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
GEAR UP Achievers hosts first campus program
In partnership with the College of Engineering, the newly funded program hosted 56 seventh and eighth graders at the UW for an Early Engineering Institute
Ph.D. student Maria Blancas receives $100,000 Bullitt Prize
A former Costco Scholar and OMA&D student, Blancas is now studying farmworker conditions as a doctoral candidate in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences.
New pronoun option coming for students
Starting this academic year, UW is implementing an option to give students and other UW community members the ability to express their pronouns in university systems.
‘Call me Amy’
Amy Ko, an associate professor in the Information School, comes out as trans in viral letter.
Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies receives $1.8M grant
The grant will fund four years of work at the UW around Native student support, academics, research and cultural programs
Indigenous fire practices once shaped the Northwest – and they might again
Research associate professor Ernesto Alvarado and alumnus Steve Rigdon are among the experts weighing in on this topic.
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Supporting high-achieving minority students in the college “match” process
Rhoan Garnett, ‘19, discusses findings from his exploration of how to better support college access for young people from underrepresented backgrounds.
Future teachers weave tribal perspectives into their practice
More than 120 future teachers shared their work building lessons that contain tribal-specific content.
Ending racially charged division and its tragic aftermath
An open letter from the School of Social Work Leadership team after the shootings in El Paso and Dayton.
My Personal Fight for Gay Rights
In June, professor Marieka M. Klawitter wrote about the changes she has seen in the fight for gay rights throughout her life.
Q Center turns 15
As the UW’s Q Center wrapped up its 15th year on campus, the resource continues to evolve and grow, serving 500 visitors per month.
Centering underrepresented voices in language arts
Jazmen Moore, research assistant in the Banks Center for Educational Justice, builds off inspiration from her students as she pursues a doctorate.
Inside the immigrant experience
While earning her UW Ph.D., Yolanda Valencia researched how recent immigrants to the U.S. thrived here despite the odds – just like she did.
Joy Willamson-Lott named Graduate School Dean
A professor and associate dean in the College of Education, Dr. Williamson-Lott is an accomplished scholar and committed advocate for equity and diversity in higher education.
Improving the health of Alaska Native people
Ph.D. graduate Paneen Petersen is researching how to address colorectal cancer and other health disparities among Indigenous people.
The Great American barrier
A social worker and UW Tacoma alum’s encounter at a frozen yogurt shop raises a question as old as America: When is it okay to be Black in public?
Creating community, battling loneliness among LGBTQ seniors
Research shows that LGBTQ older adults are at higher risk for many chronic medical conditions, yet are also resilient and proactive when it comes to taking care of their health.
Health care runs in the family
The words “family clinic” have a different, more personal meaning to Teshome Shikesso.
Interrupting privilege
Professor Ralina Joseph is teaching people to talk about race across generational and racial lines.
Where is the Black Blueberries for Sal?
Michelle Martin, Beverly Cleary Professor for Children and Youth Services, examines what’s missing from books about the outdoors for young readers.
Unsettling graduate education: American Indian and Indigenous studies at the UW
Faculty and graduate students have been working together to develop AIIS graduate studies, along with pathways and support networks for Native students to and at the UW.
Exploring Blackness through art
Assistant Professor Kemi Adeyami directs a program that brings together UW graduate students to examine how definitions of blackness are produced and expressed through the arts.
Exploring race, power and social impact
A new workshop offered by UW Tacoma’s Professional Development Center will explore issues of race and implicit bias within the nonprofit sector.
The many dimensions of Marvin Oliver
Oliver, a professor emeritus and one of most renowned names in Northwest art, is the recipient of the 2019 Odegaard Award.
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