The day full of family fun, barbecuing, and fireworks is finally here! Whether you plan on spending time with the people you love or honoring our veterans, July 4 is a day where people come together to celebrate, spread love, reflect, and express gratitude. But sometimes it can be hard to figure out how, where, [...]

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At the University of Washington, we are committed to ensuring equality for all of our faculty, staff, and students on campus and for all people who visit our medical centers regardless of sexual and gender orientation. In fact, UW consistently ranks in the top 25 list of LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges and Universities by the nonprofit organization [...]

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June will be here before we know it—meaning LGBTQIA Pride Month is just around the corner. To celebrate the rich spectrum of genders, sexualities, and most important of all—people—University Book Store highlights 7 fantastic titles about queer people. From non-fiction, memoir, and enthralling novels, each of these books presents aspects of queer life. Real Queer [...]

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Thursday, April 25, was Take Our Kids to Work Day—a day intended to get young people acquainted with the professional possibility of their future adult lives. At the University of Washington, it’s also a chance for children to explore—and better understand—the campuses their parents serve and support. This year, parents and their children took part [...]

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Get ready for UW Fitness Day and a lifetime of healthy exercise with these great guides on keeping fit! Whether you’re looking for something more from your runs, want to try something new, want a quick guide to yoga at your workspace, University Book Store has the titles to get you there! The RBG Workout [...]

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Ahh, the spring thaw—with the snow and cold past us, March creates opportunity to practice healthy habits we’ve built through the winter. To continue nurturing a healthy relationship with fruits and vegetables, from foraging to fermentation, here are five reads from University Book Store to motivate you to explore new modes of healthy living! 1. [...]

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This February, to celebrate Black History Month, University Book Store highlights speculative fiction, fantasy, and poetry written by Black American authors. Through imagining the future, re-imagining the past, and trying to make sense of the present, these books ask questions about the connections between power and history, and what kind of future we can build [...]

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Black History Month traces its roots to the work of historian Carter G. Woodson, who in 1926 declared that the second week of February should be dedicated to the celebration of African-American contributions that “were overlooked, ignored, and even suppressed by the writers of history textbooks and the teachers who use them.” The timing of [...]

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This week, as part of our ongoing Dare to Do challenge, we focus on giving time and service to those in need. There is no surprise that giving back to one’s community and improving the lives of those around us is an important part to the university’s mission.  It’s in everything we do at the Whole U, [...]

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The Labor Archives of Washington will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1919 Seattle General Strike with a series of events over the next week, as well as a new library exhibit on campus. There will be book readings, documentary films, a bus tour and live performances and presentations at several locations from Feb. 2 through Feb. 9. [...]

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Life’s most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?” Beginning next week, the University of Washington community will join together in action to celebrate not just Dr. King’s legacy, commitment to justice, and vision of equality, but also the generations of activists who’ve fought for and [...]

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The Whole U’s eight-week Dare to Do challenge to make positive, lasting improvements in all areas of life is set to begin Monday, January 7. Each week of the challenge will focus on a different area of wellness, setting you up for success with a holistic approach for making healthy changes into enduring habits. Register here [...]

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