A year in focus: 20 from 2020
Community
Twenty moments from a year like no other — captured through the lenses of UW photographers.
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.
Portraits of the frontline
Healthcare
With courage, compassion and commitment, workers at UW Medicine care for our communities in the time of COVID-19.
A new age of fires
Environment
As wildfires grow in severity, UW researchers are helping our region create a path forward — for the health of our forests and all who live here.
Racing against a pandemic
Community
Last winter, King County became the nation’s COVID-19 epicenter. The UW’s quick response was months, even years, in the making.
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.
Putting health care in your hands
Technology
UW faculty and students are developing smartphone apps to improve health and save lives.
A body in motion
Student Experience
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.
Tracking a global hurricane
Population Health
Experts at an independent population health research center are helping policymakers navigate the COVID-19 pandemic — and prepare for an uncharted future.
Between humanity and technology
Artificial Intelligence
What makes us human? The UW Center for Neurotechnology examines the ethics of tomorrow’s technology.
The language of the land
Culture
UW Lecturer Tami Hohn is bringing Southern Lushootseed to a new generation across the University and the Puget Sound — where the language has always lived.
Who you are is enough
Diversity Equity & Inclusion
For years, the Q Center has been advocating for the queer community at the UW — and it has made all the difference in students’ lives.
UW fights viral misinformation
Research
From debunking myths on social media to investigating how users react to fake content, UW researchers hope to slow the viral spread of the COVID-19 'infodemic.'