Undergraduate Education

A Germanics course explores how sympathy can be used for good but can also serve a darker purpose.

Students expose layers hidden beneath the city's staggering wealth, using "dark tourism" to find reasons for protest and celebration--sometimes both at once.

In an introductory American Indian Studies course, students left the classroom to learn about Indigenous cultures.

Biology faculty and students will soon fill the UW's new Life Sciences Building along Stevens Way. 

Students in the Summer Institute in the Arts & Humanities dug into Seattle history and unearthed some surprises. 

A UW pre-med student explains why her academic major — Italian — will make her a better doctor.

The University of Washington opened the doors to a new Life Sciences Building that will transform learning, teaching and research for generations.

At the University of Washington, biology is the most popular STEM major at the Seattle campus, with more than 600 bachelors’ degrees awarded annually.

Expected to open in early September, the 207,000-square-foot building will be ready to host students in the fall. 

The UW is ranked No. 14 in the world -- No. 3 among U.S. public universities -- on the 2018 Academic Ranking of World Universities.

Adrián Gómez (BFA, 3D4M, 2018) is the first featured artist in "NosotrUS" at the Mexican Cultural Institute Gallery.

The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs is honoring the Dept. of Asian Language & Literature for its outstanding contributions to the promotion of friendship between Japan and the U.S.

Art and creative writing students collaborated on artist books through an interdisciplinary course. 

Eric Morel, a doctoral candidate in the Department of English and pre-doctoral instructor in the Program on the Environment, addresses the importance of teaching science writing.

For adults with autism, finding steady employment can be difficult--even if they have no trouble performing the duties of the job. The UW is taking action to help students with autism.