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#HuskyExperience

Bridging the gap

The Costco Diversity Scholarship helped make a UW education possible — and sparked Carlos Estrada Alamo’s multidisciplinary medical career, built on boundless curiosity.

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#HuskyExperience

A  statistician
weighs  in  on  AI

Working at the intersection of statistics and computing, UW Professor Zaid Harchaoui explores what artificial intelligence models do well, where they fall short, and why.

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#UWinnovates

Decoding the
universe

UW astronomy undergrads are using cutting-edge coding skills to help scientists make the most of discoveries from a revolutionary new telescope.

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#HuskyExperience

Turning the tide

Chris Mantegna, ’21, is studying how pollutants affect shellfish in our food web — and training a new generation of marine scientists.

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Be Boundless

News & Events

UW football player in black uniform. The words Black Out are written on the right side.
Husky Football

Dawgs close out home season against UCLA

Friday’s home finale is a Black Out as the Huskies will be wearing their black alternate uniforms. Washington will be honoring veterans with Salute to Service, as well as celebrating Senior Day. UW has won 19 consecutive home games, the longest home win streak in modern school history.

Gameday Central

Honors and Awards

UW honors distinguished alumni veteran

Dr. Dana Covey — a doctor and teacher who serves his nation, his profession and his patients — is this year’s recipient of the UW’s Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award for his dedication to medicine and the Navy.

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Service members hold flags
Campus Events

Veterans Appreciation Week

Join the University of Washington as we host our annual Veterans Appreciation programs — a cross-campus collaboration of units that work with and serve veterans across all three campuses.

Events Schedule

Fast Facts

Honors & Awards

8 uw faculty have won the nobel prize

Undergrad research

8000+ undergraduate students participate in at least one quarter of research.

Rankings

The UW was named the most innovative public university in the world by Reuters in 2019.