Colleen McElroy, 1935-2023, was the first Black woman promoted to full professor at the UW

February 27, 2024

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Colleen McElroy, 1935-2023

Colleen McElroy, 1935-2024, was the first Black woman to be promoted to a full professorship at the UW.

February 24, 2024

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Living laboratory

Each year, some 1,200 to 1,500 Huskies find their way to the UW Farm through classes, service-learning programs, research projects and clubs.

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Clean energy urgency

The UW’s Clean Energy Institute is speeding the development of next-generation technology and supporting the experts who will create it.

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Serious horsing around

Students from the big city saddle up for fun on the UW Equestrian Team.

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Nancy Bell Evans, 1933-2024

Nancy Bell Evans was an inspiration to UW students as well as one of the University’s biggest supporters.

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Reaching and teaching

Teacher Pamela Savagaonkar saw a gap in STEM education for kids and started a venture in Snoqualmie Valley.

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Raves for novelist

E.J. Koh’s debut novel affirms her place among powerful American storytellers.

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Clean-energy Republican

Heather Reams advocates for clean energy and discusses climate change from a Republican perspective.

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Civic and civil

Husky Civic Saturdays bring people together to explore moral questions that concern all of us.

February 23, 2024

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Mix masters

At the Concrete Materials Lab, UW students are testing ways to bring concrete into a sustainable future.

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Art in action

UW Senior Artist-in-Residence Anida Yoeu Ali opens a solo show at Seattle Asian Art Museum.

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Studying modern slavery

Professor Anita Ramasastry is part of a global commission investigating the rise of forced labor.

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Swan song

Brad McDavid, the longest-serving band director in UW history, is calling it a career.

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Dazzling display

Artist Raúl de Nieves blends mystical symbols and Mexican craft in a Henry Art Gallery exhibition.

Collage of images featuring David Plunkert smiling, a green grassy field, a seascape, and a grid of animals and plants, including a bear, a goose, a bee and a tree.

The nature of nature

It’s no surprise that the federal government turned to the UW to head up an assessment of America's lands, waters and wildlife.

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Beware the hollow horse

Words of caution from 2,000 years ago are relevant today as our country experiences an alarming escalation in efforts to censor books.

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Always identity forward

Margaret Cho brings her socially and personally aware comedy to UW Graduate School's Public Lecture Series.

February 7, 2024

Beauty after chaos

The Wing Luke Museum unveils a new mural across Canton Alley after the museum's windows and doors were vandalized in an alleged hate crime in September.

January 27, 2024

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City Hall's top dawg

Bruce Harrell, ’81, ’84, talks about football, family and Seattle's transformation in an exclusive Q&A.

January 25, 2024

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Out of the box

Pastry chef Lauren Tran, who bakes up desserts with Southeast Asian flavors, tells us how she got her start.

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