Alumni

October 26, 2018

A life in service

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.


August 30, 2018

Basketball Jones

From Compton to MontIake to Rome, Bobby Jones is Iiving the dream.


‘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 Forbes' 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 4, 2018

Running man

Junior Coffey went from the NFL to training racehorses. He's been one of the most successful trainers at Emerald Downs.


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.


May 24, 2018

Meet the artist: Miha Sarani

The painter behind our June 2018 cover is a UW master's student.


April 6, 2018

The year everything changed

Robert Merry, '68, reflects on his graduating class.


April 5, 2018

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.


New point of view

Lisa Zurk, ’95, will be the first woman to lead the Applied Physics Laboratory.


March 6, 2018

Cyber safe

Stefan Savage, ’02, earned a MacArthur "genius" grant for his work on cyber security.


March 3, 2018

claire dederer

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.


Family of philanthropy

The Seeley family follows its passion for science by giving to the UW.


OMA&D at 50: The people behind the movement

Student activism in 1968 led the UW to create one of the nation’s first offices of minority affairs. Here’s their story. And their outlook for the future.


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