September 19, 2019
Is it who or whom? Affect or effect? Mignon Fogarty, '90, became internet famous for answering such questions.
September 3, 2019
Founded by a UW alum, the celebration focuses on diverse faces in the LGBTQ community.
September 2, 2019
How the self-proclaimed lover of life followed his passions to become an accomplished photographer, artist and man about town.
In 1972 and 1976, Sen. Henry “Scoop” Jackson was a candidate for the highest office in the land. I was along for the ride.
Northwest ingredients meet Filipino-influenced cuisine at Archipelago, a Seattle restaurant that has earned rave reviews.
Kasia Omilian wants to become the first woman general manager in the National Football League.
Benefits to daylight saving time? Let me shine some light on the ways it makes life better.
June 13, 2019
The Q Center continues to evolve and grow. It now serves 500 visitors per month.
June 4, 2019
Former Husky outfielder Braden Bishop's charity event raised $50,000 for Alzheimer’s research.
Melanie Jackson, a 1993 All-American soccer player at the UW, is now a senior editor and writer with ESPNW.
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
An encounter between a black social worker and Kirkland police raises questions as old as America.
Frazer Cook and the Husky Marching Band worked in harmony for 57 years.
LoGerfo Sr., ’72, has used his time in retirement to expand his training of health-care workers around the world.
May 22, 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
Oliver is the recipient of the 2019 Odegaard Award.
April 20, 2019
Professor Stephanie Fryberg draws on her own life to build support for Indigenous children
March 12, 2019
Renee Erickson, ’95, is short-listed for Outstanding Chef at 2019 James Beard Awards.
March 7, 2019
Billy Price, ’02, made his mark as an inventor of innovative footwear.
March 5, 2019
Greg Olson, film curator at the Seattle Art Museum, has been lurking in the shadows of the city's cinema scene for decades.
March 1, 2019
House Speaker Frank Chopp has spent his life helping underserved members of the Evergreen State.
Tearjerkers and epic female-driven novels have earned Kristin Hannah, '83, an international following.
A longtime leader of a family company, he went out of his way to connect with customers, employees and community members.
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.
Tidbits of local history are scattered throughout the guest rooms of the Graduate hotel, formerly Hotel Deca.
February 27, 2019
A new World War II Memorial honors approximately 3,800 men and women who answered the call of duty.
The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame honors Janet Kavandi, who went from dreamer to astronaut to NASA leader.
January 22, 2019
From John F. Kennedy to Janis Joplin, the former UW sociology major and Daily shooter has a knack for making his subjects feel at ease.
Two things mattered most to Barbara Bailey: reading and serving the community.
December 7, 2018
‘The Father of Multicultural Education’ is retiring after 50 years.
December 1, 2018
John R. Pettit, ’73, was UW’s first risk manager and a longtime senior administrator responsible for police, personnel, publications and purchasing. He was predeceased by his wife Connie J. Miller, ’73, ’79, also a longtime UW senior administrator in student housing.
Donald J. Covey, ’53, was a dedicated business and community leader who served as president and CEO of UNICO Properties.
Richard Haag was the only person to receive two Presidential Awards for Design Excellence from the American Society of Landscape Architects.
Robert Stevick's research into early Irish and English manuscripts advanced the understanding of arts and literature more than a millennium old.
Over the last half century, some of the greatest poets have come to the UW to perform their works.
To recognize Ton Foley and Alan Sugiyama for their drive to make life better, two roadways were named in their honor.
November 30, 2018
The FreshJess founder developed her voice and built a following for her blog, which is going strong after 10 years.
Michael Callahan rowed for UW from 1992-96, competed in the ’04 Olympics and has coached the men’s crew team since 2007.
We explore the legacy of Microsoft’s late co-founder by photographing items from one of his museums.
October 26, 2018
For her legacy of service that continues to this day in a volunteer capacity, the University of Washington presented Patti Taylor the 2018 Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award.
October 4, 2018
Remembering scholar, civic leader and former dean Hubert Locke.
Nonconformist and social media star Kevin Ninh shares his story of self-discovery.
August 6, 2018
For 40 years, a group of Seattle-area women has helped UW students strive to be the best in science and engineering.
June 22, 2018
Dennis Edmondson, ’80, ’13, invented the studs inside the Nanoengineering & Sciences Building.
