Abby Burtner named Churchill Scholar

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March 26, 2024

Congrats to Honors Husky Abby Burtner, ‘24, who has been awarded the prestigious Churchill Scholarship in recognition of her outstanding achievements in the field of biochemistry. As a Churchill Scholar,...

March 18, 2024

Students Care for Carers

In LaShawnDa Pittman’s winter seminar “Interrogating the Influence of ‘Western Civilization’ on Care” students sponsored a “self-care evening” for a group of South King County caregivers. Students set up stations...

March 4, 2024

The Daily reports on High Demand for Honors

Contributing writer Cassie Diamond reported last week in The Daily on the drastic jump in applications to the UW Honors Program over the past five years. In fact, incoming first-year...

February 16, 2024

Grandmothering While Black

by Anika Neumeyer When American Ethnic Studies professor and researcher LaShawnDa Pittman isn’t teaching or leading a mindfulness meditation class for caregivers, she finds time to write books. Important, timely...

February 10, 2024

Honors Students Named President’s Medalists

Congrats to Ayush Agrawal, Cin Dacey Ahrens, and Sayako Mitchell on being named a 2022-2023 President’s Medalist. These students were selected for their rigorous courses, number of Honors classes, and...

December 4, 2023

Amy Piedalue = Mega Honors Husky

An open letter to the Honors Community, by Amy Piedalue December 1, 2023 Dear Honors Huskies, Maybe you don’t remember me or maybe we haven’t met. But I am a...

November 28, 2023

Weave “Ways of Knowing” into Your Basket

Reflections on Global Challenges, by Anika Neumeyer Audience question: How do you navigate opposing epistemologies about truths in this world, such as scientific knowledge versus spiritual knowledge? i.e. how do...

November 20, 2023

Jayna Milan’s “Ravenna” Zine online/in suite

photo of Jayna holding up a copy of her zine

The Honors staff was delighted to hear from alumna Jayna Milan (BA in Business Administration w/Interdisciplinary Honors, 2019). Jayna wrote to share her beautiful creative project, the “Ravenna” zine, which...

November 18, 2023

Juliana Villegas…reflections and invitations

II. A Poetic Legacy Juliana Villegas has, without a doubt, been one of the most impactful people in our Honors Husky community. A creative force behind the scenes in so...

November 8, 2023

Interdisciplinary Poster Person: Samantha-Lynn Martinez

Learn more about the deeply talented, kind, wise and adventurous Samantha-Lynn Martinez.

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