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December 26, 2025

Wooden cabinets on pallets in a wooded area

Sting operation

UW alumna Annie Reading approached an unlikely collaborator for her honeybee apiary.


December 24, 2025

Bobby Jones speaks into a microphone on a sunny day

From Seattle to Compton

Former Husky basketball star and NBA player Bobby Jones is a big hit in Compton and beyond with his community-oriented organizations.


December 23, 2025

A woman wears a homemade bag in front of a flower bush

Made with love

Jenna Okazaki created Kauʻi’s Studio with sustainability in mind.


December 19, 2025

Football game at Husky stadium on a cloudy day

December sports fast facts

We're bringing you a few December Husky sports briefs from both on and off the field.


December 18, 2025

Rachael Lincoln helps a dance student adjust a harness

Dancing on air

Students in a UW dance class take flight in the studio using vertical dance techniques.


Colleen Melody in a courtroom, smiling

UW in the Supreme Court

Civil rights lawyer and double dawg Colleen Melody brings her "brilliant legal mind" to the state's highest court.


December 12, 2025

Winter decorations and lighting

Winter media round-up

These new releases from UW alumni and faculty can help you end your year—or start the new one—with Husky spirit.


December 10, 2025

Husky gift ideas

These gift ideas come pre-wrapped in UW magic.


December 7, 2025

Tireless advocate

A fierce advocate for women and children in the Spokane community, Mari Clack was also a devoted UW alumna.


December 6, 2025

Whiskey and wiretaps

Privacy lawyer Albert Gidari turns detective to flesh out the story of Seattle’s most famous bootlegging couple, Roy and Elise Olmstead.


Caring for an aging America

Recent nursing graduate Antonia Ca brings her whole self to her career.


Pack to the future

Did you know the first JanSport backpack was called the "University Bookstore Rucksack"? Learn more about JanSport's UW origins.


Ever vigilant

Installing more seismic stations allows information to reach more communities affected by earthquakes, says UW professor Harold Tobin.


December 5, 2025

Backwoods dreamer

Patrick Hutchison went from the UW to Argentina to the Cascades, where he bought and restored a primitive cabin, inspiring a best-selling book.


Leisure is not a luxury

What if time for leisure isn’t the reward for a good life—but the foundation of one?


From Montlake to Vietnam

Many Husky football players we cheered for in the 1960s went off to fight in the Vietnam War. It’s time we paid tribute to them.


December 4, 2025

Pigeon: Lost at sea

This is the story of Pigeon, the seaglider that lost its way but found home with the help of a family on a sailing trip.


Secrets of the deep

Coll Thrush brings a fresh lens to shipwrecks, connecting colonial ambition and Indigenous presence.


December 3, 2025

A big net gain

Former Husky star Krista Vansant Hendrickson joins the UW women’s volleyball coaching staff.


50 years of fighting cancer

Founded in 1975 and named to honor a brother, the Fred Hutch Cancer Center became a world-class biomedical research and clinical care institution.


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