People
September 16, 2020
Golf legend dies
Edean Anderson Ihlanfeldt started the UW women’s golf team in 1974-75 and coached it for eight years.
Gentle giant
Rod Stanley, a Federal Way High School graduate who was a beloved member of the Husky football teams of the early 1970s, died in 2018.
Algae's many faces
To most of us, algae is the green squishy stuff that occasionally “blooms.” But a UW neuroscience doctoral student found that algae has a creative side.
September 11, 2020
No longer lost
Stephen Johnson, '99, scoured archives, the internet and a villa in Italy to discover the fate of a missing World War II pilot.
Beauty by all accounts
To experience the true beauty of the University of Washington’s Seattle campus, look no further than the photographs of Loyd Heath.
Values and victories
Jennifer Cohen started working at the UW athletic department in 1998 and was promoted to athletic director in 2016.
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.
August 23, 2020
Under Astra’s spell
A Latvian refugee from World War II, the colorful Astra Zarina had a vision to bring UW architecture students to Rome. Today, her students are making sure she is not forgotten.
August 21, 2020
Make fine art with a UW professor, from his kitchen to yours
The chair of UW’s Printmaking Program designed a popular new class during the pandemic, stamping out doubt about how effective remote learning can be.
August 14, 2020
The queen of the skies goes quiet
The majestic Boeing 747, designed by Joseph Sutter, ’43, will no longer be flying for one of the world's biggest airlines.
August 13, 2020
The historian of Seattle hip-hop
Daudi Abe, author of an upcoming book on Northwest rap, tells us what makes the local scene so special.
August 4, 2020
Stars in her eyes
Astronomer Emily Levesque’s new book shares the wonder of stargazing—and the adventures it’s taken her on.
July 7, 2020
Hard-hat Barbie
Ecologist Nalini Nadkarni, ’83, joined a project between National Geographic and Mattel to create a new line of Barbie dolls centered around science and exploration.
June 26, 2020
When takeout takes you across the world
As restaurants scrambled to serve their customers during quarantine, Archipelago innovated with a fresh take on a Filipino immigrant tradition.
Radical listening
Ralina Joseph, professor of communication and director of the UW Center for Communication, Difference, and Equity, is leading exercises in “radical listening."
June 24, 2020
Students step up
Students from across the university have volunteered to assist in a variety of support efforts.
June 20, 2020
New reality for students
A graduating student reflects on the coronavirus outbreak that disrupted the last half of her senior year.
June 14, 2020
Impact from afar
The UW faculty are impactful even when they find themselves having to venture into uncomfortable territory. They “flatten the curve” while still producing and disseminating knowledge.