What will UW Medicine look like in 2025? How can the health system expand and expedite access for patients? What more can be done to help the Northwest’s largest network of hospitals and clinics find firmer financial footing in order to better serve the region? Those are a few of the big-picture questions Lisa Brandenburg [...]

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Richard Cordova recalls asking himself in eighth grade, “What am I going to do with my life?” Decades later, Cordova, who is now the executive director of UW’s Internal Audit, is helping other eighth graders do the same, only with an even greater sense of direction and purpose. For the last twelve years, Cordova has [...]

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Over the course of his career, Joe Grojean has navigated some dangerous situations and extreme conditions. There was that time as a Peace Corps volunteer in Burundi when he had to be airlifted home with a broken leg after an errant taxi swiped him off his motorcycle. Or that job at a military base on [...]

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Two years into law school at Seattle University, Shondell Reed knew he had to make a change. “I knew I didn’t want to practice law,” says Reed, who today serves as Senior Associate Athletic Director at the University of Washington. “But I also knew my law degree would be helpful in another career.” Growing up [...]

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Kim Durand never envisioned that one of the high points in her career in college athletics would come clutching a box full of hats. But that’s just where she found herself late last spring in Fullerton, California: standing well back into foul territory, box of hats in hand, as UW Baseball battled into extra innings [...]

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In academia, many devote long stretches of their lives to preparing for a career they’ve aspired to since they were young. A few outliers find their way to faculty positions via the confluence of aptitude and happy accident. Fewer still spend years preparing for a future career without ever really realizing it. Dr. Joyce Yen [...]

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Lynn Hermanson goes by many titles: wife, mother, teacher, counselor, and confidant. As assistant director of UW Tacoma’s Institute for Global Engagement and the Global Honors Program, she says she often thinks of herself as a “GPS for students in higher education,” helping students—many of whom are first-generation college-goers like herself—find success on their own [...]

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Harry the Husky is about to hit the big time for the first time. For most of the year, the UW Spirit cheer and dance program follows the schedule of other UW teams, performing at football, volleyball, and men’s and women’s basketball games. But this January, the team of 16 dancers, 24 coed stunters and [...]

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Leonora Clarke isn’t a doctor, but she does work hard to provide healthcare to the underserved. As manager of service learning at UW Medical Center, Clarke works to support 50 healthcare projects staffed by more than 500 medical students serving thousands across Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. “Service learning is about getting out, using [...]

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It’s a best-in-the-West showdown you won’t want to miss. This Sunday at 3 pm, UW Men’s Soccer takes on reigning three-peat national champion Stanford at Husky Soccer Stadium. “This is a huge weekend because Stanford is the three-time conference champion in a row and three-time national champion in a row,” says head coach Jamie Clark. [...]

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When UW Women’s Soccer associate head coach Amy Griffin thinks about winning a national championship, she thinks about everything that has to go right. Not in terms of lucky bounces or fortuitous footwork, but in terms of the ways a championship team will prepare and support one another—both during games and in times in between. [...]

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As University Ombud, Chuck Sloane does a lot of listening. One thing he hears most often is, “What’s an Ombud?” The term, he explains, finds its origins in early 19th century Sweden, where growth of the government put it at an increasing distance from local concerns. In an effort to preserve its connections to individuals, [...]

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