People

May 8, 2025

An outspoken approach

UW Tacoma professor Carolyn West, a leading authority on relationship violence, is savvy about discussing domestic violence in her media appearances.


May 5, 2025

Hall of a guy

Dave Torrell's volunteer duties have included running a museum, acting as Don James and collecting one-of-a-kind memorabilia.


May 2, 2025

Husky fever

David Torrell of Husky Fever Hall of Fame legend shares some of his fondest memories at the UW.


April 30, 2025

Lettuce [eaters] rejoice

UW Lettuce Eating Club’s 2025 competition was entertaining, stomach-filling, and inspiring all at once for an organization that takes climate justice very seriously.


April 22, 2025

Pamela Mitchell

Golden grad

Pamela Mitchell, who taught at the UW for half a century, earned the 2025 Golden Graduate Distinguished Alumna Award for her contributions to the UW and her innovative work in patient care.


March 25, 2025

Getting toasted

Jaafar Altameemi and Murat Akyüz created TOASTED. Bagels & Coffee as a home away from home.


March 19, 2025

A woman in a striped shirt and protective gear steadies a piece of wood in a workshop

Giving trees

UW Facilities' Salvage Wood Program provides new homes for felled trees on campus. A new grant creates even greater possibilities for students.


March 18, 2025

No kissing!

Smooching on the UW campus was outlawed back in 1929 when then-UW President Matthew Lyle Spencer saw the display of affection as an affront to the morals of the time.


David Bonderman, 1942–2024

David Bonderman’s all-expenses-paid travel fellowships enable UW students to broaden their cultural horizons.


March 17, 2025

A woman in a brown corduroy jacket smiles on the steps of Suzzallo Library

Nurturing the whole child

Researchers at the UW Center for Child & Family Well-Being create practical tools to improve mental health for parents, caregivers and young people.


A woman in a polka dot blouse and black cardigan folds her arms while chatting with a student in a baggy blue sweatshirt.

Hard science, soft skills

A new endowed faculty fellowship at UW Bothell empowers astrophysics professor Joey Shapiro Key to make STEM topics more appealing and accessible.


Spring media

Books and podcasts to brighten your spring. Because reading is what? Fundamental.


March 12, 2025

A collage of photographs from the year 1900, featuring six white men, two women, one Black man and one Japanese man.

UW Law turns 125

Hugh Spitzer, a retired law professor from the UW School of Law, reflects on 125 years of the law school's commitment to diversity.


March 11, 2025

Dr. Robert Jones smiles and crosses his arms in an office next to Tricia Serio who folds her hands and looks on

The next top Dawg

Dr. Robert Jones is "beyond excited" to join the UW as the 34th president in the school's 164-year history.


Illustration of a doctor wearing a mask and studying diseases

Facing down COVID-19

The UW's contributions to testing, vaccinations and research have been groundbreaking over the past five years.


Colorful line drawing of people climbing steps to reach a large W

The power of public universities

While some Americans have lost confidence in higher education, Provost Tricia Serio believes a Husky education is accessible and valuable.


Line drawing of a woman with shoulder length brown hair examining a harbor seal featuring a bucket of fish.

Aquarist extraordinaire

Now a supervisor of birds and mammals with the Seattle Aquarium, Aubrey Theiss took an unconventional path to her dream career.


March 7, 2025

Jean Smart smiles at a bar with three SAG awards digitally added in her hands

Running out of room

Jean Smart won her third Screen Actors Guild award, adding to an already impressive pile of trophies.


March 6, 2025

A man and woman smile in front of a bookshelf in their home

The life eclectic

Two "deep nerds" turned an old grocery building into a home where creativity, fandom and intellectual curiosity collide.


March 5, 2025

A woman in a beige sweater and red scarf stands confidently at the seaside

United vision

A new relationship between UW Medicine and Fred Hutch creates the UW’s nationally renowned adult cancer program.