come back from a COVID-19 closure.
Imogen exposed
Imogen Cunningham was an innovative and influential fine art photographer. A retrospective features nearly 200 of her works.
November 19, 2021
Kelly ECC turns 50
Starting in fall 2021 and well into 2022, the Kelly ECC is celebrating 50 years of serving the student community.
Rising above hate
A Japanese American UW grad turned businessman, Harry Kawabe was a humanitarian who built economies in two U.S. cities and dedicated his life to building community.
Beacon in the HUB
While Black fraternities and sororities have thrived at the UW, their presence has gone generally unrecognized. Now their crests are on display in the HUB.
Indigenous walking tour
A walking tour of the UW campus highlights sites that are relevant to the Native American experience.
September 11, 2021
Ballet in the Cold War
The Cold War played out on exotic battlegrounds. Perhaps none were stranger—and had more unexpected outcomes—than cultural-exchange ballet tours.
September 4, 2021
Welcome back
In-person classes and a new U District await students returning to campus this fall.
The Nisei story
‘Boys in the Boat’ author Daniel James Brown’s new book depicts the heroism of World War II-era Japanese Americans.
The ‘Renton Redhead’
Kermit Jorgensen was part of a Husky team that notched back-to-back Rose Bowl victories.
August 31, 2021
A name that stuck
Cassandra Amesley, ’77, ’81, made ‘Red Square’ catch on and etched her name in Husky history.
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.”
March 4, 2021
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.
January 11, 2021
Books and conversation
To date, more than 1,600 readers have joined the UW Alumni Book Club, representing alumni from every college and school across all three campuses.
December 16, 2020
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 11, 2020
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 10, 2020
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.
September 30, 2020
Campus ambassador
Our sketchbook profiles Alice Lee, manager of the UW Visitors Center.
September 16, 2020
From war to hoops
After taking a bullet in World War II, Charles Sheaffer returned to captain the Husky basketball team in his senior season.
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.
June 20, 2020
New reality for students
A graduating student reflects on the coronavirus outbreak that disrupted the last half of her senior year.
June 14, 2020
Impact from afar
The UW faculty are impactful even when they find themselves having to venture into uncomfortable territory. They “flatten the curve” while still producing and disseminating knowledge.
June 10, 2020
Book Store stays essential
A quick trip through the University Book Store’s 120 years.
May 12, 2020
Grad students' lifeline
Students from underrepresented communities find funding, social networks and academic support through the Graduate Opportunities & Minority Achievement Program.
April 14, 2020
Out of print
Pike Place Market's last newsstand goes out of print as UW alumnus closes shop.
April 2, 2020
Impact personified
Alum and former UW regent Jim Ellis was driven to serve the public good.
March 24, 2020
Hummingbird man
What makes hummingbirds so fascinating? We asked UW expert Alejandro Rico-Guevara.
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.
December 9, 2019
Roman revival
The UW has had a home in Rome since 1970. Now the UW’s Rome Center is undergoing a much-needed renovation.
December 5, 2019
Coming soon: The new U District
Change is coming to the UW's front door. Here's what it means for all of us.
November 24, 2019
Roman revival
A special place in the hearts of many, the UW’s Rome Center is undergoing a needed restoration.
November 17, 2019
A story of triumph
A night with Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of Anne Frank.
September 28, 2019
Bedtime reading
Charles Johnson rounded up 11 of his “Bedtime Stories” from more than a decade—and added a new one—for a collection titled “Night Hawks: Stories.”
September 19, 2019
Call her ‘Grammar Girl’
Is it who or whom? Affect or effect? Mignon Fogarty, '90, became internet famous for answering such questions.
June 4, 2019
At bat for Mom
Former Husky outfielder Braden Bishop's charity event raised $50,000 for Alzheimer’s research.
Global approach
The Husky women’s golf team isn’t just great, it’s quite international: Six of the eight players are from outside the United States.
Give Me 5
Melanie Jackson, a 1993 All-American soccer player at the UW, is now a senior editor and writer with ESPNW.
Fossil flosser
Some might find the work of dusting and dabbing sand away from a fossil tedious, but Jean Primozich still marvels at it.
June 3, 2019
‘Cathedral’ on the Cut
Nearly torn down in 1975, the ASUW Shell House is still a beloved building on the UW campus.
June 2, 2019
Where it all began
The 101-year-old ASUW Shell House was home to the famed “Boys in the Boat.”
March 1, 2019
IMA at 50
Since the late 1960s, students who wanted to clear their heads and have some fun have headed down to the IMA Building.
