Social Sciences Division

Since 1932, the President’s Medal has been awarded to the graduating senior who has achieved the most distinguished academic record at the university. Meet this year's awardee.

WATCH NOW: The Husky Experience is about more than a degree. It's about possibility. 

Marwa Maziad, Middle East specialist at the University of Washington, weighs in on the development.

Historians of labor, working class to convene at UW

Four exceptional graduating seniors have been selected as Dean's Medalists by the College of Arts & Sciences.

Victoria Braun joined the UW Debate Union during her senior year at the UW — and won the national tournament in her category.

Laura Dowling, ’81, ’91, served as the nation’s Chief Floral Designer from 2009 to 2015.

UW student portrays Bellevue women in photo project

Alexes Harris of UW department of sociology weighs in on a potential fee waiver for indigent and other needy criminal defendants in Los Angeles County.

Four graduate students are receiving the A&S Graduate Medal along with their PhDs.

Each spring, a handful of outstanding faculty earn a special spotlight: a Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA).

The Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs is dedicated to the improvement of graduate education in international affairs.

The decision to be a mother is as intense, and personal, as ever. Here, several Seattle-area women share how they made their choice to be a mom — or not.

UW History Department professor, Margaret O'Mara, weighs in on Mark Zuckerberg's recent commencement speech.

Jackson School Director and Turkey expert, Dr. Reşat Kasaba was interviewed by KOMO News to discuss the visit of U.S. President Donald Trump to Saudi Arabia and Israel.