Seeing himself in the science
UW Tacoma assistant professor and ecologist Christopher Schell believes that tapping into who he is as a person makes his research better.
The Fierce Urgency of Now
University Diversity Officer Rickey Hall and Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Academic Affairs Ed Taylor invite the UW community to serve, learn and march during MLK Week 2020.
Pitre to receive 2020 Odegaard Award
One of the UW’s Black Student Union founders and longtime OMA&D staff member Emile Pitre will be honored for his dedication to educational opportunity at Celebration on May 13.
Supporting diversity, inclusion in neuroscience
A Q&A with psychology professor Sheri Mizumori about the BRAINS Program that supports underrepresented scholars in neuroscience.
Making the invisible visible
UW Tacoma professor Amanda Sesko examines the psychological principle of invisibility and how it affects marginalized groups.
The legacy of Larry Gossett – “endurance and consistency”
UW alumnus and a founding member of the UW Black Student Union, Gossett is recognized for his legacy of social justice work and service on the King County Council.
Inslee appoints Montoya-Lewis as first Native American to sit on Washington Supreme Court
Raquel Montoya-Lewis holds a law degree and a master’s degree in social work from the UW.
I climb up the ladder
Senior Auston Jimmicum, law, societies and justice major and American Indian studies minor, brings his voice to the table.
Wiles brings advocacy for students to national stage
OMA&D executive director of Retention and Academic Support Programs, Wiles recently concluded his term as COE Board of Directors chair.
UW dean educates future leaders on diversity and inclusion
Mia Tuan, dean of the College of Education, is honored by the Puget Sound Business Journal as one of their Women of Influence.
Faculty Friday: Chadwick Allen
In November, Allen presented the lecture, Earthworks Rising: Mound Building in Native Art, Literature and Performance, based on his new book manuscript.
Advancing diversity, equity and inclusion is a leadership issue for all of us
This blog written by Joyce Yen, director for UW’s ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change, summarizes the keynote she delivered at RosettaCon 2019.
Local education leaders work to broaden access to meaningful college experiences
Ed Taylor, Joy Williamson-Lott and Sheila Edwards Lange are working to empower students to achieve success and become engaged citizens through their various efforts.
UW’s ambassador to tribes
MSIM alumnus and UW Tribal Liaison Iisaaksiichaa Ross Braine is recognized as the iSchool’s 2019 Distinguished Alumnus.
When learning tools and resources are accessible to all, we all win
At UW’s three campuses, about 100 accessibility liaisons work to ensure that tech-based teaching, learning and research tools and resources are accessible and usable to all.
Somali refugee just became director of Seattle clinic where was was cared for as a child
A graduate of the UW Medical School and former OMA&D student, Anisa Ibrahim was promoted to medical director at Harborview in September.
First museum of Latinx history in Washington tells overlooked story
UW Regent and alumnus Rogelio Riojas, as well as alumnus Jose Bazán and professor emeritus Erasmo Gamboa lead new Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture.
Student works to close gaps to hopeful futures
A former sergeant in the U.S. marine corps, doctoral student Lana Huizar is inspired to improve the lives of her community members.
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.
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.
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.
Closing the gap for first-generation students
Samantha Penjaraenwatana shares her story of empowerment as a first-generation student.
‘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.
Future teachers weave tribal perspectives into their practice
More than 120 future teachers shared their work building lessons that contain tribal-specific content.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
Health care runs in the family
The words “family clinic” have a different, more personal meaning to Teshome Shikesso.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Accommodation law inspired at UW Bothell
College students observing Ramadan and fasting during the day can now wait until night to take exams.
Iisaaksiichaa Ross Braine named iSchool’s 2019 Distinguished Alumnus
Braine is honored for his work as UW’s tribal liaison and director of wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House.
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.
OMA&D receives $3.6 million gift commitment
Alumnus Armon Dadgar, ‘11, and Joshua Kalla have made the commitment to fund scholarship packages for three cohorts of underrepresented undergraduate students over the next 12 years.
Civic Leadership Awards for UW Bothell Students
Ariana Navarro and Charity Akhidenor have been recognized for their civic engagement with awards from the Washington Campus Compact, a coalition of 37 two- and four-year colleges.
From the pages of BlackPast
Professor Emeritus Quintard Taylor reflects on some key milestones from his nearly 50-year career in advance of presenting the UW’s University Faculty Lecture.
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.
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.
Being the first
Indigenous artist, student senator and UW Tacoma senior Maria Crisostomo is advocating and empowering first-generation students like herself.
Increasing diversity & accessibility of the biomedical sciences
Amanda Bradley, Ph.D. candidate in molecular & cellular biology, discusses her commitment to diversifying STEM.
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.
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.
Staff Story: Shondell Reed
Two years into law school at Seattle University, Shondell Reed knew he had to make a change.
A commitment to inclusion
Professor and Dean Sandra Archibald reflects on her personal journey to increase diversity in public policy graduate education.
Teaching for Black lives
The Feb. 25 event brought the experiences of Black students and their allies to the forefront.
Asking hard questions
For her master’s thesis, graduate student TeyAnjulee Leon explored issues of race in higher education.
Students and Othello community team to create equitable, partnership-based innovations
The second annual education Ideathon explored ideas to make Othello UW-Commons a catalyst for equitable education practices.
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.
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.
Destined to Dance
Dancers spend years training to be choreographers. Cheryl Delostrinos, ‘13, got a head start — at age two.
Making study abroad possible
OMA&D’s LSAMP program partners with the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics to send students to Australia.
Havana McElvaine selected as prestigious Marshall scholar
The UW alumna will pursue a pair of master’s degrees in the U.K. to continue engaging with issues of social inequality.
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.
UW opens permanent food pantry on Seattle campus
Located on the west side of campus in Poplar Hall, the 700-square-foot space provides free, nonperishable groceries and select fresh produce.
Changing the future of engineering
Since 2013, STARS has provided support for underserved students from Washington state to succeed in engineering.
New center to recognize American Indian and Indigenous Studies
The center aims to support research in American Indian and Indigenous Studies across the three UW campuses, as well as with surrounding Native communities.
Faculty Friday: Alexes Harris
Inspired by Harris’ personal experience, UW is partnering with Be the Match to raise awareness of the disparities in blood donor representation.
First-gen students find their way at the UW
Read about the experiences of students and alumni who are the first in their families to attend college.
Wayne Au book influencing educators on race
UW Bothell Professor’s book, “Teaching for Black Lives,” is being used throughout Seattle public schools.
Meet Dr. James C. McShay
UW Tacoma’s newly-hired Assistant Chancellor for Equity & Inclusion speaks about his background, his first three months on the job and the opportunities ahead.
Building a career in academia
Communication Ph.D. student Meshell Sturgis share how GO-MAP has helped her thrive as a grad student.
Examining diversity and representation in Crazy Rich Asians
Third-year Ph.D. student Ellen Y. Chang discusses the film and its impact.
Why are Black women dying?
Kemi Doll, M.D., MSCR, is working on closing the racial mortality gap in endometrial cancer — in part, by bringing Black women into the conversation.