Letters

June 24, 2020

Stories of resilience

In the face of the COVID-19 crisis, our June 2020 issue tells stories of hope and resilience that are at the core of our UW community.


June 4, 2020

Ahead of the curve

Fast, accurate COVID-19 testing quickly went into effect here, thanks to the heroic efforts of UW Medicine faculty and staff.


March 11, 2020

Key ingredients

Meet our art director and staff photographer.


March 10, 2020

For an informed public

The UW's Center for an Informed Public is a response to the rise in disinformation and erosion of trust in our most basic societal institutions.


December 9, 2019

Power of pictures

Our new-look magazine is a showcase for visual storytelling.


September 8, 2019

Alchemy of collaboration

The fantastic alchemy of collaboration between faculty and students is at the heart of many discoveries.


September 6, 2019

The agony of September 12

Our editor reflects on the lives lost on 9/12/2001, the day a sightseeing plane full of Husky football fans crashed in Mexico.


August 26, 2019

Letters: ‘A painful reminder’

A 1972 grad and lifelong journalist was prompted to share his experience with racism after reading a story in our magazine.


August 21, 2019

25 years of Columns

As our publication evolves into University of Washington Magazine, our editor looks back on a quarter century with Columns.


June 3, 2019

President’s letter

This year, our state Legislature approved a budget that reinvests in public higher education.


Change is afoot

The name Columns will soon be retired and the magazine's look will be completely refreshed.


March 7, 2019

Editor’s Eye: Unease

I fear that part of the University is in peril—the humanities, arts, social sciences, museums, libraries.


President's Letter

A spirit of unity—the awareness that we’re all in this together—is our greatest strength, both as a state and as a community of Huskies everywhere.


December 1, 2018

President's letter

Public education requires public support—help us sound the alarm.


Jon Marmor, Columns Magazine

Gizmos

The innovations that come out of the UW are nothing short of mind-boggling.


October 4, 2018

Ana Mari Cauce

President’s Letter: September 2018

This year we welcome our largest-ever incoming class, which includes the most students from Washington state in our University’s history.


October 3, 2018

Editor’s Eye: Moonshot

More than 8,000 first year and transfer students starting at the University this fall. How in the world will they decide what to do?


June 6, 2018

The story of Thomas Peter Lantos

Lantos, the first and only Holocaust survivor ever elected to Congress, was perhaps the unlikeliest UW graduate of them all.


President's Letter: June 2018

The great power of our University and its public mission is that it touches every person in Washington, through education, research and service.


March 7, 2018

A Rather uplifting experience

Our editor reflects on meeting one of his journalism heroes, Dan Rather, during the legendary newsman's visit to the UW.