• Robinson Center for Young Scholars
    Genius School

    ABC Nightline News | 4.15.09
    Inside UAA’s Robinson Center, providing an innovative education for some of the world’s most brilliant kids. (video)

    Snohomish student enters UW Academy this fall

    HeraldNet | 6.25.08
    Profile of Alexander Neale, 15, Snohomish student entering the UW through the Robinson Center’s Academy of Young Scholars.

    Robinson Center alum wins $1.4 million playing poker

    Seattle PI | 9.25.08

    On the fast track

    The Daily | 04/21/08
    It’s your first day at the UW. You clumsily move all your things into the dorms with the help of Mom and Dad and feel like you’ll never get to know anyone. After the tears and hugs, you sit and wait for your unknown roommate, wishing you were back in high school.

    Honors student Jeff Eaton awarded Marshall Scholarship

    UW News | 12/06/07
    Jeffrey Eaton, a senior at the UW, has been selected as a Marshall scholar, one of the highest awards available to college graduates in the U.S. He and fellow UW student Graham Griffiths were finalists in the competition, which awards full scholarships for graduate study in England to about 40 American students annually.

    UW renews its search for Washington's brightest fifth- through eighth-graders

    University Week | 10/23/07
    The annual statewide hunt for Washington’s most talented fifth-through eighth-grade students is on again by the University of Washington.

    UW prodigy takes his gifts to the limit

    Seattle Times | 08/24/07
    When you hear he bypassed high school to enter the University of Washington at 14, that he was named top scholar in a freshman class of 4,255 and that he’s just received another prestigious fellowship, it’s tempting to think: This stuff must come easy to him.

    Prestigious fellowship is just whiz kid's latest honor

    Seattle PI | 08/23/07
    Every once in awhile, Professor Jim Morrow teased his University of Washington math students by tossing out a truly advanced concept. The college kids were interested, yet most realized they wouldn’t be ready to tackle it for a few years. Except Nate Bottman.

    3 degrees aren't enough for 16-year-old UW grad

    The Seattle Times | 0618/07
    Andrew Hsu has not yet been on a date or taken his driving test. But he does have three degrees — in neurobiology, biochemistry and chemistry.

    Robinson Center and Honors students receive Presidents' Medals

    The Daily | 03/02/07
    This afternoon, three UW students will receive extra appreciation for outstanding performance during their time here at the UW.

    Students who attend college at early age rate experience positive, enduring

    University Week | 01/18/07
    Students who entered college when they were 12 to 14 years old don’t fit the stereotype of unhappy "nerds" who are humorless, isolated misfits, according to a new study.

    Three women put UW in the league of ivy

    P-I REPORTER | 05.24.06
    "Three University of Washington seniors will pursue such ambitions when they move to the United Kingdom this fall as recipients of top university honors — the Rhodes, Gates Cambridge and Marshall scholarships, respectively…"

    3 UW success stories land 3 world-class scholarships

    SEATTLE TIMES | 05.19.06
    "Three seniors with unusual ambitions and talents who together have landed their school a rare honor…"

    UW honored nearly 700 local students for outstanding abilities

    UNIVERSITY WEEK | 04.04.06
    Robinson Center for Young Scholars honors fifth-eighth grade students for academic achievement discovered through the Washington Search for Young Scholars…

    UW’s youngest students

    THE DAILY | 02.08.06
    Skipping four years of high school may not appeal to some teens, but to 16 young students it was an offer that could not be refused …

    An aptitude for excellence

    THE DAILY | 02.08.06
    Eliana Hechter never attended her senior prom. She never went to her high school’s homecoming game, and never sat through a high school English exam. Instead, she opted to go to the UW at the age of 14 — but her accomplishments don’t stop there …

    UW seeks Washington state's brightest fifth- to eighth-graders

    UWEEK | Thursday, October 14, 2004
    Once again the UW is looking for the best and brightest fifth- through eighth-grade students throughout Washington. The UW’s Halbert & Nancy Robinson Center for Young Scholars is conducting the Washington Search for Young Scholars (WSYS) to …

    Setting the Standard: Drama and Young Scholars Units Honored for Teaching Excellence

    COLUMNS: Briefings | June 2003
    In recognition of their excellence in undergraduate education, the UW School of Drama and the UW Transition School/Early Entrance Program at the Robinson Center for the Young Scholars share the 2003 Brotman Awards for Instructional Excellence. See also: UWEEK’s Best & Brightest 2003