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June 10, 2020

I am breathing, but I鈥檓 not OK

Ed Taylor

Photo of Ed Taylor

Are you OK? People have been asking me, and I鈥檝e been asking others. I appreciate the question and those asking. Please keep asking. The truth of the matter is that things are not OK. As I write this, I鈥檓 staying home because of COVID-19, and a citywide curfew resulting from threats of violence throughout our city and county. I am also grieving the death of George Floyd. The simple answer is I am breathing, but I鈥檓 not OK. Nothing about the moment is OK.


May 12, 2020

The 23rd Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium moves online

Undergraduate Academic Affairs

聽 Registration is required to attend this year’s virtual Symposium. To register, visit symposium.uw.edu. Attending the event is always free. Show students your support by updating your social media profile picture with a Symposium avatar, available for researchers, mentors, parents and champions of undergrad research. Planning for the traditional event, which completely takes over Mary…


April 15, 2020

91探花 junior Virginia Burton receives prestigious Truman Scholarship

Jenelle Birnbaum

Photo of Virginia Burton hiking

Congratulations to 91探花 junior, Virginia Burton, for being selected for the prestigious Truman Scholarship. A highly competitive award, only 62 students were selected聽 from more than 773 nominations. The scholarship recognizes future leaders driven to make change at the policy level. Students are selected based on outstanding leadership, demonstrated civic engagement, academic potential…


March 31, 2020

Three 91探花students named Goldwater scholars for 2020

Undergraduate Academic Affairs

Photo collage of Keyan Gootkin, Parker Ruth and Karen Zhang

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

Jenelle Birnbaum

Portrait of Addis Michael Jr.

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…


February 3, 2020

91探花recognized for institutional commitment to community engagement

Undergraduate Academic Affairs

Graphic for 2020 Carnegie designation

All three 91探花 campuses are among the 119 U.S. colleges and universities to receive the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification this year, an elective designation that indicates institutional commitment to community engagement. This important classification is awarded following a process of self-study by each institution, which is then assessed by a national review committee…


January 30, 2020

2018鈥19 President鈥檚 Medalists announced

Line drawing of a medal

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

Undergraduate Academic Affairs

Photo of softball player throwing the ball

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…


December 4, 2019

91探花alumna Crysti (Zinan) Chen named Schwarzman Scholar

Crysti Chen

91探花 alumna Crysti (Zinan) Chen, (鈥15, B.A. in political science) received the prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship. Selected from more than 4,700 applicants, Chen will join 145 Schwarzman Scholars from around the world to make up the program鈥檚 fifth cohort. A competitive program, the incoming class was selected through a rigorous application process designed to…


November 25, 2019

I climb up the ladder聽

Jenelle Birnbaum

Auston Jimmicum

“Being at an institution like this, I’ve learned to see the importance of bringing my voice to discussions because there’s not a lot of us indigenous people that even have a seat at these discussions.鈥



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