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November 26, 2024

A taste of the UW

An internship program gives high school students an idea of what it looks like to attend the UW, especially if they don't have family experience to lean on.


November 14, 2024

Catching up

This fall, Viewpoint reaches 20 years of telling stories about people who make a difference. Catch up with those alumni and see how they've changed the world.


November 8, 2024

Big sister leads the way

Asha Warsame saw a lack of resources for immigrant and first-generation students in Seattle. Now equipped with her Ph.D., she's out to solve that problem.


November 1, 2024

MAP Scholars

UW's Multicultural Alumni Partnership awards scholarships to five promising students.


October 28, 2024

Distinguished veteran

The highly decorated veteran, surgeon and professor considers the DAVA among his greatest achievements.


October 22, 2024

Building better forests

Dr. Susan J. Prichard is a research scientist with a passion for forest ecology. She tells us about her work with wildfires.


September 18, 2024

Turning the tide

A UW mentorship program created in partnership with Black in Marine Science and The Nature Conservancy expands access to marine biology for underrepresented communities.


Bridging the gap

Thanks to support from the Costco Scholarship Fund, Carlos Estrada Alamo, '11, was able to pursue a dream career in healthcare.


September 13, 2024

The comeback kid

Eason Yang, a designer and social innovator, is creating ways for cancer survivors to overcome bias and get back to work.


Novel approach

With new support of private equity, CoMotion is helping a UW professor's quest to diagnose Alzheimer's earlier.


Making history

Historians and activists who studied at the UW made HistoryLink.org into a community resource that has proven successful and popular over its 25 years.


September 12, 2024

In tune with babies

UW researchers note that music enhances the neural response to speech in infants. They also discover that families are not talking or singing directly to their children as much as they thought.


Care for all

UW Medicine opens a new center for behavioral health care and for training the next generation of mental health professionals.


September 11, 2024

Learning from disaster

Along with Oregon State, Virginia Tech and the University of Florida, researchers from the UW are studying natural disaster data to better respond to these hazards.


Small town, big dreams

UW's Livable City Year program worked with the city of Snohomish to support their economic development. Next up: Granite Falls and Mukilteo.


September 9, 2024

Leading (and feeding) her community

Claire Sumadiwirya serves coffee and connections with Bellden Ventures, a social enterprise.


July 24, 2024

Tech for all, all for tech

Emily Lago Anderson is bridging the tech gap by empowering tomorrow's STEM leaders.


June 10, 2024

Educational opportunities for all

Meet Emily Yim, a trailblazer in education who is shaping futures and bridging gaps in access and exposure.


June 7, 2024

Sketches: Dana Robertson-Halter

Dana Robertson-Halter tells us about her seal encounter last summer near Decatur Island.


June 6, 2024

Remote learning

UW field biologists flock to Tetiaroa, a bird lover's dream.


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