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#HuskyExperience

Pit Stop

Meet UW Formula Motorsports, the student group behind the wheel — and build — of an award-winning race car.

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#UWinnovates

From Classroom to
Cutting-Edge

Meet UW undergrad Samir Faruq, who’s getting hands-on research experience at the Institute for Protein Design to prepare for a career in medicine.

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#UWinnovates

Smart Attack

UW physician-scientist Jake Sunshine wants your watch to save your life. See how he’s making it happen.

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#UWinnovates

How old are you really?

The UW-created Health Octo Tool measures biological age, offering a more accurate picture of aging and a guide for living longer and healthier lives.

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Be Boundless

News & events

Portrait of Shubham Bansal
Honors and Awards

Undergrad named the UW’s 38th Rhodes Scholar

Shubham Bansal, ’26, has been selected for one of the most prestigious academic awards for U.S. students. Bansal, majoring in neuroscience, is one of only 32 students nationwide to receive the award.

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Portrait of Tim Lehman
Be the First

Building for community

Meet the double Dawg who’s also Seattle’s first Indigenous planning strategist, and the first to hold that role in any major American city.

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Three researchers working on whiteboard. It reads Type 1 Diabetes and other formulas.
Engineering

Detecting diabetes earlier

Identifying the chronic health condition early can make a critical difference in long-term health. UW Engineering researchers are rethinking how we detect and predict diabetes, bringing new tools closer to everyday life.

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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.