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‘FISH IS A LIVELIHOOD’

Working with tribal partners, UW grad student George Darkwah and team created a satellite-based tool to protect the salmon runs crucial to Washington state’s Native communities, ecosystem and economy.

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Power builder

From the UW’s Evans School of Public Policy & Governance to national racial-justice leadership, Marc Philpart is helping build a new future through the Black Freedom Fund.

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Life Goals

He was a soccer-loving kid from Wapato, Washington — and now Luis Carmona, ’17, ’22, works with the Seattle Sounders’ and Seattle Reign’s RAVE Foundation to give kids better access to play.

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From 'science fiction' to science reality

Better treatments for cancer and beyond are on the horizon thanks to the philanthropy-powered, AI-enabled work of the UW Institute for Protein Design.

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News & events

Portrait of Dr. Estell Williams
Black History Month

Mentorship in medicine

Meet Dr. Estell Williams, ’13, an emergency surgeon, community builder, dedicated mentor and the UW’s 2026 honoree for Black History Month.

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Dr. Douglas Wood is dressed in scrubs and holds an x ray of lungs to his chest.
University Faculty Lecture

A breath of fresh air: The science and policy saving lives from America’s deadliest cancer

Lung cancer kills nearly 125,000 Americans each year — more than breast, colon and prostate cancers combined. But Dr. Douglas Wood is changing that. Join the UW surgery professor and chair on Feb. 5 for a discussion about his work increasing access to early detection and creating more cancer survivors.

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Portrait of Provost Tricia Serio
Campus Events

Watch the Provost’s Town Hall on Feb. 12

Join UW Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Tricia Serio as she discusses the state of the University from an academic perspective and the singular role that public research universities — and the UW in particular — play in our society.

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Fast Facts

Rankings

The UW is ranked as a top 10 value public college by the Princeton Review 2025.

Honors & awards

8 uw faculty have won the nobel prize