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June 2024 issue
Susie Tennant, champion of Seattle’s music scene, dies at 61
Susie Tennant was beloved for discovering and promoting bands such as Nirvana, Sonic Youth and Beck.
June 2024 issue
Ceramic artist Patti Warashina receives UW Alumni Association Golden Graduate Award
The UW Alumni Association proudly presents Patti Warashina with the 2024 Golden Graduate Award.
June 2024 issue
University Book Store’s Louise Little receives UW Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award
Louise Little is the 2024 recipient of the UW Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award in honor of her decades of service to the UW community.
June 2024 issue
Dr. Shauna Elbers Carlisle receives UW Distinguished Teaching Legacy Award for her classroom and community work
The UW recognizes Shauna Elbers Carlisle for her outstanding work in and out of the classroom.
June 2024 issue
Sharon Thayer receives UW-UWRA Distinguished Retiree Award for volunteerism with Comfort Care Quilts
Sharon Thayer's quilting started as a retirement hobby. Five hundred quilts later, it's become much more.
June 2024 issue
Renowned photographer Art Wolfe receives UW’s Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus award
The UW and UW Alumni Association present Art Wolfe, '75, with the Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus, the highest honor bestowed upon a UW graduate.
June 2024 issue
Olympic runner Don Kardong envisioned a race for Spokane—and ran with it
Olympic runner Don Kardong started the Bloomsday Run in Spokane in 1977. Since then, it has blossomed.
June 2024 issue
Bobbi Campbell, advocate for people with AIDS, awakened the nation to the AIDS epidemic
Bobbi Campbell, who attended the UW in the 1970s, put a face to the AIDS epidemic.
June 2024 issue
Melatonin shouldn’t be parents’ first option in sleep aids for children
A pediatrician weighs in on the recent spike in melatonin use for kids who can't sleep.
June 2024 issue
Anu Taranath: Traveling gives us a framework for connecting with others
Anu Taranath, author and teaching professor in the departments of English and Comparative History of Ideas, shares an eye-opening experience from her recent travels.
June 2024 issue
Student housing at the UW is still growing, just like it was a century ago
Student housing is—and always has been—a hot topic for UW students and leaders. Smart solutions are in the works.
June 2024 issue
Linda Edgar is the first UW dental school graduate to head the American Dental Association
Linda Edgar, who applied to the UW School of Dentistry after 15 years as a school teacher, is now the president of the American Dental Association.
June 2024 issue
Whiting Tennis, visual and musical artist, describes his creative process
Whiting Tennis talks about his creative process, his latest exhibitions and his future projects.
June 2024 issue
From heads of iceberg to climate justice, inside the crunchy world of the UW’s Lettuce Eating Club
Introducing the crunchiest registered student organization you've ever heard of.
June 2024 issue
‘LOVERULES’ by Hank Willis Thomas unveils cultural reflections at Henry Art Gallery
The Henry Art Gallery's current exhibition covers 20 years of Hank Willis Thomas’s work and is drawn from the collection of the Jordan D. Schnitzer Family Foundation.
June 2024 issue
Farewell to four of the UW’s founding activists
The University of Washington honors Eddie Walker, Eddie Demmings, E.J. Brisker and Lee Leavy, trailblazing activists who recently died.
June 2024 issue
Legendary music magazine The Rocket landed in Seattle just in time to chronicle the grunge phenomenon
The Rocket landed in Seattle on October 1, 1979. In the years to come, it would nurture some of the most iconic Northwest music acts to ever exist.
June 2024 issue
Nocona Abrams returned to the Yakima Valley to improve mental health care for her community
Every time she returned to her home in White Swan, Nocona Abrams missed her community. So she decided to stay and make it even better.
June 2024 issue
Field biologists travel to remote ecosystem of Tetiaroa to study and preserve biodiversity
UW field biologists flock to Tetiaroa, a bird lover's dream.
June 2024 issue
Meet the 2024 Teaching Award recipients
They are voracious learners who instruct and inspire their students and have an impact that lasts a lifetime. Meet this year’s recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Award and Excellence in Teaching Awards.
