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Mary Childs, Walter Andrews, and Sarah Ketchley (from left)

Diary Inspires UW Publishing House

Faculty and students are digitizing historically valuable texts through Newbook Digital Texts.

Dan Fu

A New Tool for Studying Cancer Cells

UW chemists are developing tools to improve our understanding of cancer cells — and our ability to treat cancer.

Sutapa Basu, Johnna White, Velma Veloria, and Emma Catague

Anti-Human Trafficking Report

A Women's Center report addresses human trafficking in Washington state.

Karen Cheng (left) and Kristine Matthews

Reducing Trash through Thoughtful Design

An interactive recycling and composting station designed by a UW team will move to the HUB this summer.

11 UW students receive Fulbright scholarships in 2017-18

Congratulations to the nine 17-18 Fulbright recipients from the College of Arts and Sciences! Read More at UW News

Women of color face staggering harassment in space science

Forty percent of women of color said that they felt unsafe in their current job as a result of harassment about their gender. Read More at The Washington Post

Hidden Figures: Bringing Math, Physics, History, and Race to Hollywood

Aug 03

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Fast Facts The UW College of Arts & Sciences

280+ performances annually

280+ performances annually. Learn more

MacArthur Fellows

7 MacArthur Fellows

Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients

Distinguished alumni: artist Dale Chihuly, author David Guterson, poet Tess Gallagher.

Math Top 50

UW Mathematics department ranked in Top 50 worldwide.

Undergraduate pre-majors

14,800 undergraduate pre-majors (as of 2014).

Languages Taught

50+ languages taught. Learn more

Undergraduate courses

More than 6,500 undergraduate courses offered annually. Learn more

Research Faculty

1,115 academic and research faculty. Learn more

Grad Students

2,700 graduate students.

English Ranks 3rd in US

UW English department ranked as the 3rd best place in the country to study. Learn more

Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients

Distinguished alumni: former Seattle Mayor Norm Rice, former Governor Christine Gregoire.

National Book Awards

2 National Book Awards for faculty