Kat Chow wins UW Honors Alumna award

Honors News

April 15, 2019

The University of Washington Honors Program is thrilled to recognize NPR reporter, Kat Chow, as our 2019 Distinguished UW Honors Alumna. Kat Chow earned her BA in journalism with College...

March 24, 2019

Teaching to Learn/Learning to Teach

How many opportunities do you get in college to be a mentor to a group of bright-eyed, passionate freshmen while collaborating with a tight knit group of your peers? My...

March 13, 2019

Join us at the Honors Hearth!

Weds, April 17, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Maple Hall Great Room 1101 NE Campus Pkwy, Seattle, WA Each year, two dynamic educator/activists from our community get together for a cozy...

November 19, 2018

Transforming Education In Prison

A mix of incarcerated students and UW undergrads from Honors 2018 "In Your Name"

By Alexis Huerta (Interdisciplinary Honors sophomore) The University of Washington’s Honors Program offers the opportunity to explore the central component of the American criminal justice system: prison. Through the Honors...

November 15, 2018

Photos from 2018 Global Challenges Event

Photo Credits: Stuart Danford

November 9, 2018

Politics, art and everyday activism in America

By Ben Phillips From the moment I got to UW, and in the nine years since, I have always thought about my role in moving our country toward the conversations...

Dr. Garcia works on a laptop at her desk, surrounded by yellow walls and bright paintings.

By Izaiha Linton Happiness, optimism, enlightenment: three words I would use to describe the color yellow. Not the traditional office of a professor, nor any office for that matter. Yet,...

November 6, 2018