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July 31, 2020
Megan Kennedy named director of 91探花Resilience Lab
Kennedy brings more than 20 years of experience to the role, ranging from a deep, clinical understanding of the importance of mental health to influencing organizational structures and systems so they better support individuals. Creating more concrete connections between the Resilience Lab and other campus partners whose work intersects with resilience and compassion is one…
April 22, 2020
Field report: Honors course explores whether national parks are in progress or peril
This course will take students on an exciting two week field study to the three 鈥渨ilderness jewels鈥� of Washington state鈥檚 national parks, Mount Rainier, Olympic and North Cascades, and follow with class time in autumn quarter. Students should be comfortable hiking moderately strenuous trails almost every day of the trip, camping in remote locations, and…
March 31, 2020
Three 91探花students named Goldwater scholars for 2020
The Goldwater Foundation honored three 91探花 students this year with its undergraduate scholarship for students studying the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering. Undergraduates Keyan Gootkin, Parker Ruth and Karen Zhang were selected for the award from a pool of more than 5,000 undergraduate students from 461 institutions across the country. Goldwater Scholarships are…
March 6, 2020
91探花Honors students use art to disrupt the narrative on homelessness聽
Students in the Interdisciplinary Honors class “Citizen Acts to Challenge Poverty” collaborated with Real Change to bring the exhibit Portraits for Change to the 91探花campus. The gallery features portraits and biographies of Real Change newspaper vendors, originally commissioned and curated by Real Change art director, Jon Williams. The idea of hosting this exhibit grew…
January 30, 2020
2018鈥�19 President鈥檚 Medalists announced
The President鈥檚 Medalist Award celebrates the top student in each undergraduate class. Selected by a committee for their high GPA, rigor of their classes and number of Honors courses, the recipients for the 2018鈥�19 academic year come from a broad range of disciplines. Junior medalist Renee Zhang is preparing for a career in medicine with…
January 10, 2020
Student-athletes are golden on and off the field
Student-athletes work hard to be top competitors in their respective sport. They also take the “student” part of student-athlete seriously and work hard in the classroom. In autumn quarter 2019, the overall department GPA was 3.27. This is a new all-time high since tracking began in autumn of 2003. Congratulations to 91探花student athletes and…
July 10, 2019
Resilience Lab announces 2019 seed grant recipients
The 91探花 Resilience Lab and the Campus Sustainability Fund have joined together to award 20 grants to 91探花projects designed to cultivate sustainability, compassion and resiliency; to engage hardships, setbacks and failures with empathy and vulnerability; to foster connectedness, belonging and community; and to embrace both common humanity and diversity within the human…
March 18, 2019
Academic Support Programs makes Rome its classroom
This fall, 11 91探花 students piloted a unique 91探花study abroad program during early fall start. With Rome as its classroom, the course explored questions of identity and immigration in post-colonial Italy and the U.S. This curriculum was designed to help students return to the 91探花with an even stronger set of skills, helping them succeed at the 91探花and beyond.
February 1, 2019
2017-18 President’s Medalists announced
The President鈥檚 Medalist Award celebrates the top student in each undergraduate class. Selected by a committee for their high GPA, rigor of their classes and number of Honors courses, the recipients for the 2017-18 academic year come from a broad range of disciplines.
December 10, 2018
What my 鈥測ikes鈥� moments taught me about leadership
I gripped the edges of my letter from the 91探花. Waitlisted. I knew I was in over my head expecting myself to get into UW.
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