Social Sciences Division

What the bond between homeless people and their pets demonstrates about compassion

UW alum's photography series aims to empower Alaska native LBGTQ2 Community

New program offers classes in marketing, management and accounting, both at the Seattle campus and at partnering tribal casinos and resorts.

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).