People
‘Yes, I am a boy’
Nonconformist and social media star Kevin Ninh shares his story of self-discovery.
August 6, 2018
Shooting for the stars
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
The Innovation File: A study in persistence
Dennis Edmondson, ’80, ’13, invented the studs inside the Nanoengineering & Sciences Building.
June 20, 2018
Top of the game
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
The (tiny) Dawg House
This spring, 20 dawgs teamed up to build a UW-themed tiny house to shelter the homeless.
June 5, 2018
Leading roles
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.
Three-minute thesis
Five students stood out in this year’s Three-Minute Thesis competition, an annual event sponsored by the Graduate School.
Herb Bridge, 1925-2018
The UW's first Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award honoree was a success in business after his Navy tour.
Dorothy Simpson, 1924-2018
She teamed with her husband to make her mark at the UW through generosity and service.
June 4, 2018
Best lesson ever
What if your class schedule put you in a room with all of this year's best teachers?
Running man
Junior Coffey went from the NFL to training racehorses. He's been one of the most successful trainers at Emerald Downs.
Rethinking drugs
Ingrid Walker wants to change the way media and government frame our perceptions about illicit drugs, and the people who use them.
Give Me 5: Shannon Drayer
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
Character: Anne-Lise Nilsen
Anne-Lise Nilsen has known the next Husky mascot since he was 9 days old.
Mr. Smith’s journey
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
Meet the artist: Miha Sarani
The painter behind our June 2018 cover is a UW master's student.
April 5, 2018
International problem solvers
Outside of the classroom, UW engineering students solve problems around the world.
Jamming through Japan
Jazz drummer Adam "Von" Baron, '97, is headed to Japan to tour his latest albums.
March 14, 2018
Our man in Turkmenistan
We talk with Ambassador Allan P. Mustard, ’78, America's top diplomat in Turkmenistan.
March 13, 2018
92 years of purple and gold
Pat Miller Evans, ’51, came from a family with strong Seattle and UW roots.
Arno Motulsky (1923-2018)
The founder of the UW Division of Genetics in 1957 lived a life of twists and turns.
March 6, 2018
Cyber safe
Stefan Savage, ’02, earned a MacArthur "genius" grant for his work on cyber security.
March 4, 2018
Keeper of the flame
A founding member of UW's Black Student Union, Emile Pitre has spent 50 years building solutions from the inside out.
The man who made us look
Psychology professor Anthony Greenwald developed the Implicit Association Test, a rapid-fire survey that reveals the biases that lurk inside us.
March 3, 2018
Perfectly Claire
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.
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.
March 1, 2018
Donald Matthews, 1925-2007
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
Nurturing higher education
Under the leadership of David Mitchell, Bremerton's Olympic College grew into one of America's best two-year institutions.
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 11, 2018
Woman in blue
After 30 years with the Seattle Police Department, Noreen Skagen, ’52, became the first woman U.S. Marshal of Western Washington.
January 9, 2018
The lunch guy
Fueled by an appetite for social justice, Jeffrey Lew, ’06, set out to end the stigma of school lunch debt.
December 15, 2017
Community conscience
Life lessons from newspaper publisher Assunta Ng, ’74, ’76, ’79.
December 14, 2017
No more number 16
The best volleyball player in UW history, Krista Vansant, '15, had her jersey retired.
December 7, 2017
A bike with a boost
A UW-trained engineer quit his job to shake up the burgeoning world of electric bikes.
New Northwest
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
Thinking positive
An undiagnosed traumatic brain injury rocked her life. By thinking positive, Shanda Taylor Boyd, '94, took back control.
November 15, 2017
Students of nature
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is changing the faces—and future—of conservation.
November 9, 2017
A guardian of history
Karyl Winn preserved the stories of some of our region’s most important figures.
October 19, 2017
Painting labor
Arely Morales, '17, took inspiration from Latino artists and a poet in developing her style.
September 27, 2017
Family fare
Screenwriter Temple Mathews teams up with his daughter to produce a romantic comedy for all ages.
September 20, 2017
Five generations of Huskies
A 1962 grad reflects on her family's history at the UW.
