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Dianne Harris reflects on her first six months as dean, and the “dedication to excellence and deep veins of creativity” she has found throughout the College of Arts & Sciences. 

Concerned about the lack of health coverage for undocumented individuals, UW senior Marium Raza is taking action.

The four new graduates honored as College of Arts & Sciences Dean's Medalists for 2023 are all working to improve our world, in different ways. 

A roundup of recent awards in the College of Arts & Sciences. 

In her work, artist and alum Barbara Earl Thomas "offers a lovingly tender elevation of Black people and their stories."

"Learning another language is discovering another avenue for self-expression," says Joy Maa (Spanish, Japanese, 2014), who is fluent in four languages.

Earning a PhD is accomplishment enough for most graduate students, but three recent grads received the A&S Graduate Medal along with their doctorates this spring

Anthropology major Alina Aleaga developed curricula that encourage Pacific Islander students to explore their heritage—and the Burke Museum.

As a court interpreter, Kenneth Barger (BA, 2014) has helped hundreds of litigants be understood.

Students majoring in biochemistry, English and political science receive 2016 President's Medals.  

A roundup of recent awards in the College of Arts & Sciences. 

Just before graduating last spring, Julia Parker created a community service award for future philosophy students, raising the funds for the award herself. 

It's not move-in ready, but an Earth-like planet was recently discovered by a UW astronomer using the Kepler Space Telescope. The planet, Kepler 62f, is outside the solar system.

A School of Drama graduate student has found historical treasures among costumes tucked away in storage boxes for decades. 

The Southern Lushootseed language, once spoken where the UW now sits, is finding new speakers through a UW course.