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HUSKY 100

Meet the Husky 100: Remarkable undergraduate and graduate students who are making the most of their time at the UW.

Student profiles

#UWinnovates

ENERGIZED FOR CHANGE

After living through the devastation of hurricanes in Puerto Rico, grad student Miguel González-Montijo is working on clean energy innovations for the future.

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Hometown
health care

Raised on a dairy farm in Idaho, Wyatt Bowles is harnessing unique UW programs to learn rural medicine and become a hometown doctor.

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JOURNEY OF THE SPIRIT

In its inaugural paddle, the UW Shell House Canoe Family joined the annual Tribal Canoe Journey, where tribal and First Nations communities reconnect and celebrate their shared heritage.

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Be Boundless

News & Events

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The Whole U

Celebrate Black freedom this Juneteenth

Learn about the history, traditions and local celebrations of our newest federal holiday, which commemorates the emancipation of African Americans from enslavement after the Civil War.

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President Ana Mari Cauce stands behind a podium with a purple W during Admitted Student Preview day.
Announcements

UW President Ana Mari Cauce will step down in June 2025, following a decade of leadership

President Cauce announced that she will step down from her leadership role at the conclusion of her second five-year term — a transition that has been planned for several years with the UW Board of Regents — and return to her faculty position.

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Research

‘Slide’ into the future of cancer diagnosis

Researchers at the University of Washington, Microsoft Research and Providence have developed a new AI model for digital pathology that combines real-world, whole-slide data with individual image tiles at an unprecedented scale.

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Fast Facts

Undergrad research

8000+ undergraduate students participate in at least one quarter of research.

Honors & Awards

7 uw faculty have won the nobel prize