September 13, 2017
Humanities anyone?
Society’s focus on STEM careers has contributed to a precipitous drop in liberal arts majors. It could be a problem.
September 12, 2017
Give Me 5: Staying on the track
Five questions with Anita Campbell, the former Husky running star who came back to UW to coach.
Scions of Spokane
Ted and Jeremy McGregor operate one of the best alternative weekly papers in the nation.
Putting people above profits
To many, he was a “famous entrepreneur” and “beloved boss.” To those closer to him, he was a mentor, role model and dear friend.
September 7, 2017
Birdman
“We’re in the ideal spot for owls,” says Paul Bannick, a wildlife photographer who climbs trees and hikes tundra to capture images of the nocturnal predator.
August 31, 2017
The Cole role model
The UW proudly presents Bill Cole with the inaugural Distinguished Teaching Legacy Award.
August 18, 2017
Audobon honors
Heather Roskelley, ’83, made a magical image of a notoriously elusive bird.
Bill Hardwick (1944–2017)
The ’67 grad "put his heart and soul" into carrying on his family's legacy in the U District.
'We came here to contribute'
As an undocumented immigrant, he dreaded going to the dentist. Now he goes the extra mile to put his patients at ease.
July 26, 2017
Romance under wraps
Theodore R. Anderson Jr. (1937-2017) met his wife when they both were applying for positions at Ski Patrol.
June 19, 2017
Campus groomer
"I would have laughed hysterically if you told me 20 years ago I’d be doing this."
June 15, 2017
A champion for higher ed
Rep. Helen Sommers protected funding and expanded opportunities.
June 13, 2017
A conscious connection
Denise Attwood, '88, helped raise $130,000 for relief efforts after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal.
June 12, 2017
The Mountaineers
In a time before trails, UW climbers found a way to trek the Pacific Northwest.
A youthful voice
At 26, State Rep. Melanie Stambaugh is the youngest member of the Washington Legislature.
Flowers of power
Laura Dowling, ’81, ’91, served as the Chief Floral Designer in the Obama White House.
May 30, 2017
Plum gets picked first
Kelsey Plum, '17, is the first UW player to be picked first in a professional basketball draft.
May 29, 2017
Man of the city
In his five decades of public service, Norman Rice has helped build a community we are all proud of.
May 23, 2017
World of difference
From mentoring students to training allies, faculty of color can measure their success in many ways.
May 10, 2017
A life of Joy
Joy Plein received this year's UW-UWRA Distinguished Retiree
Excellence in Community Service Award.
May 1, 2017
Golden Grad
It's almost like Gary Ausman, ’63, ’74, has never left campus. Because he hasn't.
Memorials: March 2017 Issue
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Two giants, one legacy
Willis Konick and Al Sugiyama committed their lives to education and social justice.
Esther M. Wilkins (1916-2016)
The founder of the School of Dentistry’s dental hygiene program, known as the godmother of modern dental hygiene, died Dec. 12 in Boston.
Young alum takes on role of parent after mother passes away
Overnight, 25-year-old Jenya Dokukina, '14, became the parent of her 11-year-old sister.
Libretti librarian
Emily Bolton Cabaniss, ’14, is the librarian for the Seattle Opera, one of only three opera companies in the entire U.S. to have their own librarian.
Indomitable spirit
Remembering Richard Cooley, a chairman of Wells Fargo who taught in the Foster School of Business.
Marching band man
Remembering Bert Pound, ’37, who played for the "boys in the boat" and did one-armed push-ups at UW football games.
A one-inch autograph
A high school essay by Bruce Lee is one of the earliest examples of his handwriting.
February 26, 2017
Jacob Lawrence at 100
From his debut in the New York art scene in the 1930s, Jacob Lawrence explored the everyday conditions of the African American working class.
January 30, 2017
An elementary effort
Thanks to teachers like Kert Lin, ’07, ’11, Lakeridge Elementary is a 2016 state School of Distinction.
January 4, 2017
Winifred Savery (1922-2015)
During World War II, Winnie Savery worked at Boeing, overseeing electrical systems for warplanes. When the war ended, she decided to pursue her lifelong passion: architecture.