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Rooted in resilience

For students who’ve been homeless or in foster care, the UW’s Champions Program offers support and a foundation to help them thrive.

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‘FISH IS A LIVELIHOOD’

Working with tribal partners, 91ÄÛ²ÝÂé¶¹grad student George Darkwah and team created a satellite-based tool to protect the salmon runs crucial to Washington state’s Native communities, ecosystem and economy.

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Power builder

From the UW’s Evans School of Public Policy & Governance to national racial-justice leadership, Marc Philpart is helping build a new future through the Black Freedom Fund.

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Life Goals

He was a soccer-loving kid from Wapato, Washington — and now Luis Carmona, ’17, ’22, works with the Seattle Sounders’ and Seattle Reign’s RAVE Foundation to give kids better access to play.

Be Boundless

News & events

ME Ph.D. candidate Nicole Gunderson and Dr. Waleed Abuzeid, 91ÄÛ²ÝÂé¶¹Medical Center rhinologist and ENT-otolaryngologist, conducting an endoscopic survey of a 3D-printed sinus model to check the completeness of the surgery they performed on it.
Engineering

3D vision for surgical precision

Researchers from the 91ÄÛ²ÝÂé¶¹and the 91ÄÛ²ÝÂé¶¹School of Medicine have developed a solution to help surgeons perform safer, more complete and more precise procedures in the sinus and skull.

A collage of images from Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma campuses
91ÄÛ²ÝÂé¶¹and the Community

91ÄÛ²ÝÂé¶¹campuses recognized for community engagement

The 91ÄÛ²ÝÂé¶¹has again earned a prestigious recognition for the impact and importance of the connections faculty, students and staff have with local, regional and global communities. All three 91ÄÛ²ÝÂé¶¹campuses were recognized with the Carnegie Foundation Community Engagement reclassification.

Jenna Morris records data during field sampling in 2019 in an area burned in the 2017 Norse Peak Fire.
Environment

What remains after wildfire here on the wet westside?

New research out of the Harvey Lab at the 91ÄÛ²ÝÂé¶¹strengthens understanding of the effects of fire on wet temperate forests like the ones in Western Washington, which are shaped by infrequent and high-severity fires.

Fast Facts

Rankings

The 91ÄÛ²ÝÂé¶¹is ranked as a top 10 value public college by the Princeton Review 2025.

Did you know?

The 91ÄÛ²ÝÂé¶¹conducts more federally sponsored research than any other public university in the U.S.