Brewing up apps
Technology
In a city where coffee and technology are king, iSchool graduate Stephen Ramirez, ’15, has found his niche as a developer at Starbucks — with help from the Husky Promise.
Finding Friday Harbor
Environment
UW alumna Susan Harris, ’15, spent a quarter studying everything from orcas to algae on the rocky shores of San Juan Island — right in the Puget Sound’s backyard.
Powering promise
Engineering
Combining a background in electrical engineering with the real-life business skills she’s learning with the UW Solar club, Shruti Misra is helping make solar power a reality at the UW and beyond.
Center stage
Arts
After scoliosis surgery, Annie Morro, ’15, is pursuing her passion for performing as a member of the UW musical theater program’s inaugural graduating class.
The big picture
Environment
In addition to securing microscopic evidence from the world’s chilliest climes, Brad Markle uses his artistic eye to capture photographs of vast landscapes.
Climate clues
Environment
By investigating ancient Antarctic ice, UW researchers are unlocking climate clues from the earth’s deepest reaches.
Advocating for hope
Community
Thanks to scholarship support, Dashni Amin was able to draw inspiration from her parents’ sacrifices — and prepare herself for a future of helping others.
Speaking up to save lives
Community
Forefront, a UW-based organization, teams up with Facebook in the name of suicide prevention.
Sky-high solution
Alumni
With sights set sky high on streamlining coating for the aerospace industry, UW startup PolyDrop developed an additive that’s grabbed the attention of Boeing — and they’re just getting started.
Giving thanks
Healthcare
The gifts that Greta Sedlock, ’77, and her late husband Tom, ’70, ’74, made to the University of Washington support innovators, including one who saved Greta’s son’s life.
Art of light
Arts
With support from a family whose Husky roots go back 100 years, Julia Chamberlain is forging brave new worlds in glass and light.
A community of support
Community
As a student in the UW School of Dentistry’s RIDE program, Renelle Conner is working to bring a world of good to the Yakama Nation community, one smile at a time.
Goodbye, greenhouse gases
Environment
A groundbreaking concept for a fusion reactor called the “dynomak” could reduce our carbon footprint and change the energy game — all on a budget — courtesy of graduate student Derek Sutherland.
Unlocking secrets of the ocean
Discovery & Explorations
Students, scientists, engineers — and even some robots — have joined forces to build the world’s largest deep–sea ocean observatory off the coast of Washington and Oregon.