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Cool courses in the arts

Need to fulfill your VLPA credits? These courses are sure to transform and inspire you!

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Dedicated to UW's Top Dawg

Dubs II has big paws to fill as successor to UW mascot Dubs. Anne-Lise Nilsen (BS, 2014) is making sure he's...

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A Mentoring Mastermind

With Hey Mentor, an online mentoring program, Kevin Truong (BA, 2016) is helping students prepare for college.

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Students at the furnace in the hot glass shop.

Playing with Fire

With ingenuity and perseverance, faculty and staff built the UW glass program one kiln at a time.

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UW to mark centennial of 1919 Seattle General Strike

Professor James Gregory on the power of public history and the centenary of the 1919 Seattle General Strike Read More at The Whole U

Professor Emeritus Marvin Oliver to Receive UW's 2019 Odegaard Award

Established in 1973, the Odegaard award honors individuals whose leadership in the community exemplifies the former UW president’s work on behalf of diversity. Read More at Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity

Jacob Lawrence Gallery 25th Anniversary Celebration

Feb 16

Featuring DJ sets by SassyBlack, Felisha Ledesma (S1 Portland), and dos leches + Eve Defy (TUF Collective, Seattle). View Event Details

Fast Facts The UW College of Arts & Sciences

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

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

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

60+ languages taught. Learn more

More than 5,887 undergraduate courses offered annually. Learn more

2,621 graduate students.

7 MacArthur Fellows

1,610 academic and research faculty. Learn more

2 National Book Awards for faculty

9,348 undergraduate pre-majors (as of 2017).

UW Mathematics department ranked in Top 50 worldwide.

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300+ performances annually. Learn more