News

August 31, 2022

Touch Down

There's a new head coach in town: Kalen DeBoer shares his insights on the upcoming season with editor Jon Marmor.


August 29, 2022

Doctors in the house

A class of 60 UW School of Medicine students now occupy a state-of-the-art building in Spokane.


May 29, 2022

Earth and space

Gary Lai, the lead architect of Blue Origin’s New Shepard program, heads to the heavens.


Out of style

The HUB has been home to a hair stylist since 1952. Now, salon operator Jane Snell hangs up her shears and closes the Scissor’s Edge.


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.


UW’s new regent, Leonard Forsman, ’87, looks ahead

Leonard Forsman, '87, is the UW's new regent. He tells Viewpoint his goals and priorities for his six-year term.


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.


May 3, 2022

Supporting diversity

Meet the 2022 recipients of the Multicultural Alumni Partnership awards.


March 11, 2022

Remembering Desmond Tutu

Twenty years ago, the human rights leader delivered a message of hope to Seattle.


March 5, 2022

50 years of equal rights

In 1972, Washington became one of the earlier states to ratify a gender equity amendment.


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.


Native leader joins Regents

As a UW regent, Leonard Forsman plans to help represent Indigenous people.


February 14, 2022

Headshot of Cristobal Alex wearing a suit with the American flag in the background

The power of representation

An El Paso native's journey to UW leads to a key position as the White House Deputy Cabinet Secretary — and a piece of political power.


December 4, 2021

Why get a booster?

Marion Pepper of the School of Medicine helps us better understand the latest COVID-19 shot.


Kelsie Abrams, wearing a bright pink shirt and khaki pants, uses a brush to uncover fossils at a dig site in Montana.

Fossil finds

A site in Montana yields a triceratops skull and other rare dinosaur fossils.


A biology student wearing denim overalls and a cloth mask carries a large pot through a greenhouse.

Room to grow

The Biology plant collection settles into its new home, a state-of-the-art greenhouse.


Jen Gonyer and Al Donahue smiling behind the College Inn bar

The Inn crowd is back

Raise a toast to the historic, quirky joint that has come back from a COVID-19 closure.


Ben Hall stands at a whiteboard holding a blue marker and wearing a light blue shirt.

License to innovate

The Washington Research Foundation was founded 40 years ago to capture the value of inventions coming out of the UW.


Illustration depicting a giant evil smartphone terrorizing Seattle.

Fighting the infodemic

Twisted facts, fake news and social media spoofs can turn society upside down. One UW team is working to help us through the infodemic.


November 19, 2021

Enoka Herat headshot from the shoulders up

Changing the law

Enoka Herat works with law enforcement leaders and the families of people who have died from police violence to change practices in Washington.