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    2025 UW Awards of Excellence

    Arts & Science faculty and staff were among the recipients of 2025 UW Awards of Excellence for their teaching, leadership, and innovation. 

    July 2025 Perspectives
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    Meet Our 2025 Graduate Medalists

    Meet the four graduating students selected by the College of Arts & Sciences as 2025 Graduate Medalists for their accomplishments. 

    July 2025 Perspectives
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    Honors for Impact, Innovation & More

    Recent awards celebrate Arts & Sciences faculty, staff, and students for their research, leadership, and more. 

    July 2025 Perspectives
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    A Handcrafted Award for Medalists

    Each of the College's 2025 medalists received a special gift — a glass bowl, handblown in the UW School of Art + Art History + Design.

    July 2025 Perspectives
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    2025 Dean's Medalists, Energized & Inspiring

    Meet the four new graduates honored as College of Arts & Sciences Dean's Medalists for 2025. 

    July 2025 Perspectives
  • Anselma Prihandita headshot, with UW campus buildings in the background.

    Balancing Sci-Fi and Scholarship

    Speculative fiction author Anselma Prihandita (PhD, language and rhetoric, 2025), a Nebula Award winner, finds that her creative writing bolsters her scholarly work in unexpected ways. 

    June 2025 Perspectives
  • Grace Kelly in UW's East Asia Library, sitting in chair with bookshelves in the background

    Exploring the World — and Global Careers

    Study abroad in Vietnam and Madrid. An internship with the State Department. International studies major Grace Kelly explored the world as a UW student.

    June 2025 Perspectives
  • Max Frissell in the UW Planetarium, with the starry "sky" visible behind him.

    Tracking Comets, and Other Celestial Adventures

    Using a powerful research telescope, astronomy and physics major Max Frissell identified a never-before-seen active comet. Now he’s hooked.

    June 2025 Perspectives
  • Kyra Wolfenbarger standing and painting in an art studio.

    Making Art, Making Connections

    While at the UW, artist Kyra Wolfenbarger was a researcher, museum intern, and arts writer. What shaped her most were the people she met along the way.

    June 2025 Perspectives
  • Audrey Spurgeon wearing a headset in a broadcast control room.

    Finding Focus Behind the Camera

    When UW junior Audrey Spurgeon is at Husky athletic events, she's usually part of the broadcast team, thanks to an internship through the Big Ten Network's StudentU program. 

    May 2025 Perspectives