Honors News

April 11, 2023

UW’s Goldwater Scholars pursuing Honors

The Honors Program congratulates all of UW’s five new Goldwater scholars. The most Goldwater Fellows selected from UW in the foundation’s history! This year’s UW Goldwater Scholars are Abigail Burtner,...

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April 6, 2023

Sound Collaboratory in the making

Students of Honors courses “Sounds of Social Justice: Making Scenes, Building Communities” and “Feminism in the Borderlands” were incorporated into Daphne Brooks’ Distinguished Katz Lecture and the Sound Collaboratory by...

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April 5, 2023

Way more than a marine biologist

photo of Martinez using professional photography equipment

by Carey Christie Kids meet Samantha-Lynn Martinez, and so can you. One of the true joys of working at the UW is stumbling across amazing projects that highlight the talents...

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March 23, 2023

Brianna Craft: All That Rises

The majority of Honors students have big feelings about climate justice, the climate crisis, climate change, global warming…whatever phrase one chooses, the sense of overwhelm can lead to a sort...

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March 17, 2023

Portals to portfolios in Honors Suite

by Shannon Hong The Interdisciplinary Honors Portfolio is a web-based collection of artifacts and reflective annotations that students curate over the course of their undergraduate experience. On March 8 and...

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March 13, 2023

Olivia Brandon zooms in and out

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Learn what makes Honors senior Olivia Brandon (neuroscience and public health double major) tick in this story, recently featured in UW Today.

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March 8, 2023

Congratulations Olivia, Peyton and Anaëlle!

photo of three UW President's medalists with President Cauce and Provost Richards

Special congratulations to our recent Presidential Medal recipients: Olivia Brandon, Peyton Goodwin and Anaëlle Enders are the medalists for 2021–22, selected by a committee for their high GPAs, rigor of...

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February 1, 2023

Honors in pictures: January 2023

Photo of students on gallery walk in Honors 231

by Shannon Hong January marked a new year and a new quarter. It also marked an uptick in social opportunities and creative in-class engagements. Special thanks to the students and instructors...

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December 12, 2022

Daniel Chen named Marshall Scholar

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Kudos to Honors Husky Daniel Chen (’22, microbiology and informatics with departmental honors in bioengineering), recently named one of 40 U.S. recipients (from more than 950 applicants) of the 2023...

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December 9, 2022

LaShawnDa Pittman shows the love

by Shannon Hong LaShawnDa Pittman (she/her), UW Associate Professor of American Ethnic Studies and Adjunct Associate Professor of Sociology, addresses the coping experiences of socially marginalized women, including Black women raising a...

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