Charting a new course
In a unique partnership bridging the Pacific, Visiting Astronomy Professor Brittany Kamai introduces students to the secrets of the universe through the “rocket ships of our ancestors.”
Community-building at its peak
This Husky club inspires students and professors to climb over traditional classroom barriers.
Feedback loop
Middle schoolers in central Washington benefit from a science mentorship and college pathway program created by UW students.
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.
It’s easy being green
The UW Farm produces fresh certified-organic produce for campus dining, the UW Food Pantry and the community at three on-campus growing sites.
Turning the tide
Chris Mantegna, ’21, is studying how pollutants affect shellfish in our food web — and training a new generation of marine scientists.
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.
Sea change
Seattle is reimagining and creating a living urban waterfront — building a healthy future for the city’s people, sea life, culture and economy. The UW has been part of the project from the start.
What leadership looks like
As the UW’s Brotherhood Initiative grows — and now welcomes a counterpart Sisterhood Initiative — students of color like senior Noah Stanigar continue to soar.
Ever forward
Pulling together to preserve the historic ASUW Shell House, once home to the famed ‘Boys in the Boat.’
A call to action
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.
Speeding up the science
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.
Unleashing the superpower of dogs
The UW’s Conservation Canines sniff out answers to pressing environmental questions.