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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.
UW Press at 100
The University of Washington's press dates back to Edmond Meany's 1915 book on the governors of the state and territory.
June 1, 2013
Moving mission
Catching up with Patrick Gallaher, ’95, founder of the School of Pharmacy’s Memorial Day weekend Border-to-Border relay race that for the past 18 years has raised money for cancer research in honor of his late father.
June 1, 2012
Brand-new Lander
The new Lander Hall will be a leading-edge residence, part of the UW’s effort to transform west campus into a vibrant community where students feel at home.
Country care
The UW School of Medicine’s multi-regional medical program, WWAMI, is celebrating 40 years—and some serious accomplishments.
March 1, 2012
The Dawgmother
The founding director of UW Student Athlete Academic Services is the recipient of the 2012 Charles Odegaard Award for her work on behalf of diversity.
December 1, 2011
360-degree view
Over the past decade and a half, UW Tacoma has been at the core of the revitalization of downtown Tacoma. Today, with 3,600 students, it still holds the key to the city’s continued economic development.
September 1, 2011
Stadium memories
Venerable Husky Stadium is in need of updating, so after the Nov. 5 game against Oregon, it will close for a year while it undergoes a much-needed makeover.
June 1, 2011
Rousing housing
The University of Washington’s plan to turn its west campus into an urban village will take a big step this fall with the opening of two new residence communities.
June 1, 2010
Innovative idealism
Student teams from across the University of Washington and other state schools heralded their inventions of clean, green technologies at the second annual UW Environmental Innovation Challenge.
December 1, 2008
David Kopay's homecoming
David Kopay, '64, became the first professional athlete from a major team sport (he retired from the NFL in 1972) to announce publicly that he was gay.
Back in time
Frank Nowell’s photographs offer an intriguing glimpse of the UW in its infancy, and suggest the significant role the school played in introducing Seattle to the world.
June 1, 2008
Century of magazines
There have been astonishing changes over the first century of the UW's alumni magazine, but at its heart it remains true to the mission of its first edition.
‘Legend’ has it
With this issue, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the UW's alumni magazine by celebrating the living legends among us.
March 1, 2008
40 years of change
In the mid-1960s, only two of the UW’s 1,734 professors were African Americans. Students of color made up only 4 percent of the total enrollment that year. That began to change on May 20, 1968, when students from the Black Student Union staged a sit-in at the office University President Charles E. Odegaard.
December 1, 2007
One for the Rhodes
DeLaine Emmert, wife of President Mark A. Emmert, '75, asked a simple question: How many Rhodes Scholars does the UW have? No one knew the answer.
Home pride
For 65 years, Hill-Crest has been the home to 12 presidents. It has seen glittering parties, teenage sleepovers and even police protection during Vietnam War student unrest.
September 1, 2007
Split on Commencement
For the Columns Alumni Vote in June, we asked if alumni attended the main graduation ceremony when they completed their UW degree. The 952 responses broke down to 59 percent “yes” and 41 percent “no.”
Statistical advantage
The skills UW Bothell Professor Clark Olson honed during his five years at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are the same ones he has used to conquer the stats-heavy world of fantasy sports.
June 1, 2007
The Padelford maze
Some buildings on the UW campus evoke awe or nostalgia, but others elicit a different kind of response: confusion and frustration.
March 1, 2007
Strong signals
Thirty-five years ago, John Kean, ’72, helped launch the UW’s first student radio station by installing a 10-watt transmitter in McMahon Hall.
December 1, 2006
Riding the rails again
The difference between the crowded confusion of the trolley of 1895 and the quiet comfort of the yet-to-be-seen Sound Transit light rail will be a clear indication of the passage of over 120 years.
September 1, 2006
50 years for the heart
Fifty years ago, the UW perfected its own heart-lung machine and did the first open-heart bypass surgery in the West. Now advances are coming so quickly that they could put future cardiac surgeons out of business.
Harry's origin story
Though live canines have been official UW mascots for decades, Harry, known simply as "The Husky Dawg" at the time, wasn't introduced until the 1995-96 school year.