People
September 21, 2020
A twist of fate
Ayan Hassan’s life was changed by the Making Connections program—and then unexpectedly saved by one of the program’s founders.
Making people count
Underrepresented minority communities often view government with mistrust. The ECC is working with those communities to build trust in the U.S. Census.
September 16, 2020
Fresh fish finder
With many restaurants closed, the Fish Map offers a way for commercial fishing companies to sell their products directly to consumers.
Book takes honors
A book by UW Tacoma Assistant Professor Emily Thuma won the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Studies.
Being there
For many older Americans, the rhythms of every day have not just changed during the COVID-19 pandemic; they have stopped.
Golf legend dies
Edean Anderson Ihlanfeldt started the UW women’s golf team in 1974-75 and coached it for eight years.
Gentle giant
Rod Stanley, a Federal Way High School graduate who was a beloved member of the Husky football teams of the early 1970s, died in 2018.
Algae's many faces
To most of us, algae is the green squishy stuff that occasionally “blooms.” But a UW neuroscience doctoral student found that algae has a creative side.
September 11, 2020
No longer lost
Stephen Johnson, '99, scoured archives, the internet and a villa in Italy to discover the fate of a missing World War II pilot.
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.
Values and victories
Jennifer Cohen started working at the UW athletic department in 1998 and was promoted to athletic director in 2016.
Our lives, disrupted
We asked three UW experts—a historian, a leader in education and an expert in infectious disease—how we might use this time of challenge and change to plan for a better future.
September 8, 2020
Course correction
The UW has responded with leadership during the COVID-19 crisis. Now we must make the same commitment to addressing systemic racism and injustice.
August 23, 2020
Under Astra’s spell
A Latvian refugee from World War II, the colorful Astra Zarina had a vision to bring UW architecture students to Rome. Today, her students are making sure she is not forgotten.
August 21, 2020
Make fine art with a UW professor, from his kitchen to yours
The chair of UW’s Printmaking Program designed a popular new class during the pandemic, stamping out doubt about how effective remote learning can be.
August 14, 2020
The queen of the skies goes quiet
The majestic Boeing 747, designed by Joseph Sutter, ’43, will no longer be flying for one of the world's biggest airlines.
August 13, 2020
The historian of Seattle hip-hop
Daudi Abe, author of an upcoming book on Northwest rap, tells us what makes the local scene so special.
August 4, 2020
Stars in her eyes
Astronomer Emily Levesque’s new book shares the wonder of stargazing—and the adventures it’s taken her on.
July 7, 2020
Hard-hat Barbie
Ecologist Nalini Nadkarni, ’83, joined a project between National Geographic and Mattel to create a new line of Barbie dolls centered around science and exploration.
June 26, 2020
When takeout takes you across the world
As restaurants scrambled to serve their customers during quarantine, Archipelago innovated with a fresh take on a Filipino immigrant tradition.
Radical listening
Ralina Joseph, professor of communication and director of the UW Center for Communication, Difference, and Equity, is leading exercises in “radical listening."
June 24, 2020
Students step up
Students from across the university have volunteered to assist in a variety of support efforts.
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 11, 2020
Screen gems
Sheltering in place against the novel coronavirus prevented us from photographing our Teachers of the Year as we always do—in person. So we captured them the way students saw them during spring quarter.
June 10, 2020
Book Store stays essential
A quick trip through the University Book Store’s 120 years.
Stranger than fiction
A writer faces frustration with the release of her first work of fiction during a pandemic.
The Wright eye
Virginia Bloedel Wright, 1929-2020, brought the Broken Obelisk to the UW and funded countless shows at the Henry Art Gallery.
The ultimate puzzle
Doctoral student Emily Rabe loves puzzles. Now she's working on one with high stakes—one that could have a significant impact on our planet’s health.
On the trail with Craig Romano
Hiking book author Craig Romano, ’94, ’97, slowed down long enough to tell us about his passion for nature.
