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‘FISH IS A LIVELIHOOD’

Working with tribal partners, UW grad student George Darkwah and team created a satellite-based tool to protect the salmon runs crucial to Washington state’s Native communities, ecosystem and economy.

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Power builder

From the UW’s Evans School of Public Policy & Governance to national racial-justice leadership, Marc Philpart is helping build a new future through the Black Freedom Fund.

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Life Goals

He was a soccer-loving kid from Wapato, Washington — and now Luis Carmona, ’17, ’22, works with the Seattle Sounders’ and Seattle Reign’s RAVE Foundation to give kids better access to play.

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From 'science fiction' to science reality

Better treatments for cancer and beyond are on the horizon thanks to the philanthropy-powered, AI-enabled work of the UW Institute for Protein Design.

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A sports obsession inspires a career for UW alum

Thuc Nhi Nguyen got her start at the UW Daily. Now she’s a sports reporter for the L.A. Times, writing about the Lakers and the Olympics.

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Dr. Douglas Wood is dressed in scrubs and holds an x ray of lungs to his chest.

University Faculty Lecture

A breath of fresh air: The science and policy saving lives from America’s deadliest cancer

Lung cancer kills nearly 125,000 Americans each year — more than breast, colon and prostate cancers combined. Join Dr. Douglas Wood this Thursday for a discussion about his work increasing access to early detection and creating more cancer survivors.

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