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Fueling Innovation Through Philanthropy

Since the founding of the University of Washington more than 150 years ago, we’ve trained the scientists and the artists, the performers and the reformers, the musicians and the statisticians, the writers and the researchers, the thinkers and the doers—the who and the what our region and world need to thrive.

From ground-breaking research leading to patents and vaccines to award-winning artists, our faculty, students, and graduates are changing the world in which we live.  Read on to learn more about how their work is fueled by philanthropy.

Immigration agents still access WA licensing data, UW report shows

More than a half dozen years after Washington began limiting access to drivers license data for immigration enforcement, federal officials were still using the information for immigration arrests as recently as late last year, a report released the University of Washington Center for Human Rights shows. Angelina Godoy, professor of law, societies, and justice and of international studies, as well as director of the Center for Human Rights at the UW, is mentioned.

Want to Have Better Sex This Year? Here’s How.

After 15 years teaching a class about sex, the most popular course at the University of Washington, this professor shares her most important takeaways.

Michael Seguin behind the bar at Mobtown Ballroom.

A Love of Classics and Ballroom

Michael Seguin studied Classics at the UW and now owns Baltimore's Mobtown Ballroom. The two interests, he says, are more connected than they might seem.