UW stories

Evans School graduate Joy Turner, ’18, and student Andrew Peppler, ’19, encountered all kinds of political viewpoints during their Army service. Now they’re bringing a range of veteran voices to the public with their podcast, Speak Freely.

Through her undergraduate research, UW Bothell senior Malak Shalabi is exploring her identity, her past — and the grim political reality that still affects her family.

At the College of the Environment’s geology field camp, students hit the dirt for lessons you can’t find in a textbook.

At the UW’s CoMotion Labs, Lacey Leavitt, ’03, and Joe Jacobs of Electric Dream Factory are helping shape an inclusive future for the VR industry.

With support from the Foster School’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship, four co-founders are turning a UW classroom project into a budding beverage company.

Months after Hurricane Maria, thousands in rural Puerto Rico still lack electricity. In partnership with local communities, UW researchers are working to restore their power.

For help with her senior thesis on Korean dramas, Kristy Kwon reached out to the UW’s East Asia Library. What she found there opened up her world.

Students and professors from the College of the Environment made a classroom out of one of the world’s most closely monitored ecosystems: Yellowstone National Park.

In the last decade, the Husky Promise program has helped more than 39,000 Washington students attend the UW — including these three alums.

Lisa Lovejoy suffered for years with mental illness — until she found the right treatment at Harborview Medical Center. Now she hopes to inspire others toward better health.

Thanks to our Be Boundless campaign sponsors, the UW is strengthening its efforts to serve others and create opportunities across the state.

Following a successful kidney transplant, Wade Washington resolved to become a transplant surgeon himself. Now he’s pursuing that dream at the UW.

Across Seattle, UW School of Social Work students and community leaders are working together to encourage healthy behaviors in young people — and set them up for success.