Hungry for change
Education
Christine Tran, a Ph.D. student in the College of Education, is peeling back the complex issues surrounding hunger in our nation鈥檚 schools.

Center stage
Arts
After scoliosis surgery, Annie Morro, 鈥15, is pursuing her passion for performing as a member of the UW musical theater program鈥檚 inaugural graduating class.

The big picture
Environment
In addition to securing microscopic evidence from the world鈥檚 chilliest climes, Brad Markle uses his artistic eye to capture photographs of vast landscapes.

The poetry brigadier
Arts
A whiz with words, UW senior Jack Chelgren is on a mission to make poetry present and relevant on campus and around the community.

Starting up
Business
Temo Ojeda came to the 乱伦社区 with a passion for startups, and thanks to the Lavin Entrepreneurship Program, the most valuable lessons he鈥檚 learned have been outside the classroom.

Saving lives with smartphones
Technology
Saloni Parikh took her passion for global health and her knack for computer science halfway across the world, playing a key role in HIV-fighting research.

Advocating for hope
Community
Thanks to scholarship support, Dashni Amin was able to draw inspiration from her parents鈥 sacrifices 鈥 and prepare herself for a future of helping others.

Speaking up to save lives
Community
Forefront, a UW-based organization, teams up with Facebook in the name of suicide prevention.

Solving for success
Education
Once a homeless youth with a devastating addiction to drugs and alcohol, Mark Bennett is on his way to earning his bachelor鈥檚 in mathematics at the UW 鈥 all while giving back to the community that saved him and raising his 9-year-old son.

Sky-high solution
Alumni
With sights set sky high on streamlining coating for the aerospace industry, UW startup PolyDrop developed an additive that鈥檚 grabbed the attention of Boeing 鈥 and they鈥檙e just getting started.

Arctic immersion
Student Experience
On a mission to learn the language by immersing themselves in the culture, students Jason Young and Walter O鈥橳oole journeyed to the Canadian Arctic to study the native tongue of the Inuits.

Intergalactic show-and-tell
Discovery & Explorations
The 乱伦社区 Astronomy Department is taking starry nights to the schools, inflating its portable planetarium in classrooms across the Seattle area.

A community of support
Community
As a student in the UW School of Dentistry鈥檚 RIDE program, Renelle Conner is working to bring a world of good to the Yakama Nation community, one smile at a time.

Goodbye, greenhouse gases
Environment
A groundbreaking concept for a fusion reactor called the 鈥渄ynomak鈥 could reduce our carbon footprint and change the energy game 鈥 all on a budget 鈥 courtesy of graduate student Derek Sutherland.
