awards
June 3, 2019
A joyful privilege
Connie Kravas, who retires from the UW this summer, is one of the most vocal and successful advocates for higher education for all of Washington.
October 26, 2018
A life in service
For her legacy of service that continues to this day in a volunteer capacity, the University of Washington presented Patti Taylor the 2018 Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award.
August 29, 2018
Career puppeteer
If these puppets could talk, they would describe Aurora Valentinetti as the UW's beloved puppeteer.
December 1, 2017
A veteran’s quest
Ray Emory, the 2017 Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award recipient, has worked for decades to identify the remains of those lost at Pearl Harbor.
September 1, 2012
Highest honors
Two alumni were among 13 people receiving the highest honor given to an American civilian—the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
March 1, 2012
Slick job
Two UW alums who helped devise a better way to ameliorate oil spills were part of a team that won a $1 million prize for its ingenuity.
At the apex
Architect Steven Holl, ’71, was awarded the highest honor in his field—the American Institute of Architects 2012 Gold Medal.
December 1, 2011
Futuristic fellow
Shwetak Patel, a UW assistant professor in computer science & engineering and electrical engineering for the past three years, has been honored as one of this year’s MacArthur Fellows.
June 1, 2008
UW honors
The University will honor 25 individuals this year as part of the annual UW awards program.
December 1, 2007
Pulitzer winner
David Anderson, ’86, never expected to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism—especially as a history major with every intention of getting a law degree.
3 ‘Geniuses’
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation named three members of the UW community recipients of its famous "genius" awards Sept. 24.
Buerk honored
For his tireless volunteer efforts, Artie Buerk received the Gates Volunteer Service Award at the Sixth Annual Recognition Gala on Sept. 7.
September 1, 2007
Genetics prize winner
According to the Gruber Foundation, the human genome would have been “an impossible jigsaw puzzle” without the work of UW Medicine and Genome Sciences Professor Maynard Olson.
June 1, 2007
Extra credit
A great university has great teachers. This year, the UW honors seven instructors from three campuses who have touched the lives of thousands.
March 1, 2007
Top teacher
The state Teacher of the Year award is a landmark in a short but illustrious career. Andrea Peterson, 33, has been teaching for 10 years, most of those at Monte Cristo Elementary School in Granite Falls.
December 1, 2006
Legacy of giving
Moments after Ellsworth C. “Buster” and Nancy D. Alvord received the Gates Volunteer Service Award at the Fifth Annual Recognition Gala Sept. 8, the couple made a surprise announcement. They will help create a Center of Excellence for Neuro-oncology at the University by establishing with their family six new endowed faculty chairs.
June 1, 2006
Magnificent 7
A great university has great teachers. This year, the UW honors seven instructors from three campuses who have touched the lives of thousands.
March 1, 2006
Peabody winner
On May 17, 2004, Mathew Shaw and his wife, Juleen, were wide-awake at 5 a.m., and they were nervous. The Peabody Awards would be announced that morning.
December 1, 2005
'Quiet leaders'
Two of the University’s “quiet leaders”—Anne Gittinger, ’55, and Wayne Gittinger, ’55, ’57—took an unaccustomed moment in the spotlight Sept. 9 when they were honored with the 2005 Gates Volunteer Service Award.
September 1, 2005
Trophies pile up
We call our awards section “Milestones,” but there is always a problem with that page, even though readers don’t know it. There isn’t enough room to list all the awards—or even to give many details on the achievements listed.