Undergraduate Education

Dance Department lecturer Etienne Cakpo has been named 2020 Dance Educator of the Year by the Dance Educators Association of Washington.

“General chemistry has a terrible reputation on most college campuses. It’s seen as a killer—a place where dreams of careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) go to die. Now the data have spoken, and their message is clear: The bad rep is justified. And the numbers are especially bleak for students who are underrepresented in STEM,” writes Scott Freeman, teaching professor emeritus in biology at the UW.

University of Washington faculty member Ian Schnee, associate teaching professor in the Department of Philosophy, was the featured speaker at the UW’s 37th annual New Student Convocation.

The chair of UW’s Printmaking Program designed a popular new class during the pandemic, stamping out doubt about how effective remote learning can be.

Every Wednesday in Edmonds, customers at Walnut Street Coffee can walk out with something extra. It's all part of what they call "With Joy Wednesdays." If you purchase a drink and request a sleeve for the cup, it comes with a small inspiring message attached. UW junior Jerrod Mace got the idea while hanging out at a coffee shop in Spokane.

As Robert Stacey begins his final year as dean of Arts & Sciences, he discusses the College's strengths and challenges.

Strategists on opposites sides of the political aisle co-teach a course on political campaigns.Good thing they're close friends. 

Emily Chua, freshman, is a Summer 2020 producer for KUOW's RadioActive.

Louis Maliyam, ’21, came to the U.S. for computer science — and along the way discovered dance.

A National Science Foundation survey found that in 2016, scholars who identified as Black or African American were awarded just 6% of all doctorates in life sciences, and less than 3% of doctorates in physical and Earth sciences. Overt harassment and subtle intimidation during fieldwork compound the discrimination that Black scientists and those from other underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds already feel in academic settings. Christopher Schell, assistant professor of interdisciplinary arts and sciences at UW Tacoma, and Scott Freeman, principal lecturer emeritus in biology at the UW, are quoted.

Daniel Bessner, assistant professor of international studies, explains how COVID-19 has affected the American University.

The University of Washington is rated as one of the best art schools in the West.

Scott Freeman, principle lecture emeritus, and Elli Theobald, assistant teaching professor of biology, explain why lecturing actively harms underrepresented minority and low-income students.

Carl Bergstrom, biology professor, discusses university privacy laws and their relation to COVID-19 data.

The UW has ranked #16 in the world in the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities.