campus
December 14, 2023
UW on the big screen
The UW has graced the silver screen with a few cameos. Have you seen any of these movies?
August 28, 2023
Welcome to campus
UW President Ana Mari Cauce provides an update on the University and its surrounding community.
November 19, 2021
Indigenous walking tour
A walking tour of the UW campus highlights sites that are relevant to the Native American experience.
September 4, 2021
Welcome back
In-person classes and a new U District await students returning to campus this fall.
March 9, 2021
Sign of the times
A campus road has been renamed sluʔwiɫ, a word in the Lushootseed language that loosely translates to “Little Canoe Channel.”
December 11, 2020
Sign of the times
A campus road has been renamed sluʔwiɫ, a word in the Lushootseed language that loosely translates to “Little Canoe Channel.”
December 9, 2019
Building pays tribute
The Hans Rosling Center for Population Health is a key part of the University’s public health mission.
September 1, 2016
An open invitation
Here we present six alumni who show us the different ways they keep connected, whether they graduated 40 years ago or just this spring.
March 1, 2016
Editot's Eye: Grateful
Each name on the UW's World War II memorial tells a story of sacrifice.
December 1, 2015
Editor's Eye: Montlake memories
The parking lot known as E-1 holds a lot of memories in its pavement.
September 1, 2014
Architecture at 100
The UW’s internationally-known architecture department enters its second century with bold designs on the future.
March 1, 2012
Magic in our midst
The University of Washington is a place that nourishes us with its stunning, gorgeous physical space as well as the mind-expanding challenges we get in the classroom.
Wild art
Columns magazine is proud to present this photo essay by Art Wolfe, ’75, one of the premier wildlife and nature photographers of our time.
June 1, 2009
A fair to remember
One hundred years ago this summer, a young University of Washington campus hosted the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), a world’s fair showcasing the best of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
March 1, 2008
UW looking north
As the Washington State Legislature works its way toward a March 12 adjournment, the UW is waiting for decisions on two major issues: the fate of public financing for Husky Stadium and the location of a new UW North Sound campus.
December 1, 2006
Tall order
Beating out several other real estate interests, the UW announced that it successfully negotiated the purchase of the Safeco property in the University District.
June 1, 2006
Combined forces
The UW's newest research faciIity brings together two of the 21st century's leading scientific fields in a setting that will spark fresh discoveries.
March 1, 2005
Mystery mansion
Once upon a time, the UW president lived right on the campus grounds. The president’s house sat at the end of what would become the University’s quadrangle, the site of today’s Music Building.
September 1, 2003
Slippery elm
The Washington Elm started from a cutting from a majestic tree in Cambridge, Mass., under which Gen. George Washington took command of the Continental Army on July 3, 1775.
Up and coming
Four new buildings open this fall to meet the UW's 21st century teaching, research and public service missions.
June 1, 2003
Gates gift for genomics
The University of Washington announced April 24 the largest gift in its 142-year history — $70 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to ensure construction of research space for the Department of Genome Sciences and to strengthen programs in global health.
March 1, 2003
Our crumbling campus
They may look good from the outside, but many campus buildings are slowly crumbling away. Will the state rescue its most valuable piece of property?
March 1, 2002
Inspiring sights
Asked if they had ever been inspired by a campus view or the quality of a campus space, 96.5 percent of the faculty answered “Yes.”
A place apart
Ten places—some famous, some obscure—that make the University of Washington one of the most beautiful—and best-loved—campuses in the nation.
September 1, 2001
Microsoft gift
In a major departure from its normal giving practices, Microsoft Corp. has made a $7.2 million contribution to a new home for the University of Washington’s nationally ranked Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
June 1, 2001
New home for Law
Construction will start in August for the $75 million William H. Gates Hall, the new home of the UW School of Law, to be built on the site of a parking lot south of the Burke Museum.
June 1, 2000
Saving Suzzallo
Fences are beginning to block access to the University's premier landmark, Suzzallo Library, as its older wings undergo a 20-month renovation and seismic upgrade.
High-tech hall
Inside the shell of a 1928 structure sits the University's first true 21st century building.
March 1, 2000
Busy road ahead
The region is going to be hit with three of the messiest, biggest-impact projects ever—and all at about the same time.
June 1, 1999
Standing up for bricks
A student protest in the 1960s prevented the UW administration from tearing up the Quad's brick pathways and replacing them with blacktop.
September 1, 1995
Montlake centennial
How fate, vision and some shameless boosters transformed logged-over land into a beloved campus.
December 1, 1994
George stands tall
For 18 years of humiliation at the University of Washington, the Father of Our Country had his feet in the mud.
September 1, 1994
Southwest campus plan
The Seattle City Council voted to approve the University's master plan for its Southwest Campus—completing a five-year process.
Timeless formulae
In the ever-changing world of physics and astronomy, the UW took a bit of a risk to inscribe 30 formulae and diagrams on the side of a building.
Shrine for science
A landmark building ties high-tech science to traditional architecture, forging a link to the southwest campus.
June 1, 1993
New-look SW Campus
Development of the University's Southwest Campus moved a step closer to reality when the Board of Regents approved a plan that would meet academic requirements and preserve some of the working waterfront on Portage Bay.