Student stories

As the UW’s Brotherhood Initiative grows — and now welcomes a counterpart Sisterhood Initiative — students of color like senior Noah Stanigar continue to soar.

Pulling together to preserve the historic ASUW Shell House, once home to the famed ‘Boys in the Boat.’

MaKayla Woods came to the University of Washington to be accepted for who she was. What she found was a place where she could become her best self.

UW campuses burst back to life after 18 months of remote work and study. 2021 year in photos.

Find fresh inspiration in this new poem by MFA grad Ally Ang, ’21, brought to life in this video performance.

On a pivotal excavation in Montana, UW paleontologists, students and volunteers uncovered clues that shine light on the age of the dinosaurs.

By learning together, students across the UW’s health sciences schools are preparing to work together for better patient care.

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.

As the first Presidential Scholarship recipients finish their time at the UW, they share favorite moments and future plans.

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.

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.

Twenty moments from a year like no other — captured through the lenses of UW photographers.

UW faculty and students are developing smartphone apps to improve health and save lives.

When Louis Maliyam, ’21, came to the U.S. to study computer science, he never expected that he’d find a second passion — dance. He now brings its lessons of vulnerability and freedom into his work teaching others.