UW stories

Rumblings started underground — and phones lit up. For the first time ever in Washington, ShakeAlert sent real-time warnings just seconds before the shaking began.

Twin sisters and Husky Track & Field teammates Hana and Amanda Moll, ’27, are soaring over collegiate pole vault records.

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.

Inspired by her family’s journey, Kimberly Il found her voice — and her future in the field of law — at the University of Washington.

National Champion rower Alex Gonin had the winning formula on his boat and in the classroom.

Meet the bioengineering graduate student from Bellevue using ancient inspiration to change the narrative in modern medicine.

An Indigenous aerospace student’s journey through identity, engineering and community.

Forged in research, rooted in care: How Ryan Carlson became a physician-scientist.

Fresh off a championship run, the UW’s Furmata a cappella student organization reflects on being named one of the best collegiate singing groups in the world.

These nine uniquely UW learning facilities are just a small selection of the countless ways students here get out of the classroom and into the real world.

The UW Farm produces fresh certified-organic produce for campus dining, the UW Food Pantry and the community at three on-campus growing sites.

In an innovative partnership between UW Facilities and the College of Built Environments, furniture-design students can create projects using reclaimed wood from campus.

Meet Ryan Shapero, the UW marine biology student who tosses salmon at Pike Place Market and keeps the beat on the Husky Marching Band drumline.