June 20, 2018
Not many financial advisors make it onto the Forbe’s list of America’s Top Wealth Advisors. But Foster School of Business and UW Law School graduate Stephen Hollomon did.
June 6, 2018
This spring, 20 dawgs teamed up to build a UW-themed tiny house to shelter the homeless.
June 5, 2018
All four of the 2017-18 UW student body presidents were people of color, and each of them saw race, equity and social justice as central to their position.
Five students stood out in this year’s Three-Minute Thesis competition, an annual event sponsored by the Graduate School.
The UW's first Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award honoree was a success in business after his Navy tour.
She teamed with her husband to make her mark at the UW through generosity and service.
June 4, 2018
What if your class schedule put you in a room with all of this year's best teachers?
Junior Coffey went from the NFL to training racehorses. He's been one of the most successful trainers at Emerald Downs.
Ingrid Walker wants to change the way media and government frame our perceptions about illicit drugs, and the people who use them.
A trumpet player in the Husky Marching Band during the late ’80s, she gave acting a try before becoming a sports radio journalist for ESPN 710.
June 2, 2018
Anne-Lise Nilsen has known the next Husky mascot since he was 9 days old.
With core values formed by his Chehalis upbringing, Orin Smith went on to become a business leader who knew how to treat people right.
May 24, 2018
The painter behind our June 2018 cover is a UW master's student.
April 5, 2018
Outside of the classroom, UW engineering students solve problems around the world.
Jazz drummer Adam "Von" Baron, '97, is headed to Japan to tour his latest albums.
March 14, 2018
We talk with Ambassador Allan P. Mustard, ’78, America's top diplomat in Turkmenistan.
March 13, 2018
Pat Miller Evans, ’51, came from a family with strong Seattle and UW roots.
The founder of the UW Division of Genetics in 1957 lived a life of twists and turns.
March 6, 2018
Stefan Savage, ’02, earned a MacArthur "genius" grant for his work on cyber security.
March 4, 2018
A founding member of UW's Black Student Union, Emile Pitre has spent 50 years building solutions from the inside out.
Psychology professor Anthony Greenwald developed the Implicit Association Test, a rapid-fire survey that reveals the biases that lurk inside us.
March 3, 2018
Best-selling feminist author Claire Dederer, ’93, on growing up grunge, creating a literary canon for the Northwest, and bad men who create great art.
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.
March 1, 2018
In post-Vietnam America, when political activity on college campuses caused rising tensions, Donald Matthews used his passion for politics to ease conflict and create a lasting legacy. The political science professor died Nov. 3.
February 26, 2018
Under the leadership of David Mitchell, Bremerton's Olympic College grew into one of America's best two-year institutions.
February 14, 2018
Jackson Rohrbaugh, ’09, is the newly minted master sommelier at Canlis, one of Seattle's premier fine-dining spots.
January 11, 2018
After 30 years with the Seattle Police Department, Noreen Skagen, ’52, became the first woman U.S. Marshal of Western Washington.
January 9, 2018
Fueled by an appetite for social justice, Jeffrey Lew, ’06, set out to end the stigma of school lunch debt.
December 15, 2017
Life lessons from newspaper publisher Assunta Ng, ’74, ’76, ’79.
December 14, 2017
The best volleyball player in UW history, Krista Vansant, '15, had her jersey retired.
December 7, 2017
A UW-trained engineer quit his job to shake up the burgeoning world of electric bikes.
The first Northwest history textbook written since 1989 isn't a boring list of facts—it's a compilation of riveting, high-stakes stories.
November 30, 2017
An undiagnosed traumatic brain injury rocked her life. By thinking positive, Shanda Taylor Boyd, '94, took back control.
November 15, 2017
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is changing the faces—and future—of conservation.
November 9, 2017
Karyl Winn preserved the stories of some of our region’s most important figures.
October 19, 2017
Arely Morales, '17, took inspiration from Latino artists and a poet in developing her style.
September 27, 2017
Screenwriter Temple Mathews teams up with his daughter to produce a romantic comedy for all ages.
September 20, 2017
A 1962 grad reflects on her family's history at the UW.
September 13, 2017
Society’s focus on STEM careers has contributed to a precipitous drop in liberal arts majors. It could be a problem.