The initiative launched in 2024 as a way to give students and faculty the skills to have constructive dialogue, practice meaningful discourse, and be aware of misinformation and disinformation.
Category: Features
Typically longer in length and relevancy than content in the news category. Features content is more likely to be republished over time.
From doing research to becoming a researcher
For senior Kate DiNucci, research has been critical for her growth as a student, a scientist and a person. We sat down with DiNucci to hear more about how research shaped her UW undergraduate experience and prepared her for what might come next.
Celebrate fall with our favorite photos of campus
We asked our digital media producer to pull his favorite fall photos to remind us what we have to look forward. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did.
GOAL! Students in summer research cohort score new skills through World Cup studies
Many of the 19 students in this year’s Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities came into the program as soccer fans. But they left as researchers with new skills and a broader outlook on the world around them.
What does soccer have to do with research? Find out at the 2026 summer symposium
On Friday, Aug. 21, 19 students who took part in the Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities will present their projects at the annual SIAH Symposium where they’ll share how the World Cup left a lasting impact on Seattle, its residents and its visitors.
A CELE Center alum’s mission to space
As part of the Artemis II mission, CELE alum Liana Wu helped send astronauts around the moon and back.
Four UW undergrads receive Fulbright scholarships for teaching, researching and studying abroad
Four UW undergraduates received the 2026-2027 scholarships, joining three UW graduate students and about 2,000 students and recent graduates from across the country in receiving this year’s awards.
Annual spring CELEbration bridges civic health, community engagement and leadership for students
Hundreds of students, faculty and community members gathered at the annual Spring CELEbration to learn about how students’ work in community engagement, leadership and activism affected their academic experience and impacted the broader community.
AI, library checkouts, biodiversity and music: A glimpse at 2026 Research Symposium presenters
With more than 1,700 presentations across more than 220 majors, this year’s Symposium was the largest in the event’s 29 years.
Symposium 2026: Forgotten instruments
The idea for Juan Posada Abal’s research project came from a trip to the basement of the School of Music. There, he saw the more than 400 instruments that the Ethnomusicology Instrument Collection had amassed over the years.