With The Whole U Summer Fitness Challenge launching in June, we thought it was the perfect time to interview UW Athletic Director Scott Woodward about what health and fitness means to him. He has been an innovative leader in sports, higher education and government for more than 25 years. The UW’s athletic programs have flourished [...]

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Joseph Babigumira is an assistant professor in the Department of Global Health with an adjunct appointment in the School of Pharmacy. After several years of practicing medicine in Uganda, his home country, Babigumira moved to America to pursue healthcare and pharmaceutical degrees in 2004.

Summer is a time of exploration. As a child, the world opened up to me in the summer, shifting my perspective of routine occurrences into fantastic escapades. That Saturday stroll on just another dirt path turned into a wilderness adventure, and trips to the museum filled with static junk turned into a quest for hidden [...]

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I’ve always been fascinated by opera. My interest in this beautiful art form started as a kid in Italy. We would take regular trips to visit my grandparents in the South and the first thing I would hear walking thorough their door was a magnificent aria from one of the many operas my grandpa loved. [...]

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Amanda Lock Swarr is an associate professor in the Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies. Since 1997, she has researched and written about people who fall outside of the gender binary in South Africa. Her current work looks at sexual violence and masculinity in particular. “African masculinities get represented in really problematic ways in international media, especially in very racist ways,” Swarr said. “I’m thinking about what it means to be in a newly democratic society since the end of apartheid, to have that new space to re-conceptualize masculinity.”

We know summer is a busy time, so we wanted to let you know early about our next signature event. The Whole U has partnered again with local professional photographers to capture memories of you and your loved ones all over the UW Seattle campus. On Sunday, August 9, bring your friends, family members, and [...]

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I remember exactly why I interviewed Jessica for The Whole U’s marketing and communication assistant role. Her passion for the UW was clear throughout her cover letter. She described herself as “a diehard Husky fan and a lover of anything and everything UW-related” who wanted to work at The Whole U because she was a [...]

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If you think that changing your eating habits will be difficult, you are not alone. Who wants to follow a list of “don’ts” from the food police telling you not to eat your favorite foods? As a registered dietitian, I work with people of all ages to dispel this concern. Whether it is a young [...]

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This spring, the UW is graduating some incredibly talented art, drama, and music students, and you’re invited to see their work. These students have been working hard the last several months and their artwork — from painting to drawing to jazz ensembles — is exceptional. Some of the events are located on the UW Seattle campus, [...]

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At UW, we love our libraries. There are 15 of them on Seattle’s campus alone. If you have some free time or just enjoy the library atmosphere, there are three exhibits that are ongoing this spring. Here’s why you should visit each and every one. Canada’s Arctic: Vibrant and Thriving Location: Allen Library North Lobby [...]

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The sun is out and the days are gloriously long. If you’re like me, it makes you want to move more and spend as much time outside as possible. Let’s make the most of summer together! Register for the Summer Fitness Challenge, an eight-week checklist for making sure we squeeze every moment out of the [...]

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In 1991, Michio Tsutsui started the Technical Japanese Master’s Program at UW. It sought to provide an increasingly global economy with a niche workforce: bilingual engineers. This two-year program, which began admitting students from other disciplines in 2000, is the only one of its kind in America. It will shut down when Tsutsui retires in December. “You have to have a pool of bilingual specialists in key fields,” said Tsutsui, a professor in Human Centered Design & Engineering. “And most likely those people shouldn’t just be used as translators. The benefit is so limited. Rather, they should be working in the field.”