Seafood stories
In "Salmon Sisters," Emma Teal Laukitis, ’18, and Claire Neaton share stories from their father's fishing vessel and their clean, elegant approach to food.
June 4, 2020
Her work spans oceans
Jacqueline Padilla-Gamiño studies issues such as global environmental change, ocean acidification and microplastics in the ocean.
Stat keeper
Craig Heyamoto, ’75, ’78, has compiled stats for UW football and basketball since the 1970s. Today, he is in charge of the UW stats crew.
The joy of rereading
Like a good friendship, your relationship with a book can become richer as you get to know it better.
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.
Smallpox slayer's wisdom
William Foege, ’61, was instrumental in wiping smallpox off the face of the Earth. The lessons he learned in that fight offer wisdom as we face COVID-19.
May 15, 2020
Front and center
With compassion, innovation and empathy, public health leader Patty Hayes strives to make life better for all of us.
May 14, 2020
A lifetime of leadership
For his legacy of serving Washington’s community college system for more than four decades as well as his leadership at the University of Washington Alumni Association, Gary Oertli receives the UW Alumni Association’s 2020 Distinguished Service Award.
May 12, 2020
UW-trained lawyer takes on Republic of Turkey for violent attack on peaceful protestors
Josh Colangelo-Bryan filed a personal injury suit against the Republic of Turkey for its involvement in an attack on a peaceful protest in a Washington, D.C., park in 2017 that left 20 people with injuries.
Vision for indigenizing
Charlotte Coté, this year’s Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, offers her thoughts on weaving Native understanding into the fabric of the UW.
Justice arrives
Raquel Montoya-Lewis, '95, '96, is the second Native American to ever serve on any state’s supreme court.
May 8, 2020
Serving youth suits her
After deciding medicine wasn't for her, Yasmin Habib created a nonprofit program to serve refugee, immigrant and marginalized children.
May 4, 2020
Grant backs Indigenous vision
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation granted $1.8 million to the center to support students and research.
A brush with depth
Jake Prendez, ’00, knows what it's like to feel like an outsider. Now he offers fellow Latinx artists a place to showcase their work.
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 30, 2020
Bonjour, Paris
Meredith Clausen, an architectural historian, shares her Paris apartments with UW scholars.
March 24, 2020
Hummingbird man
What makes hummingbirds so fascinating? We asked UW expert Alejandro Rico-Guevara.
March 19, 2020
How UW’s startup culture nurtures a growing number of student businesses
UW’s startup culture nurtures a growing number of students, proving that an idea, some energy and valuable mentoring can bring business success.
March 17, 2020
‘Whenever you get, give back’
Jim McCurdy’s mantra spurred support of higher education.
From campus activist to city council
Varisha Khan becomes one of the first Muslim women to hold public office in Washington State.
March 13, 2020
A life study
A devastating fire makes painter Grace Flott struggle for control of her body—and her life.
A legacy of caring
For a life dedicated to students of color, the UW honors Emile Pitre with the 2020 Charles E. Odegaard Award.
March 10, 2020
Off and running
Darhian Mills didn't always love running, but she eventually ran the 400-meter hurdles faster than any woman in UW history.
After the ashes
Scientists knew Mount St. Helens would come back to life after the 1980 eruption, but as a new book shows, its resilience still blew them away.
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.
A serving of support
As CEO of FareStart, Angela Dunleavy Stowell gives people a path from poverty to success in the culinary world.
March 5, 2020
Wonder of Warashina
The Smithsonian honors Patti Warashina, ’62, ’64, whose humor and innovative perspectives on the human condition put a new face on ceramics.
January 9, 2020
Remembering Rocky Yeh
He was the ultimate party host, a self-described bon vivant and a Husky superfan.
December 27, 2019
Born in rhythm
We asked percussionist Paul Hansen, ’83, about his life on the drums. Here's what he had to say.
