- Who among UAA alumni and faculty are award-winning authors? Who’s a CNN Hero Awardee? How are UAA alumni educating and energizing classrooms? And, the UW ranked how high in the nation in the number of Fulbright Fellows named? See who’s making news in UAA and read about more UAA alumni.
- Catch up on UAA alumni who were involved in research and service while undergrads as well as Robinson Center alumni. See who’s making news in UAA and read about more UAA alumni.
- Read about the seven things all UW undergraduates should experience; catch up with Mary Gates Scholars and alumni Jasmin Weaver and Noah Purcell; read the remembrances about Ran Hennes; see how national scholarships that bring students to international locations have impacted three alumni and how they, in turn, are impacting their broader communities; and more.
- Learn about UAA alumni like Attorney General Rob McKenna, watch a video about the Pipeline Project’s Alternative Spring Break and learn about its expansion, discover the Honors Program’s new curriculum, be inspired by the UW’s newly announced 2010 Distinguished Teaching Awardees, learn about the new director of the Robinson Center, get the scoop on the UW’s national recognition for service, and more!
- Learn about UAA alumni serving in the Obama administration as well as the City of Seattle government. Hear from three faculty on why they incorporate service learning in their classes. Discover how a neurobiology major on her way to med school detoured to Houston for Teach for America. And check out the video of thousands of UW freshmen coming together in one Big W!
- Featuring student and alumni stories about the expansive nature of the 21st century classroom. Learn about undergraduate research; alumni Solmaz Mohadjer and James Hong bringing their UW experiences to classrooms in Tajikistan and Cambodia; the 2009 Distinguished Teaching Awardees; and how classroom technology is bringing the world to the UW campus. Additionally, celebrate the UW’s Gates Cambridge Scholar and plan your summer reading around the 2009-10 UW Common Book selection.
- Featuring stories about students like Steve Margitan and Peter Kithene who are answering calls for help continents apart; Susan Massey, who is looking to understand brain tumor growth; Susan McKay, who discovered an unexpected love of neuroscience; and our UW community, which serves the broader Seattle community on the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service.