Like many of you, I’m home with my family and feeling pulled in so many directions as a parent, partner, employee, citizen, friend, and teacher. A constant question I hear every day in all those spaces is: “How can I help? I want to do more than just donate money.” The news we receive during [...]

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Chances are you’re not spending much, if any, time on the University of Washington’s campuses this spring due to COVID-19. That’s why, for Earth Day, we thought we’d bring you a story that recalls the life-giving richness of the spaces we normally share so that when time comes to reoccupy them, we can do so [...]

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Even in the best of times, the need for donated blood is constant. Now, during the COVID-19 pandemic, is an especially vital time to step up to help the American Red Cross provide lifesaving blood. Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine and Bloodworks Northwest are putting out the call for people who [...]

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Let’s talk about the power of one. Of the 16 million members who are part of the Be The Match marrow donor registry, it only takes one person to save a life. Be The Match connects patients with their donor match for a life-saving marrow or umbilical cord blood transplant by managing the largest and [...]

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If you’ve ever made a charitable donation via the University of Washington Combined Fund Drive (UWCFD), you likely already know how easy, efficacious, and impactful it is to make that gift. But do you know just how many fun and active ways there are of giving back this fall? Throughout November, the UWCFD is truly [...]

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It’s not every day that pedestrians at the University of Washington come face to face with a grounded Barred Owl. The scene outside Allen Library early on the morning of September 13 stopped Marie Eaton in her tracks on her way to a conference. “You could see his eyes blink so we knew he was [...]

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Running from October 2 to December 6, the UW Combined Fund Drive (UWCFD) is the University of Washington’s annual workplace giving campaign. We caught up with Mindy Kornberg, Vice President of UW Human Resources and UWCFD’s longtime executive sponsor, to learn more about giving’s profound impact in providing lasting hope to our community, nation and [...]

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Imagine commuting on the bus to an 8:30 am class without eating a nutritious breakfast. Imagine trying to be productive at work with a growling stomach. Imagine coming home from a long day on campus unsure if you have enough food for a fulfilling dinner. And yet, in the US, an estimated 15-25 percent of [...]

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The Lancet Commission identified climate change as the greatest threat to public health. The health care sector in the United States alone contributes almost 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, which lead to climate change which is harmful to human health. The health impacts of our changing climate include increased respiratory and cardiovascular disease, injuries [...]

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When Landon Bennett decided to register to be a potential marrow donor with Be The Match, the then-UW sophomore hardly gave it a second thought. He’d donated blood before, so why not stem cells or bone marrow? He knew two relatives who’d come to Washington for marrow and stem cell transplants as treatment for leukemia [...]

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Neither snow, nor sleet, nor slush will keep the Valentine’s Day mail at UW Medical Center. On Thursday, more than 650 Valentine’s will be delivered to inpatients—each card handcrafted by a member of the UW community. Plaza Café staff will be putting a Valentine on every patient’s meal tray on the 14th—what UWMC Art Program [...]

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This article is part of an ongoing series spotlighting the first-of-its-kind partnership between the University of Washington and Be The Match, the nation’s largest marrow donor registry. Its aim is to encourage people—particularly people of color with mixed-ancestries—to register as potential donors as part of a commitment to grow and diversify the registry, thus increasing the [...]

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