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Impact of recent funding cuts on community engagement programs in UAA
May 9, 2025
UAA’s Community Engagement and Leadership Education (CELE) Center is among the programs and organizations impacted by the federal government’s April 25 termination of $400M in AmeriCorps grants. The grant termination led to the abrupt cessation of CELE Center’s AmeriCorps K-12 Community-Engaged Learning Coordinator position. The impact of these grant terminations on the 40 CELE Center…
Discovery unfolds at the 28th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium
May 9, 2025
On Friday, May 16, more than 1,500 undergraduates will present innovative research, scholarship and creative work as they converge at the 28th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. The all-day celebration features undergraduates actively plugging into and contributing to the University of Washington’s strengths as an engine of discovery, public good and progress. Presenters represent all three…
Celebrating student leadership in action at the CELE Center’s 2025 Spring CELEbration
April 28, 2025
On May 7, the University of Washington’s Community Engagement and Leadership Education (CELE) Center will present the 2025 Spring CELEbration, an inspiring undergraduate showcase of student service, leadership and community-engaged work. The annual event features students in CELE Center programs and Mary Gates Endowment Leadership Scholars, presenting work focused on service, leadership and social change…
Tristan Jafari, biochemistry undergrad, selected as Truman Scholar
April 21, 2025
Tristan Jafari, a third-year student at the University of Washington majoring in biochemistry, has been selected for the prestigious Truman Scholarship. Set to graduate early, Jafari will pursue a master’s degree in philosophy of population health sciences at the University of Cambridge in England this fall. A highly competitive award, only 54 students were selected…
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Impact of recent funding cuts on community engagement programs in UAA
May 9, 2025
UAA’s Community Engagement and Leadership Education (CELE) Center is among the programs and organizations impacted by the federal government’s April 25 termination of $400M in AmeriCorps grants. The grant termination led to the abrupt cessation of CELE Center’s AmeriCorps K-12 Community-Engaged Learning Coordinator position. The impact of these grant terminations on the 40 CELE Center…
Discovery unfolds at the 28th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium
May 9, 2025
On Friday, May 16, more than 1,500 undergraduates will present innovative research, scholarship and creative work as they converge at the 28th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. The all-day celebration features undergraduates actively plugging into and contributing to the University of Washington’s strengths as an engine of discovery, public good and progress. Presenters represent all three…
Celebrating student leadership in action at the CELE Center’s 2025 Spring CELEbration
April 28, 2025
On May 7, the University of Washington’s Community Engagement and Leadership Education (CELE) Center will present the 2025 Spring CELEbration, an inspiring undergraduate showcase of student service, leadership and community-engaged work. The annual event features students in CELE Center programs and Mary Gates Endowment Leadership Scholars, presenting work focused on service, leadership and social change…
Tristan Jafari, biochemistry undergrad, selected as Truman Scholar
April 21, 2025
Tristan Jafari, a third-year student at the University of Washington majoring in biochemistry, has been selected for the prestigious Truman Scholarship. Set to graduate early, Jafari will pursue a master’s degree in philosophy of population health sciences at the University of Cambridge in England this fall. A highly competitive award, only 54 students were selected…
Four UW undergraduates named 2025 Goldwater Scholars
April 21, 2025
Four University of Washington students have been named Goldwater Scholars by the Goldwater Foundation, advancing the University’s tradition of undergraduate academic excellence and recognition. "The Goldwater Scholarship is the preeminent undergraduate award for students pursuing research careers in the sciences, engineering and mathematics," says Ed Taylor, vice provost and dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs. The…
Becoming boundless
April 10, 2025
Undergraduate Salma Rashwan writes about embracing the impossible during Alternative Spring Break teaching kids in Forks, Washington, about science, technology, engineering and math.
UW undergraduate with interdisciplinary AI focus earns fellowship of up to $90,000 for graduate study
April 9, 2025
University of Washington Honors student Andre Ye, pursuing bachelors’ degrees in philosophy and computer science with minors in math and history, has been selected for the esteemed Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans is a merit-based fellowship supporting immigrants and children of immigrants pursuing…
Progress report on the UW Dialogue Initiative
March 26, 2025
In this video, Megan Kennedy, director of the UW Resilience Lab and project lead for the UW Dialogue Initiative, provides some background and a progress report on the first year of the Initiative.
UW undergraduate receives prestigious Gates Cambridge scholarship
February 26, 2025
Tristan Jafari, pursuing his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry at the University of Washington, was selected for the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship. Jafari, a departmental Honors student set to graduate a year early this June, will receive a full-cost scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in philosophy in Population Health Sciences at the University of Cambridge,…
Celebrating the 2023–24 Undergraduate Medalists
February 5, 2025
Each year, the University of Washington awards the President’s Medalist Award to its top undergraduates. For 2023–2024, Samuel Perkowski, Mia Grayson and Cher Zhang were chosen for their academic excellence, including high GPAs, rigorous coursework and Honors classes. All three biochemistry majors have pursued impactful research and embraced the Husky Experience through activities like lab…
Dialogue, disagreement and democracy course highlights reel
January 22, 2025
In the leadership course, "2024: Dialogue, Disagreement and Democracy," students learned tools to engage thoughtfully with contentious issues. Offered in the autumn of 2024, this class helped undergraduates navigate complex topics, forge meaningful relationships and have productive conversations in a polarized world.
UW Community College Research Initiatives awarded $1.7 million grant from Ascendium Education Group to continue STEM Transfer Partnerships program
January 14, 2025
The University of Washington’s Community College Research Initiatives (CCRI) has been awarded a $1.7 million grant from Ascendium Education Group to continue its STEM Transfer Partnerships (STP) program, which aims to increase equity in STEM education for low-income learners across Washington state. This funding extension builds on an earlier $1.17 million grant, continuing the work…
From mentorship to MBA
January 10, 2025
Alumnus Izaiha Ellis, ’20, began his interdisciplinary journey at the University of Washington with the Honors Program course, “Leadership, Democracy and a More Thoughtful Public.” Each week, he read essays by global politicians and writers, exploring how individual actions shape community dynamics. The course challenged students to consider how their choices impact the support or…
Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind, Stayed on Freedom) [video]
December 20, 2024
Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs Ed Taylor shares his talk, "Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind, Stayed on Freedom)" at the College of Education's EduTalks: Thriving Generations on March 28, 2024. Taylor is also a professor in the College of Education.
Bridging science and humanity
December 7, 2024
Daniel Chen’s journey into research began with a fascination for ancient cultures and extinct creatures. As a middle schooler, he was captivated by archaeology and paleontology, dreaming of working at excavation sites, unearthing ancient bones and tracing the histories of lost civilizations. Over time, that early curiosity shifted toward biology, particularly as computational modeling emerged as…