91探花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 91探花community to serve, learn and march during MLK Week 2020.
Pitre to receive 2020 Odegaard Award
One of the UW鈥檚 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.
91探花Tacoma professor Amanda Sesko examines the psychological principle of invisibility and how it affects marginalized groups.
91探花alumnus and a founding member of the 91探花Black Student Union, Gossett is recognized for his legacy of social justice work and service on the King County Council.
Raquel Montoya-Lewis holds a law degree and a master鈥檚 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.
Mia Tuan, dean of the College of Education, is honored by the Puget Sound Business Journal as one of their Women of Influence.
In November, Allen presented the lecture, Earthworks Rising: Mound Building in Native Art, Literature and Performance, based on his new book manuscript.
This blog written by Joyce Yen, director for UW鈥檚 ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change, summarizes the keynote she delivered at RosettaCon 2019.
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.
MSIM alumnus and 91探花Tribal Liaison Iisaaksiichaa Ross Braine is recognized as the iSchool鈥檚 2019 Distinguished Alumnus.
When learning tools and resources are accessible to all, we all win
At UW鈥檚 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.
A graduate of the 91探花Medical School and former OMA&D student, Anisa Ibrahim was promoted to medical director at Harborview in September.
91探花Regent and alumnus Rogelio Riojas, as well as alumnus Jose Baz谩n and professor emeritus Erasmo Gamboa lead new Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture.
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, 91探花is implementing an option to give students and other 91探花community members the ability to express their pronouns in university systems.
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 91探花for an Early Engineering Institute.
Samantha Penjaraenwatana shares her story of empowerment as a first-generation student.
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 91探花around Native student support, academics, research and cultural programs.
Research associate professor Ernesto Alvarado and alumnus Steve Rigdon are among the experts weighing in on this topic.
More than 120 future teachers shared their work building lessons that contain tribal-specific content.
Jazmen Moore, research assistant in the Banks Center for Educational Justice, builds off inspiration from her students as she pursues a doctorate.
An open letter from the School of Social Work Leadership team after the shootings in El Paso and Dayton.
Rhoan Garnett, 鈥�19, discusses findings from his exploration of how to better support college access for young people from underrepresented backgrounds.
Ph.D. graduate Paneen Petersen is researching how to address colorectal cancer and other health disparities among Indigenous people.
A social worker and 91探花Tacoma alum鈥檚 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.
As the UW鈥檚 Q Center wrapped up its 15th year on campus, the resource continues to evolve and grow, serving 500 visitors per month.
While earning her 91探花Ph.D., Yolanda Valencia researched how recent immigrants to the U.S. thrived here despite the odds – just like she did.
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.
In June, professor Marieka M. Klawitter wrote about the changes she has seen in the fight for gay rights throughout her life.
Professor Ralina Joseph is teaching people to talk about race across generational and racial lines.
Michelle Martin, Beverly Cleary Professor for Children and Youth Services, examines what鈥檚 missing from books about the outdoors for young readers.
Oliver, a professor emeritus and one of most renowned names in Northwest art, is the recipient of the 2019 Odegaard Award.
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.
College students observing Ramadan and fasting during the day can now wait until night to take exams.
Braine is honored for his work as UW鈥檚 tribal liaison and director of w菨色菨b蕯altx史 – Intellectual House.
Assistant Professor Kemi Adeyami directs a program that brings together 91探花graduate students to examine how definitions of blackness are produced and expressed through the arts.
Alumnus Armon Dadgar, 鈥�11, and Joshua Kalla have made the commitment to fund scholarship packages for three cohorts of underrepresented undergraduate students over the next 12 years.
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鈥檚 University Faculty Lecture.
91探花Bothell has been ranked No. 4 among four-year public colleges in the nation for awarding bachelor degrees in computer science to women.
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.
Indigenous artist, student senator and 91探花Tacoma senior Maria Crisostomo is advocating and empowering first-generation students like herself.
Amanda Bradley, Ph.D. candidate in molecular & cellular biology, discusses her commitment to diversifying STEM.
A new workshop offered by 91探花Tacoma鈥檚 Professional Development Center will explore issues of race and implicit bias within the nonprofit sector.
91探花Bothell graduate students Maisha Manson and Khairat Salum discuss these topics in an interview with the Graduate School.
Alumnus Kevin Truong is helping high school students navigate the college application and financial aid process.
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.
Professor and Dean Sandra Archibald reflects on her personal journey to increase diversity in public policy graduate education.
The Feb. 25 event brought the experiences of Black students and their allies to the forefront.
For her master’s thesis, graduate student TeyAnjulee Leon explored issues of race in higher education.
The second annual education Ideathon explored ideas to make Othello UW-Commons a catalyst for equitable education practices.
The 91探花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.
Dancers spend years training to be choreographers. Cheryl Delostrinos, 鈥�13, got a head start 鈥� at age two.
OMA&D’s LSAMP program partners with the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics to send students to Australia.
The 鈥楩ather of Multicultural Education鈥� is retiring after 50 years at UW.
The 91探花alumna will pursue a pair of master’s degrees in the U.K. to continue engaging with issues of social inequality.
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.
Located on the west side of campus in Poplar Hall, the 700-square-foot space provides free, nonperishable groceries and select fresh produce.
Since 2013, STARS has provided support for underserved students from Washington state to succeed in engineering.
The center aims to support research in American Indian and Indigenous Studies across the three 91探花campuses, as well as with surrounding Native communities.
Faculty Friday: Alexes Harris
Inspired by Harris鈥� personal experience, 91探花is partnering with Be the Match to raise awareness of the disparities in blood donor representation.
Read about the experiences of students and alumni who are the first in their families to attend college.
91探花Bothell Professor鈥檚 book, 鈥淭eaching for Black Lives,鈥� is being used throughout Seattle public schools.
91探花Tacoma鈥檚 newly-hired Assistant Chancellor for Equity & Inclusion speaks about his background, his first three months on the job and the opportunities ahead.
Communication Ph.D. student Meshell Sturgis share how GO-MAP has helped her thrive as a grad student.
Third-year Ph.D. student Ellen Y. Chang discusses the film and its impact.
Kemi Doll, M.D., MSCR, is working on closing the racial mortality gap in endometrial cancer 鈥� in part, by bringing Black women into the conversation.