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May 11, 2012

The Robinson Center’s UW Academy Program turns 10!

Undergraduate Academic Affairs

The Robinson Center’s UW Academy Program celebrated its 10th birthday with a reception and keynote address from Professor Paul LePore. Enjoy a few photos from the celebration. Happy birthday, UW Academy!


Freshman, sophomore, and junior medalists named

Undergraduate Academic Affairs

University of Washington freshman, sophomore, and junior medalists were recently selected for their high scholastic standing and difficulty of coursework. They all entered the university through the Robinson Center for Young Scholars, a program that helps students from 7th through 10th grades enter the university. This is the first time that the freshman, sophomore, and junior medalists all came to the UW through early entrance programs.


April 25, 2012

Exploring Seattle’s criminal justice system with the UW Honors Program: A reflection

Undergraduate Academic Affairs

In the Honors Program course “In Your Name: A Service-Learning Experience in Seattle’s Criminal Justice System,” Honors students and Post-Prison Education Program students learned alongside one another, taking intellectual risks and better understanding the criminal justice system and how it impacts individuals.


April 12, 2012

Robinson Center alumni speaker series kicks off with Beth Robinson, CFO of NASA and Robinson Center alum

Undergraduate Academic Affairs

Elizabeth “Beth” Robinson was in the first Robinson Center Early Entrance Program class and is now the chief financial officer of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Beth will visit the Seattle campus during HuskyFest to share her story with current students and alumni through her talk, “From College Student to Political Appointee.”


December 21, 2011

Two UW students selected Rhodes Scholars

Undergraduate Academic Affairs

Byron Gray and Cameron Turtle, University of Washington seniors, are among 32 Rhodes Scholars named for 2012. The UW is the only public university in the nation with more than one new scholar. Gray and Turtle responded to a few questions we posed. Read the Q&A and a digest of media coverage of the scholarship announcements.


November 1, 2011

An interview with Honors alum David Guterson

Kat Chow

Best-selling and award-winning author David Guterson talks about his experiences as a UW undergraduate in the Honors Program, a teacher, and writer with current Honors student Kat Chow.


Robinson Center deepens work with the help of a new advisory board

Undergraduate Academic Affairs

The Robinson Center is a national leader for developing programs that serve highly capable young pre-college and college students. In 2011, the Robinson Center created an advisory board to support the mission of and promote the Center, suggest and discuss program development, and reach out to the campus, gifted, and broader communities. Meet the board members!


Tim Harris: Academic pride in Motor City

Undergraduate Academic Affairs

Alumni e-News Table of Contents Back to intro > UAA alumni educate and inspire Tim Harris (’10), an Honors alumnus and former student employee of First Year Programs, is currently a volunteer with Teach For America in Detroit at the Marvin L. Winans Academy of Performing Arts. After receiving encouragement from friends and family to…


October 26, 2011

Honors Program writer-in-residence awarded state and national book awards

Undergraduate Academic Affairs

Frances McCue, Honors Program writer-in-residence and instructor, was recently awarded a 2011 Washington State Book Award for poetry and national Grub Street Book Prize for her most recent book of poems, _The Bled_, published by Factory Hollow Press.


June 8, 2011

Computer models to fly you to the moon*

Undergraduate Academic Affairs

Each year, thousands of UW undergraduates participate in research with faculty. As these undergraduate researchers graduate, they bring the critical thinking and problem solving skills they learned to graduate school or right into the workforce. For Undergraduate Academic Affairs and aeronautics and astronautics alum Peter Norgaard, ’04, research was an integral component of his undergraduate years.



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