The Daily | 10/22/09
Honors Program teacher Taso Lagos writes this guest column on study abroad. Study abroad used to be exotic; only the rich, the elite or the globally minded used to travel overseas for college credit. Now, it’s a regular feature of college life. All those pictures of your friends in exotic locations on Facebook didn’t just happen by accident.

The Daily | 10/7/09
Honors student Jill Colleymore is in her final year as an outside hitter for Huskies volleyball. A double-major in honors psychology and honors digital arts, Collymore somehow finds time to accomplish various activities amid her extremely busy schedule. With Collymore’s curious mind, college was a perfect place to expand on her passions.

University Week | 8/6/09
Honors student Michael Yamamoto designed a sundial this spring in an honors seminar course with Astronomy Professor Woodruff "Woody" Sullivan called Special Topics: Sundials and Timekeeping. The sundial helps those waiting for the bus know if the bus has come or not.

The Daily | 7/7/09
Story about Seattle’s all-ages music scene highlights the Vera Project, started by Mary Gates Scholars James Keblas and Shannon Stewart. Honors student and musician April Nishimura quoted.

The Daily | 6.3.09
A mentoring program called Husky Mentors will be making its debut during the 2009-2010 school year to be a resource to help alleviate some of this stress. It is the brainchild of ASUW Vice President-elect and Madeleine McKenna and Dawg Daze volunteer coordinator Tim Harris, both of whom have worked overtime with university officials since winter quarter to make the program a reality. McKenna and Harris are both Honors students.

Seattle P-I | 3.12.09
Sol Hashemi and Jason Hirata’s two-man show, "Please Stand By; Stand By Me," at Punch Gallery is a quietly smart exhibit. The two-part title is apt. "Please stand by" is an old-fashioned phrase used to apologize for technical difficulties, while "Stand by Me" is a 1986 film about friendship among teen boys.
Hashemi and Hirata are students in the UW Honors Program.

University Week | 2.12.09
Undergraduate Honors student Sam Sudar is the most recent UW student selected for the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship.

The Daily News Online | 2.26.09
Gates Cambridge Scholar Sam Sudar is featured in his hometown paper.

Seattle P-I | 12.4.08
Honors student Jill Colleymore, a junior double major in psychology and digital arts, also plays on the UW volleyball team. She is an accomplished pianist and writes poetry in her spare time.

University Week | 9.25.08

University Week | 05/22/08
After the magnitude-7.9 earthquake in southwest China on May 12, UW students, staff and faculty members got some education they hadn’t planned on. Sichuan University students attending the UW got some education they hadn’t planned on, either.

The Daily | 05/20/08
A small group of University of Washington undergraduates studying at Sichuan University are in the process of founding their own organization to help earthquake victims in Sichuan province, China.

University Week | 05/20/08
A bus stocked with food, water, tents and other things that victims of the May 12 earthquake in southwestern China might use to reassemble their lives.

The Seattle Times | 05/20/08
University of Washington student Ni Jiang is contacting media, trying to get word out about efforts to help victims of China’s earthquake, including a vigil tonight at the UW.

Seattle PI | 05/09/08
Sam Lim collects scholarships like some students amass parking tickets.

The Daily | 04/14/08
The famous Mexican “grito,” or cry of independence, could be heard coming from senior Tara Olson last Friday. Dressed in a traditional studded “charro” costume, a black suit with gold stitching, Olson blended right in to the band El Mariachi Quito Sol.

University Week | 03/06/08
What We Know and How We Know it; Teaching What We Know and Serving Others with What We Know — a three-term sequence in Undergraduate Honors, taught by Frances McCue, writer in residence in the Undergraduate Honors Program and part-time lecturer in the College of Education.

The Daily | 01/10/2008
Many students dream of the opportunity to study at a major university overseas. Because of various reasons many do not get the opportunity.

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.

University Week | 09/27/07
Kiera Clarke, who earned a B.A. in Italian and minor in international studies at the UW in June, has received a scholarship worth as much as $300,000 for graduate studies.

