People
June 10, 2020
Seafood stories
In "Salmon Sisters," Emma Teal Laukitis, ’18, and Claire Neaton share stories from their father's fishing vessel and their clean, elegant approach to food.
June 4, 2020
Her work spans oceans
Jacqueline Padilla-Gamiño studies issues such as global environmental change, ocean acidification and microplastics in the ocean.
Stat keeper
Craig Heyamoto, ’75, ’78, has compiled stats for UW football and basketball since the 1970s. Today, he is in charge of the UW stats crew.
The joy of rereading
Like a good friendship, your relationship with a book can become richer as you get to know it better.
Ahead of the curve
Fast, accurate COVID-19 testing quickly went into effect here, thanks to the heroic efforts of UW Medicine faculty and staff.
Smallpox slayer's wisdom
William Foege, ’61, was instrumental in wiping smallpox off the face of the Earth. The lessons he learned in that fight offer wisdom as we face COVID-19.
May 15, 2020
Front and center
With compassion, innovation and empathy, public health leader Patty Hayes strives to make life better for all of us.
May 14, 2020
A lifetime of leadership
For his legacy of serving Washington’s community college system for more than four decades as well as his leadership at the University of Washington Alumni Association, Gary Oertli receives the UW Alumni Association’s 2020 Distinguished Service Award.
May 12, 2020
Taking on Turkey
Josh Colangelo-Bryan filed a personal injury suit against the Republic of Turkey for its involvement in an attack on a peaceful protest in a Washington, D.C., park in 2017 that left 20 people with injuries.
Vision for indigenizing
Charlotte Coté, this year’s Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, offers her thoughts on weaving Native understanding into the fabric of the UW.
Justice arrives
Raquel Montoya-Lewis, '95, '96, is the second Native American to ever serve on any state’s supreme court.
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.
May 4, 2020
Grant backs Indigenous vision
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation granted $1.8 million to the center to support students and research.
A brush with depth
Jake Prendez, ’00, knows what it's like to feel like an outsider. Now he offers fellow Latinx artists a place to showcase their work.
April 14, 2020
Out of print
Pike Place Market's last newsstand goes out of print as UW alumnus closes shop.
April 2, 2020
Impact personified
Alum and former UW regent Jim Ellis was driven to serve the public good.
March 30, 2020
Bonjour, Paris
Meredith Clausen, an architectural historian, shares her Paris apartments with UW scholars.
March 24, 2020
Hummingbird man
What makes hummingbirds so fascinating? We asked UW expert Alejandro Rico-Guevara.
March 19, 2020
How UW’s startup culture nurtures a growing number of student businesses
UW’s startup culture nurtures a growing number of students, proving that an idea, some energy and valuable mentoring can bring business success.