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The College of Arts & Sciences is home to many distinguished researchers, faculty, and students. Their work and contributions have been featured in media outside of the UW and across the country. Take a look at some ArtSci features from this past Spring Quarter. From AI to nature's poets, ArtSci in the Media has something for everyone!
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The College of Arts & Sciences celebrates undergraduate and graduate students from across all four divisions, who are recognized for making the most of their time at the UW.
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This past March, as the winter quarter drew to a close, UW History held its annual History Honors Colloquium, a culmination of a two-quarter senior research seminar in which fifteen students presented their papers. Three of those students, Emma Kane-Galbraith, Gabby Lundquist, and Jacob Krell, produced some exceptionally high-quality, original papers that have the potential to be published. Their research entailed cracking a secret code, traveling to archives in France, and browsing through… Read more
What can you possibly do with a degree in history? In response to this question, Ryan Mealiffe lists the different career paths that his peers from the Class of 2022 history honors cohort took after graduation. "My peers have gone on to work in politics, libraries, museums, aquariums, the Bureau of Land Management, and one even works on raising and documenting sunken ships." As for Ryan himself, he and two of his peers entered graduate school. They crossed the Atlantic to study at the… Read more
The students and faculty of UW History are quite active not only on campus but beyond the walls of UW, as well. From awards to media appearances to publications, you can find members of the UW History community putting history to work in our world through education and service. Join us in applauding these accomplishments:
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Bianca Dang published "'I don't know what will be my lot: Transnational Migration and Unfree Labor in Early America" in the Journal of the Civil… Read more
Each May, UW History hosts its favorite event of the year, Awards Day, where faculty, staff, alumni, family, and friends come together to celebrate the academic and service achievements of our students. This year, we are overjoyed to announce that more than $475,000 in scholarships and prizes were awarded to forty-four undergraduates and five graduate students, as well as one outstanding Washington high school history teacher. Thank you to our UW History alumni and friends whose generous and… Read more
When Sebastián Blas applied to UW History’s PhD program under the supervision of professor of Latin-American history Adam Warren, he was unaware of the surprises in store for him–Blas and Warren had much more in common than just their research interests.
Professor Warren has been involved with the Tepoztlán Institute for the Transnational History of the Americas in Mexico since 2011, even serving as the institute's co-director from 2022 to 2024. Located in the mountain town of Tepoztlán, not… Read more
We recently sat down for a conversation with Professor Christopher Tounsel, director of graduate studies for UW History as well as chair of the African Studies Program within the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at UW, about his public engagement raising awareness for the ongoing crisis in Sudan.
Your research focuses on modern Sudan. Currently, the country is witnessing one of the worst humanitarian crises in history. Could you briefly summarize the conflict for us… Read more
The College of Arts & Sciences is home to many distinguished researchers, faculty, and students. Their work and contributions have been featured in media outside of the UW and across the country. Take a look at some ArtSci features from this past Winter Quarter. From new telescopes to UW in high schools, ArtSci in the Media has something for everyone!
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The Office of Global Affairs features Antonia Romana Zito for the Global Visionaries series. Antonia is a senior double-majoring in International Studies and History in the College of Arts & Sciences. Antonia was recognized as a 2025 Husky 100 and is passionate about advocating for migrants and refugees, being trilingual, and making a global impact.… Read more