Seattle PI | 08/26/07
In its usual meeting room, the University of Washington men’s basketball team launched into a heated debate. Not about the game. About Socrates. Honors Director Jim Clauss and his trip to Greece with the men’s basketball team.

University Week | 08/16/07
When the Husky men’s basketball team heads to Greece Aug. 27 for a series of exhibition games, they’ll be traveling with Socrates. That’s because in their off-court time, they’ll take part in a classics class that focuses on the man who is often called the father of western philosophy.

Seattle PI | 07/25/07
Raised just outside Portland, 24-year-old Kayanna Warren has seen a lot of growth. The Pacific Northwest’s population has risen by about 4 million during this University of Washington alum’s life. Many new houses and businesses have been constructed right before her eyes.

Northwest Asian Weekly | 06/16/07

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.

Seattle PI | 05/30/07
Class of 2007, welcome to the real world. It may not turn out to be what you expect. Honors alumna Rula Green Gladden is featured.

University Week | 05/16/07
Minh-An Nguyen, 21, majoring in biochemistry and chemistry, has been named a President’s Medalist — the outstanding four-year student in this year’s senior class on the basis of her overall academic record, including grades.

University Week | 05/16/07
Elise Saba, who will be receiving a bachelor’s degree in English, has been awarded a President’s Medal for scholarship as a transfer student — an award given to a student who entered the UW with at least 60 transfer credits from a Washington community college.

University Week | 05/10/07
For the people in a new performance at the UW, disrobing is more than taking off clothes. And though there won’t be any actual nudity in the show, there will be an exploration of the fears and blurred boundaries of young adulthood.

University Week | 05/03/07
They thought they had already had their proudest moment. But then this year they did even better.

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

University Week | 02/14/07
James J. Clauss, professor and chairman of the Department of Classics at the UW, has been named director of the Honors Program.

THE DAILY | 7.26.2006
"Ten UW students have been awarded a chance to see the world…"

SEATTLE P-I | 7.11.2006
"Ten UW students are chosen every year for an all-expenses-paid trip around the globe. They don’t have to attend classes overseas. Nor do they have to write a report or give a speech when they return. All they have to do is enjoy…"

NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY | 05.27.06
"Americanese, a film by Eric Byler based on Shawn Wong’s 1995 novel American Knees, has fulfilled this very description as it captures the emotional dimensions and race-identity nuances that revolve around breakups and father-son and father-daughter relationships…"

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…"

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

UNIVERSITY WEEK | 05.11.06
"Ten UW students recently received word that they’ve been awarded a Bonderman Travel Fellowship. Students traveling with this $20,000 fellowship set off on solo journeys that are at least eight months long and take them to at least six countries and two major regions of the world…"

SEATTLE P-I | 03.14.06
Eight University of Washington honors students will travel to D’Iberville, Miss., to help in Hurricane Katrina recovery work …

UNIVERSITY WEEK | 03.02.06
UW faculty write books all the time, but it’s rare for one of them to be made into a movie. That’s what’s happened to Shawn Wong’s book, American Knees, and this month the movie begins a round of appearances at film festivals …

UNIVERSITY WEEK | 03.02.06
Who is responsible for addressing the epic problems of our age? What is society to do about homelessness, poverty, disease, discrimination, addiction, suicide, injustice and other widespread afflictions? These are the substantial matters being taken up by Eugene Edgar, a professor of special education, and his Winter Quarter honors seminar, "Public Problems: Who is Responsible and How Should They Be Solved?" …

SEATTLE TIMES | 02.28.06
Psychology professor and Honors Program instructor David Barash lands on list of most dangerous professors …

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE | 02.15.06
Americanese, the movie based on Honors Program director Shawn Wong’s novel American Knees will open the 24th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival …

THE DAILY | 02.09.06
Honors student and cellist Kaia Chessen rocks the house …

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 …

UWEEK | Thursday, October 7, 2004
How do you recruit faculty for a program that is not able to offer lavish support or huge salaries, that won’t likely generate articles in prestigious journals, and that probably involves more work than your average class? You offer them…