Unsung healer
Alice Augusta Ball was the first woman and first African American to earn a master’s degree in chemistry, and at age 23, developed an early treatment for leprosy.
December 13, 2018
Hoaxes, humbug and lies
An interview about race and identity with poet and scholar Kevin Young.
December 7, 2018
Thanks, Professor Banks
‘The Father of Multicultural Education’ is retiring after 50 years.
November 30, 2018
Gratefully remastered
A 1974 concert at Hec Ed Pavilion, long a favorite of Dead Heads, is one of six historic concerts being released in a beautiful new boxed set,
A life in computing
We explore the legacy of Microsoft’s late co-founder by photographing items from one of his museums.
June 6, 2018
Hot plates!
Help us catch the Cougs by adding purple pride to your license plate—and raise money for students along the way.
March 8, 2018
A day with DeRay
Few activists have a higher profile than DeRay Mckesson, who spent the final day of Black History Month with UW students, staff and faculty.
March 3, 2018
‘Patina of history’
Some UW students travel to Europe to sample castles and cafés, but for many the trip has been much shorter—just through the doors of the Burke Museum.
OMA&D at 50: The people behind the movement
Student activism in 1968 led the UW to create one of the nation’s first offices of minority affairs. Here’s their story. And their outlook for the future.
February 14, 2018
A story in every bottle
Jackson Rohrbaugh, ’09, is the newly minted master sommelier at Canlis, one of Seattle's premier fine-dining spots.
January 5, 2018
He's got rhythm
Discovering the molecular mechanisms that guide our circadian rhythm makes Jeffrey C. Hall the fifth alum to receive a Nobel Prize.
December 30, 2017
Band royalty
For Fiesta Bowl week, we tour campus with seven veterans of the Husky Marching Band.
September 19, 2017
A wooly discovery
Long considered to be a myth, a Native blanket made of dog hair has surfaced at the Burke Museum.
August 18, 2017
Bill Hardwick (1944–2017)
The ’67 grad "put his heart and soul" into carrying on his family's legacy in the U District.
June 27, 2017
Welcome back, Paul Allen
Before he funded UW's computer science labs, Paul Allen got kicked out of them.
June 19, 2017
Campus groomer
"I would have laughed hysterically if you told me 20 years ago I’d be doing this."
Commencement speaker: Johnnetta Betsch Cole
She's a national leader in education, anthropology and activism.
May 8, 2017
Brothers, mentors, friends
Inside the new program advocating for black and brown students on campus.
March 30, 2017
Busting BS
Inside the class that's training students to catch—and call out—fake news and falsehoods.
March 4, 2017
A log lost sport
Thanks to a group of adventurous students and staff, log rolling has returned to UW.
February 28, 2017
Interrupting privilege
Students and alumni come together for 10-week workshop about race relations.
February 24, 2017
Luminary Lewis
Rep. John Lewis, a giant of the Civil Rights movement, comes to campus.
December 29, 2016
Healthy people, healthy planet
With a $210 million gift, the UW moves forward to become a global hub for human health.
December 19, 2016
Backpacks to the masses
The rise of the modern book bag can be traced to the UW campus.
December 16, 2016
The Not-So-Daily
The student newspaper formerly known as The Daily is still known as The Daily… despite only coming out two days a week.
The Swedish House
Ballard isn’t Seattle’s only Scandinavian headquarters. Fifty years ago, McMahon Hall was home to Swedish House.
December 15, 2016
Thouless nabs Nobel
The highest honor in physics goes to Professor Emeritus David Thouless.
March 1, 2016
KEXP rocks its new digs
KEXP and its predecessor KCMU have been a staple of the Seattle music community for four decades. With new digs at the Seattle Center and a 30-year cooperative agreement with the UW, the station enters its next phase as an independent nonprofit.
December 1, 2015
Editor's Eye: Montlake memories
The parking lot known as E-1 holds a lot of memories in its pavement.
September 1, 2015
High fliers
“Let’s flap.” The 20 adults in the room obediently flapped their arms and when nothing happened, in the face of their leader’s enthusiasm for winged flight and all things avian, began flapping even harder in the vain hope of soaring.
Allen's imprint
UW Libraries is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Kenneth S. and Faye G. Allen Library Endowment.
Band life
Senior physics major Carlo Torrella joined the UW’s 240-member marching band in 2011. It has been one of the most demanding experiences of his life. But “I’m so glad I did it,” he says.