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A Healing Heart Returns
In February, the UW Symphony will perform a symphony that Coast Salish elder Vi Hilbert commissioned years ago to heal the world after the heartbreak of 9/11.
Through Soil Science, an Adventure in Kyrgyzstan
Chemistry PhD alum Jonathan Cox spent most of 2025 in Kyrgyzstan, helping farmers improve their soil — and their crops — through soil testing.
A Sports Obsession Inspires a Career
Thuc Nhi Nguyen got her start at the UW Daily. Now she's a sports reporter for the L.A. Times, writing about the Lakers and the Olympics.
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Charting the Path: An interview with Lydia Berhanu, OMA&D’s 2026 honoree for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Lydia Berhanu is her own mentor. That’s not to say the University of Washington senior didn’t grow up in a supportive household (she did) or wasn’t surrounded by supportive educators (she was). But when it comes to illuminating her path forward, she’s been the one holding the flashlight.
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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.
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