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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 office 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.