Advancing the values of diversity, equity and inclusion is core to our mission at the University of Washington. Equity Focus amplifies a sampling of the stories, news and events that highlight this great work happening across our tri-campus community.
Feature Stories
Gathering to center Native teacher education
This May 2 event will highlight the work of two Native/Indigenous teacher education cohort programs that center Native teachers, students, families and communities in education.
Staff Story: Shondell Reed
Two years into law school at Seattle University, Shondell Reed knew he had to make a change.
UW Bothell garners national recognition
UW Bothell has been ranked No. 4 among four-year public colleges in the nation for awarding bachelor degrees in computer science to women.
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Increasing diversity & accessibility of the biomedical sciences
Amanda Bradley, Ph.D. candidate in molecular & cellular biology, discusses her commitment to diversifying STEM.
Black Panther: Representation, gender and decolonization
UW Bothell graduate students Maisha Manson and Khairat Salum discuss these topics in an interview with the Graduate School.
A mentoring mastermind
Alumnus Kevin Truong is helping high school students navigate the college application and financial aid process.
Brotherhood Initiative seeks to create community
The program is finding ways to better support male students of color who often find campus isolating.
Building a career in academia
Communication Ph.D. student Meshell Sturgis share how GO-MAP has helped her thrive as a grad student.
A commitment to inclusion
Professor and Dean Sandra Archibald reflects on her personal journey to increase diversity in public policy graduate education.
Examining diversity and representation in Crazy Rich Asians
Third-year Ph.D. student Ellen Y. Chang discusses the film and its impact.
Teaching for Black lives
The Feb. 25 event brought the experiences of Black students and their allies to the forefront.
Making engineering accessible to girls
Women in Aerospace, the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics’ new club, is reaching out to elementary and middle school girls to show them examples of women engineers.
Asking hard questions
For her master’s thesis, graduate student TeyAnjulee Leon explored issues of race in higher education.
Oliver to receive 2019 Odegaard Award
Professor emeritus in American Indian Studies and renowned sculptor and printmaker, Oliver will be honored at Celebration in May.
Silué pays it forward for public health students of color
The UW senior recently returned to her home country to practice the skills she has learned in her major.
Making study abroad possible
OMA&D’s LSAMP program partners with the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics to send students to Australia.
Follow @VPOMAD
Connect with University Diversity Officer Rickey Hall on Twitter.
@VPOMAD Congratulations to our very own Abel Pacheco on his appointment to the Seattle City Council. https://t.co/PAeF9lwzFW
@VPOMAD This year’s @LivingBreathUW Indigenous Foods Symposium
honoring Native family food traditions takes place May 3-4 at wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ -
Intellectual House. For tickets, visit: https://t.co/vpKRz9yA77 https://t.co/VtY6bKJl8d
CONTACT
Leilani Lewis, associate director for Diversity Communications & Outreach, lanil@uw.edu
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