Veterans on a mission
Evans School graduate Joy Turner, 鈥18, and student Andrew Peppler, 鈥19, encountered all kinds of political viewpoints during their Army service. Now they鈥檙e bringing a range of veteran voices to the public with their podcast, Speak Freely.

Speaking words of justice
Through her undergraduate research, UW Bothell senior Malak Shalabi is exploring her identity, her past 鈥 and the grim political reality that still affects her family.

Redefining reality
At the UW鈥檚 CoMotion Labs, Lacey Leavitt, 鈥03, and Joe Jacobs of Electric Dream Factory are helping shape an inclusive future for the VR industry.

Brewing success
With support from the Foster School鈥檚 Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship, four co-founders are turning a UW classroom project into a budding beverage company.

A commitment to community
Thanks to our Be Boundless campaign sponsors, the UW is strengthening its efforts to serve others and create opportunities across the state.

Creating communities that care
Across Seattle, UW School of Social Work students and community leaders are working together to encourage healthy behaviors in young people 鈥 and set them up for success.

Reader today, leader tomorrow
Each summer, the UW鈥檚 Real Dawgs Read program helps children across Washington state discover the joys 鈥 and immense benefits 鈥 of reading.

Socially responsible design
At the UW鈥檚 College of Built Environments, students like David de la Cruz, 鈥17, are partnering with some of the world鈥檚 most vulnerable communities in the fight for environmental justice.

Facing homelessness
For 90 days over winter quarter, the UW hosted Tent City 3, an organized tent city that offers safe, secure housing to people in need. These are the residents鈥 stories.

Wandering and wondering
A handful of UW students are selected as Bonderman Fellows every year. For eight months, they get to travel the world for an experience that鈥檚 eye-opening, unstructured and transformative.

Setting a course for the future
Each year, dozens of UW students spend their spring break volunteering across the state. This spring in Neah Bay, volunteers helped fifth-graders imagine their futures through digital storytelling.

Slide to unlock
Today鈥檚 touch-screen world is leaving behind an entire segment of the population: those with motor impairments. iSchool Ph.D. candidate Martez Mott wants to change that.

Bridging the 鈥渒now-do鈥 gap
We know science can improve health. But how do we go from knowing to doing? The School of Public Health has the world鈥檚 first Ph.D. program in implementation science, designed to raise the speed and quality of applying science toward improved health worldwide.

Powering policy locally and globally
Seattle鈥檚 historic $15 minimum wage presents an unprecedented opportunity for researchers like Hilary Wething to track the effects of a new policy in real time.
