Achieving liftoff: From incarceration to graduation
Student Experience
Breaking a cycle of addiction, homelessness and prison, Raymond Haug transformed his life and found a calling in mechanical engineering.
Ever forward
Philanthropy
Pulling together to preserve the historic ASUW Shell House, once home to the famed ‘Boys in the Boat.’
Dinosaur dreams
Discovery & Explorations
Zeke Augustine, ’23, has sifted through soil for microscopic fossils and helped dig up a Triceratops. The Burke Museum has been at the heart of it all.
Planet protectors
Environment
How five UW alums’ diverse career paths are helping improve our environment.
A call to action
Diversity Equity & Inclusion
Associate Professor Wendy Barrington is bringing a passion for health equity to her new role as the inaugural director of the UW’s Center for Anti-Racism and Community Health.
Building better health care
Healthcare
By learning together, students across the UW’s health sciences schools are preparing to work together for better patient care.
Learning the business
Business
Nicole Bryant, ’21, is getting a real-world business education and helping a women-owned startup — thanks to the Foster School’s Consulting and Business Development Center.
Speeding up the science
Philanthropy
Johanna Trueblood, a semiprofessional cyclist, lost her life to an uncommon form of cancer. Now, through her parents’ philanthropy, there’s new hope for patients and their families.
Standing tall
Student Experience
His journey took him from the UW to professional basketball and back. But it’s in the special education classroom that Anthony Washington, ’16, ’19, is making a lasting difference.
State of the arts
Arts
Behind the scenes at 4Culture, three UW alumni are helping artists and cultural organizations across King County to thrive — with racial equity as their North Star.
Native knowledge
Education
ISchool assistant professor Miranda Belarde-Lewis, ’07, ’11, ’13, combines research, teaching and curating to help reclaim how Native art is presented — and bring Native voices to the forefront.
Inspiring intelligence
Alumni
For Helen Noyes, ’69, a love of languages nurtured at the UW translated into a lifelong career with the CIA.
Bringing health care home
Danyelle Thomas, ’07, became a doctor to help improve the health outcomes of underserved communities — starting with her own.
A twist of fate
Diversity Equity & Inclusion
The life of engineering alumna Ayan Hassan, ’12, ’16, was changed by the UW’s Making Connections program. But she didn’t expect it to be saved by one of the program’s founders.