Undergraduate Education

Professor of gender studies and political science, Leela Fernandes, has been named the new director of the Jackson School.

Applied Mathematics will offer its first undergraduate degree options starting this fall, with an emphasis on quantitative methods.

Alana Isiguen, incoming artist-in-residence at the department of dance, discusses her dance career.

Anthropology professor Steven Goodreau's "Plagues and Peoples" course took on heightened relevance when the coronavirus emerged.

American Indian Studies lecturer Tami Hohn has brought the Southern Lushootseed language to life for a new generation of students on the land where the language was originally spoken.

Two CAS students — Keyan Gootkin (astronomy and physics) and Karen Zhang (microbiology and biochemistry) — are among 396 students who have been named Goldwater Scholars for 2020.

Students in the Interdisciplinary Honors class “Citizen Acts to Challenge Poverty” collaborated with Real Change to bring the exhibit Portraits for Change.

For interaction design major Sarah Strickler, research is the most compelling aspect of design.

In a new course, Professor Stephen Groening explores the factors that have shaped Americans' experience of race on television.

Check out these unique Arts & Sciences courses for Spring Quarter 2020.

Ren Nguyen, a senior double-majoring in CHID and three-dimensional forum, "find(s) her own language of expression" through creating art.

Curators at the Burke Museum are also academic faculty, which translates to unparalleled opportunities for UW students.

Joel S. Migdal, professor in the Jackson School of International Studies, will celebrate retirement after 39 years at the UW on Thursday with a daylong workshop featuring current and former students, followed by a lecture on “State and Society: Then and Now.” 

Faculty Jessica Beyer speaks about “Decoding Disinformation” in a recent panel discussion moderated by CNN Anchor Kate Bolduan.

Eight exceptional Arts & Sciences students have been selected as 2019 Dean's Medalists and Graduate Medalists.