distinguished teaching awards
June 6, 2024
Best of the best
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.
May 29, 2023
Teachers of the year
From inspiration to impact, this year’s Distinguished Teaching Award recipients mentor and nurture students from all disciplines.
June 21, 2021
Professors nonpareil
One year into remote learning, these seven distinguished scholars kept class as fresh and relevant as ever. Find a seat and meet your 2021 Distinguished Teachers of the Year.
June 11, 2020
Screen gems
Sheltering in place against the novel coronavirus prevented us from photographing our Teachers of the Year as we always do—in person. So we captured them the way students saw them during spring quarter.
June 3, 2019
House Party
We partied like students with the winners of the 2019 Distinguished Teaching Awards.
June 4, 2018
Best lesson ever
What if your class schedule put you in a room with all of this year's best teachers?
June 1, 2012
Top teachers
The 2012 recipients of this University of Washington’s prestigious teaching awards may be from fields ranging from social work to surgery, but one thing they have in common is their ability to inspire students.
June 1, 2011
2011's top teachers
The seven recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Award and the one recipient of the Marsha L. Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award cover the spectrum of subject matter.
June 1, 2010
Top-notch teachers
The seven recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Award and one recipient of the Marsha L. Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award share the ability to inspire students to incredible heights.
September 1, 2008
Teachers of the year, 2008
The seven winners of the UW’s Distinguished Teaching Award talk about what happens in their celebrated classrooms.
June 1, 2008
UW honors
The University will honor 25 individuals this year as part of the annual UW awards program.
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.
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.
June 1, 2005
Top Dawgs
More than 175 faculty have been given a UW Distinguished Teaching Award since 1970, and this year seven more from Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma join their ranks. In addition, the UW salutes 12 other professors, graduate students and staff members for their public service and teaching excellence.
June 1, 2004
Class of distinction
Since 1970, the University of Washington has honored its best teachers for striving to bring knowledge to the next generation.
June 1, 2003
Gallery of distinction
Since 1970, the University of Washington has honored its best teachers for striving to bring knowledge to the next generation. This year the UW has given its Distinguished Teaching Award to seven faculty on three campuses. In addition, the UW is honoring TAs, public servants and staff.
June 1, 2002
Top of their class
For more than four decades, the University of Washington has honored its best professors for bringing knowledge to new generations. This year the tradition continues as the UW bestows upon seven faculty its Distinguished Teaching Award.
June 1, 2000
Top teachers of '00
The UW is honoring its best teachers, staff members and volunteers in an expanded awards program for 2000.
June 1, 1999
Top teachers of ‘99
The University of Washington is honoring its best teachers, staff members and volunteers in an expanded awards program for 1999.
June 1, 1998
Best of 1998
The UW is honoring the best teachers, staff members and volunteers in an expanded awards program for 1998.
June 1, 1997
UW honors the best of 1997
The UW honors the best teachers, TAs and public servants of the year.
June 1, 1996
UW honors the best of 1996
Every year faculty, students and alumni meet to decide who are the top UW teachers, public servants and volunteers, and this year they came up with a remarkable list.
September 1, 1995
25 years of Distinguished Teaching Award winners
On the silver anniversary of the Distinguished Teaching Awards, we are taking a look at what all our "Oscar-winners" are doing today.
June 1, 1995
Best of 1995
Faculty, students and alumni met to decide whom to add to the list of top UW teachers, public servants and volunteers.
Honoring top teachers
When a group of faculty, students and alumni met in 1970 to award the first UW Distinguished Teaching Awards, they planted a seed that has grown into a mighty tree of learning.
June 1, 1994
The best of 1994
Faculty, students and alumni met to decide who are the best teachers, public servants and volunteers of the year.
June 1, 1993
The best of 1993
Each year, the University searches for top teachers and public servants to honor for their exceptional efforts.
June 1, 1992
9 for 1992
Faculty and students have come up with a list of nine exceptional people who have dedicated themselves to the University's teaching and public service missions.
June 1, 1991
The best of 1991
Traditionally, June is the month when the UW and its alumni association announce the winners of the annual teaching and public service awards.
June 1, 1990
Best of 1990
Awards honor 10 people who have contributed greatly to the UW’'s teaching and public service missions.