December 26, 2019
Inside the peace
No one else could have written "Surviving the Peace," a new book by Peter Lippman, ’95, after decades of grassroots connections to the people of the Balkans.
December 9, 2019
Human touch
Jill Higson ’86, gives people a chance to communicate through the written word.
December 4, 2019
Seeing himself in the science
Ecologist Christopher Schell believes that tapping into who he is as a person makes his research better.
December 3, 2019
Happy hints
Recommendations from social psychologist Tabitha Kirkland, whose research explores strategies that nurture our happiness.
December 1, 2019
A tern for the worse
Feeding the wrong food to chicks could spell disaster for several species of terns.
November 29, 2019
Serving up success
The Foster School's Consulting and Business Development Center boosts entrepreneurs from underserved communities.
November 24, 2019
Granters of wishes
Melissa Arias, ’97, and Trina Cottingham, ’96, are on local Make-A-Wish leadership team.
Building the bones
Chip Lydum, ’84, parlayed a journalism job into a prominent role in Husky athletics.
Roman revival
A special place in the hearts of many, the UW’s Rome Center is undergoing a needed restoration.
Becoming a Husky
The University of Washington's admissions process is vetted and values-driven to produce a talented, diverse student body.
Legacy of ‘No-No Boy’
Decades ago, he built a foundation for Asian American literature; now, a UW professor is still protecting an alumnus’s classic novel.
November 17, 2019
A story of triumph
A night with Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of Anne Frank.
October 31, 2019
The house at 5030
Nearly 40 years ago, 11 friends moved into a U District boarding house. The bonds they made are as strong as ever.
October 23, 2019
From war to law
An owner of three Bronze Stars, the Hon. Ronald E. Cox is UWAA’s 2019 Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award recipient.
October 22, 2019
Plea for the planet
Tenacity led Jim Anderson, ’66, the 2019 Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus, to help save the ozone; he's not about to give up.
September 23, 2019
What it’s like to have dinner with Seattle chef Melissa Miranda
An intimate conversation with the chef behind Beacon Hill's most anticipated new restaurant.
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.
September 3, 2019
The third annual Latinx Pride in Seattle
Founded by a UW alum, the celebration focuses on diverse faces in the LGBTQ community.
September 2, 2019
Jordan Nicholson takes off
How the self-proclaimed lover of life followed his passions to become an accomplished photographer, artist and man about town.
When Dad ran for president
In 1972 and 1976, Sen. Henry “Scoop” Jackson was a candidate for the highest office in the land. I was along for the ride.
Arms to table
Northwest ingredients meet Filipino-influenced cuisine at Archipelago, a Seattle restaurant that has earned rave reviews.
Ahead of the herd
Kasia Omilian wants to become the first woman general manager in the National Football League.
Saving time
Benefits to daylight saving time? Let me shine some light on the ways it makes life better.
June 13, 2019
Q Center turns 15
The Q Center continues to evolve and grow. It now serves 500 visitors per month.
June 4, 2019
At bat for Mom
Former Husky outfielder Braden Bishop's charity event raised $50,000 for Alzheimer’s research.
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
The Great American Barrier
An encounter between a black social worker and Kirkland police raises questions as old as America.
Frazer Cook named UWAA Golden Graduates Distinguished Alumnus
Frazer Cook and the Husky Marching Band worked in harmony for 57 years.
James LoGerfo Sr. named 2019 UW Distinguished Retiree
LoGerfo Sr., ’72, has used his time in retirement to expand his training of health-care workers around the world.
May 22, 2019
John N. “Jack” Lein (1926-2019)
Thanks in part to people like Jack Lein, ’55, UW Medicine created a first-of-its-kind program to educate physicians in rural areas.
May 14, 2019
The many dimensions of Marvin Oliver
Oliver is the recipient of the 2019 Odegaard Award.
April 20, 2019
The ways we see
Professor Stephanie Fryberg draws on her own life to build support for Indigenous children
