What leadership looks like
Diversity Equity & Inclusion
As the UW’s Brotherhood Initiative grows — and now welcomes a counterpart Sisterhood Initiative — students of color like senior Noah Stanigar continue to soar.
Learning the business
Business
Nicole Bryant, ’21, is getting a real-world business education and helping a women-owned startup — thanks to the Foster School’s Consulting and Business Development Center.
Outstanding scholars
Scholarship
As the first Presidential Scholarship recipients finish their time at the UW, they share favorite moments and future plans.
Speeding up the science
Philanthropy
Johanna Trueblood, a semiprofessional cyclist, lost her life to an uncommon form of cancer. Now, through her parents’ philanthropy, there’s new hope for patients and their families.
Bringing health care home
Danyelle Thomas, ’07, became a doctor to help improve the health outcomes of underserved communities — starting with her own.
Filling the gaps
Community
Low-income veterans are getting life-changing dental care and more, thanks to Everyone for Veterans — a nonprofit founded by UW assistant clinical professor Theresa Cheng.
Setting the pace
Athletics
Last year, standout high school athlete Hallie Jensen had never rowed - but now she's training on the UW's Division I crew team, thanks to the Hometown Huskies program.
Caring for every child
Diversity Equity & Inclusion
The Sunderlands were changed forever by the UW's groundbreaking support for children with autism. Now they want to help other families access the same opportunities.
Fostering brotherhood abroad
Diversity Equity & Inclusion
Study abroad can be life-changing, but it can also seem largely inaccessible to young men of color. The UW Brotherhood Initiative is working to open the door.
Learning from the ground up
Education
At the College of the Environment’s geology field camp, students hit the dirt for lessons you can’t find in a textbook.
Brewing success
Business
With support from the Foster School’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship, four co-founders are turning a UW classroom project into a budding beverage company.
The heart of research
Academics
For help with her senior thesis on Korean dramas, Kristy Kwon reached out to the UW’s East Asia Library. What she found there opened up her world.
A commitment to community
Community
Thanks to our Be Boundless campaign sponsors, the UW is strengthening its efforts to serve others and create opportunities across the state.
Where will meets way
Business
For Yakima-born Yesenia Velasquez, the Young Executives of Color program at the Foster School of Business has opened the door to a promising future she never knew existed.
On the research track
Scholarship
Jennifer Smith, ’16, had been a high school dropout. Now, with the help of scholarships, the mother of three is combining her interests in history and horses with a passion for research.
Taking on childhood trauma
Research
With a scholarship-supported internship, Victoria Chambers broadened her understanding of how trauma affects children — and how she could help.
Creating a cleaner cookstove
Environment
Thanks to a grant from the Department of Energy and strong community partnerships, Ph.D. student Garrett Allawatt is helping engineer a cleaner cookstove for developing countries.
Brewing up apps
Technology
In a city where coffee and technology are king, iSchool graduate Stephen Ramirez, ’15, has found his niche as a developer at Starbucks — with help from the Husky Promise.
Teaming up for philanthropy
Philanthropy
A third-generation Husky, Michael Kneip is living his childhood dream to be a Husky football player, while working hard to establish a legacy of giving.
Advocating for hope
Community
Thanks to scholarship support, Dashni Amin was able to draw inspiration from her parents’ sacrifices — and prepare herself for a future of helping others.
Giving thanks
Healthcare
The gifts that Greta Sedlock, ’77, and her late husband Tom, ’70, ’74, made to the University of Washington support innovators, including one who saved Greta’s son’s life.
Art of light
Arts
With support from a family whose Husky roots go back 100 years, Julia Chamberlain is forging brave new worlds in glass and light.
A community of support
Community
As a student in the UW School of Dentistry’s RIDE program, Renelle Conner is working to bring a world of good to the Yakama Nation community, one smile at a time.
Building bridges
Student Experience
From a small Washington town to one of the world’s largest cities, Caleb Huffman is on a quest to connect with others — and expand his own perspective in the process.