Profiles

The CAS Dean’s Office conference room will now be named in honor of McElroy, the UW’s first full-time African American female faculty member.

Ukraine's national language is Ukrainian, but many citizens grew up speaking Russian. Does that matter? Professor Laada Bilaniuk studies language and Ukrainian identity.

UW Drama professor Valerie Curtis-Newton (MFA, 1996), who will present the University Faculty Lecture on May 3, has been stirring up "good trouble" and courageously unmasking uncomfortable truths for decades. 

A new generation of scientists is challenging the biased, hierarchical status quo in astronomy. The UW's Jessica Werk, Sarah Tuttle, and Emily Levesque, discuss.

When exhibition spaces closed due to COVID, artist and alum Anna Mlasowsky found another way to share artists' work.

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

Danni Lin (2011, 2013) finds her statistics and computational finance & risk management degrees helpful as a wine entrepreneur in the US and China. 

His knowledge of ancient languages led Andrew Glass (2006) to a specialized technology job at Microsoft. 

Industrial design alum Adam Kingman demonstrated skill and creativity on the TV show Making It.

Biology PhD student Ashely Paynter has created a podcast/organization that reflects her interests in science and activism. 

Marina Dunaravich reconnected with Russian language and culture years after leaving Russia as a child. A new scholarship celebrates her Russian heritage and family.

University of Washington Provost Mark A. Richards today announced Dianne Harris will become dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, beginning Sept. 1.

Audi Brown is a scholar, mentor, event planner, and doula — and now the Dean's Medalist in the Social Sciences.

Irika Sinha received numerous awards for her stellar work as a UW undergraduate, including the Dean's Medal in the Natural Sciences.

Jarrett Johnson, Dean's Medalist in the Arts, discovered a love of acting after serving in the US Air Force,