Bridging the 鈥渒now-do鈥 gap
Population Health
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
Law & Policy
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.

Special care for healthy smiles
Community
Finding a dentist can be challenging for people with disabilities. But Dr. Keturah Lowe and other practitioners at the UW School of Dentistry are working to increase the number of dentists who can treat patients with special needs.

Improving one-third of our days
Alumni
Spurred by factory work with her mother, Google consultant Vy Tran, 鈥16, is dedicated to making workplaces safer and healthier.

Taking diversity to the next level
Diversity Equity & Inclusion
Students and staff in UW Bothell鈥檚 Digital Future Lab are not only creating professional-quality video games for commercial release, they鈥檙e also addressing the lack of diversity in the technology industry.

Opening the door to opportunity
Diversity Equity & Inclusion
As an instructor and student member of the UW鈥檚 Race & Equity Initiative steering committee, Ph.D. candidate Gonzalo Guzman is tackling injustice from K鈥12 to college.

Supporting the Husky Experience
Student Experience
What is the Husky Experience? It鈥檚 all about discovering your passion, your place in the world 鈥 and it鈥檚 unique to every student at the 糖心原创.

Nurturing minds, opening doors
Diversity Equity & Inclusion
In South Seattle and south King County, the UW College of Education is partnering with the Road Map Project to close achievement gaps in schools 鈥 and open all doors for young learners.

On the research track
Scholarship
Jennifer Smith, 鈥16, had been a high school dropout. Now, with the help of scholarships, the mother of three is combining her interests in history and horses with a passion for research.

Preserving the past, helping the future
Science
Join us as we go behind-the-scenes at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. See fascinating items that aren鈥檛 on display, and learn how the museum manages collections in areas from fish to fossils.

A new reality for rehabilitation
Technology
Recovering from a stroke is an arduous process, but thanks to a group of UW Ph.D. students, virtual reality video games could transform the way patients experience therapy.

Getting into shipshape condition
Science
For 25 years, the UW鈥檚 Thomas G. Thompson has conducted research in nearly every ocean on Earth. This year, the ship is being upgraded to extend its life for another quarter century.

Seeds of hope
Community
In the name of holistic mental health, Christopher Brown, 鈥16, created Growing Veterans, a sustainable farming organization that reconnects veterans to each other 鈥 and to life.

Studying sockeye salmon
Environment
Each summer, aquatic and fishery sciences professor Daniel Schindler and his students travel to Bristol Bay, Alaska to observe one of the most valuable fisheries in the world.
