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The University of Washington’s hub for global engagement.
2025 Global Innovation Fund Awardees
May 5, 2025
The Office of Global Affairs has awarded $363,300 to 40 outstanding projects, sparking transformative global collaborations and advancing interdisciplinarity across the UW. The 2025 awards included Research Awards, Teaching & Curriculum Awards and Study Abroad/Away Awards. The Global Innovation Fund (GIF) seeds initiatives and programs developing cross-college and cross-continent collaborations that enhance the University of Washington’s global reach. Global Innovation Fund…
Exploring Children's Literature in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand
May 5, 2025
Michelle H. Martin, Beverly Cleary Professor for Children and Youth Services, Information School, recounts leading study abroad programs at the UW over the past decade. Harris (left), Martin (right) Michelle H. Martin has a long history with study abroad. She first studied abroad at Exeter University in the United Kingdom for her entire junior year…
COIL Info Sessions
May 2, 2025
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 & Thursday, May 29, 2025 Enliven your classroom through global virtual exchange! Critical digital literacy and virtual collaboration skills are more important than ever, and Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) offers an opportunity to make the classroom learning experience globally connected. COIL is a virtual exchange pedagogy that fosters global competence through…
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Info Sessions
May 1, 2025
Thursday, May 8, 2025 & Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Explore funded international opportunities for the 2026-27 academic year and beyond! The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers over 400 awards in more than 135 countries for U.S. citizens to teach, conduct research and carry out professional projects around the world. Grants range in duration from a few weeks…
Global Visionaries: Antonia Romana Zito
April 25, 2025
Antonia Romana Zito The Office of Global Affairs is pleased to feature Antonia Romana Zito for our April 2025 edition of the Global Visionaries series. The Global Visionaries series highlights the UW's global impact by featuring innovative, globally-engaged faculty, staff, students and alumni. Antonia is currently a senior double-majoring in International Studies and History in…
2024 UW Global Photo Contest Winners
Celebrating Holi
Dawgs Abroad: Taiwan
Koala Encounter
First Snow Pit of the Summer on the Juneau Icefield