Profiles

A childhood interest in astronomy, renewed in adulthood, led David Brooks to support postdoctoral fellowships in the Department of Astronomy. 

Many A&S staff have specialized skills that are valuable to their department but not highly visible to the larger community. Meet four staff with unusual and specialized jobs. 

Art Levinson (1972), head of biotech firm Genentech, got his start working in a faculty lab as a UW student.

Meet the bioengineering graduate student from Bellevue using ancient inspiration to change the narrative in modern medicine.

Catch up with Seattle Seahawks legend and UW grad Jermaine Kearse, who spends his days golfing and supporting youth in military families.

Connie Eggers loves seeing families come through the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. Eggers is a visitor services specialist at the Burke, part of a rotating team that works at the museum’s front desk.