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Driving the public good

Solving for success

Once a homeless youth with a devastating addiction to drugs and alcohol, Mark Bennett is on his way to earning his bachelor’s in mathematics at the UW — all while giving back to the community that saved him and raising his 9-year-old son.

Destined to dance

A mentoring mastermind

Meal Matchup

Fighting dementia with data

Changing the lives of older adults

Staying afloat

Journey behind bars to aid in prisoners’ learning

Spurred to succeed

Remembering those who sacrificed

Finding hope for children

Taking on bias in special education

Connecting grandparents and grandchildren with special needs

A pathway to discovery

Empowering students to become their own advocates

Closing the potential gap

Creating spaces where students feel valued

Research on West Coast fisheries and human nutrition receives pilot grant form UW Population Health Initiative

Inspiring future engineers

Preparing doctors for challenging conversations

A Spanish language film festival, curated for teens

Learning happiness

Inspired to help others keep learning

Garden cities

Landing her dream job

Prepared to lead

Building a great career

Doctoral student’s mission: Training the great teachers of tomorrow

Student aims to advance opportunity for all

A pocket-size research revolution

Creating communities that care

A commitment to community

Women’s Center leads anti-human trafficking efforts

Undaunted passion: Making STEM education accessible

UW oceanography senior finds plastic microfibers are common on Puget Sound beaches

Making injustice visible

An alum’s journey to tackle energy poverty

Finding purpose in Peru

Special care for healthy smiles

Improving one-third of our days

Archiving history

From UW to Yakima, Dulce Gutierrez has been guided by love for her community

Elisa Pupko and Mike Pope say “why not” to being a force for social good

Nurturing minds, opening doors

Fostering excellence: Faculty recruitment and retention at the UW

Husky on the Hill: Spotlight on Sen. Steve Hobbs, ’94, ’11

Getting schooled by T. rex

University of Washington and City of Auburn launch first Livable City Year partnership

UW professor is digitizing every fish species in the world

Equal Justice Works

Seeds of hope

Alternative Spring Break

Engineering student success through STARS

Who knew catalysis could be so much fun?

A tailored approach to trauma intervention

Celebrating the U-District, dramatically

Longtime patrons help fund new professor

Helping people along the health journey

By veterans, for veterans

Myanmar goes mobile, with UW’s help

Rocking the new digs

Promising pathways

The business of nonprofits

Quality childcare close to campus

A tireless advocate for equity

SoCal Huskies give back

SEED promotes sustainability in UW residence halls

UW students work to restore one of Seattle’s remaining swamps

Spreading environmental love on spring break

UW students return from Paris climate talks, advocate for stronger youth voice

Delivering innovative care to America’s veterans

Dedicated to diversity

The next generation of nursing

Engineers Without Borders: From UW to Guatemala

UW class pairs students with inmates for unique learning experience

Giving back to the future

In Focus: Crew standout spent the summer fighting fires

How makerspaces can be accesible to people with disabilities

They asked, she told

Where the music matters

A clear choice: Cadet Nurses and UW School of Nursing

Helping soldiers tell their stories

A living laboratory

Creating a cleaner cookstove

Making college the expectation, not the exception

Early outreach visits encourage students of all ages to think about college

A promise to the public

Friday Harbor Labs outreach excites budding scientists

Back home again: UW ethnomusicologists return heritage music to its roots

After 17 years in prison, success in life

Speaking up to save lives

Citizen science in action

Solving for success

Meet your neighbor – Chris Curtis

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