Community
September 21, 2020
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 11, 2020
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.
June 10, 2020
Book Store stays essential
A quick trip through the University Book Store’s 120 years.
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.
November 24, 2019
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.
June 4, 2019
Fossil flosser
Some might find the work of dusting and dabbing sand away from a fossil tedious, but Jean Primozich still marvels at it.
March 1, 2019
New life for historic hotel
Tidbits of local history are scattered throughout the guest rooms of the Graduate hotel, formerly Hotel Deca.
August 30, 2018
Voice of the Dawgs
Tony Castricone has a passion for sports and a song in his heart.
June 2, 2018
Character: Anne-Lise Nilsen
Anne-Lise Nilsen has known the next Husky mascot since he was 9 days old.
September 1, 2016
Character: Dave Torrell
Dave Torrell is the founding curator of the Husky Fever Hall of Fame, which opened in 2002. There are 500 pieces of memorabilia celebrating 21 sports, plus 200 Husky Hall of Fame inductees.
June 1, 2016
Character: Sara Griggs
“I cry tears of joy every year. UW Commencement is considered to be one of the largest and most prominent ceremonies in the country.”
March 1, 2016
Character: Eric Wahl
Meet the man who finds new homes for the UW's unwanted and obsolete items.
September 1, 2015
True to self
As Terra Hoy and others in the UW community know, changing genders is fraught with challenges -- emotional, physical and societal.
June 1, 2015
Character: Mary Larson
The Harborview nurse barters her portraits to help the homeless in Seattle.
September 1, 2013
On Dubs' mind
Getting a little snout time with DUBS, the UW’s 13th live mascot, an Alaskan Malamute.
June 1, 2012
Culture and cleanup
Decades of industrial and urban waste have badly contaminated South Seattle’s Duwamish waterway, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will determine the long-awaited, final cleanup plan of this Superfund site later this year.