Urban Design and Planning interdisciplinary Ph.D. student named to the 2021 Husky 100
Congratulations to Lan T. Nguyen, a doctoral student in the Graduate School’s interdisciplinary Urban Design...
2026-27 UWRA Patricia Dougherty Fellows in Aging Selected
Two graduate students received the 2026-2027 UWRA Patricia Doughterty Fellowships in Aging. Congratulations to Dr. Augusto Ferraris and Xinmei Huang for...
Maria Blancas Wins $100,000 Bullitt Environmental Fellowship
Maria Blancas, a PhD student in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, was awarded...
2021 Gatzert Fellows Contribute to the Lives of Children with Disabilities
How can we make ankle-foot orthoses that do more to improve mobility? How are parents...
Megan Wing is the Fulbright recipient for 2022–2023
This year, one UW graduate student received a grant through the U.S. Fulbright Student Program...
2023 Gatzert Child Welfare Awardees Support Disability Justice and Mobility
The Gatzert Child Welfare Fellowship is a one-quarter fellowship awarded to UW Ph.D. candidates writing...
UW nominates 5 graduate students for Schmidt Science Fellowship
Five UW graduate students have been nominated for the highly competitive Schmidt Science Fellows program....
Three Graduate Students Receive Fulbright Fellowships for 2025-26
This year’s Fulbright Fellowship awardees’ projects span critical topics—from international nursing migration and chronic disease...
Eight Graduate Students Receive Fulbright Fellowships for 2024-25
Colombia, Jordan and Germany are a few of the countries where University of Washington (UW)...
Introducing Boren Fellow Benjamin Kantner
David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships, an initiative of the National Security Education Program, provide funding for U.S....
Two UW graduate students granted the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad award
The Graduate School is pleased to announce that two graduate students have been named awardees of the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Award to conduct research in 2020-2021.
William Bamber Awarded Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Fellowship
William Bamber, a PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary PhD program in Near & Middle East...
NSF GRFP Fellow Yasmine Farhat works to protect Cambodia’s food security
Yasmine Farhat, an NSF GRFP fellow in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, is...
Erica Sanchez, Ph.D.
Molecular & Cellular Biology, 2016 First year of graduate school was a tough transition year...
Critical Language Scholarship Awardee Kelsey Bilek Studies Swahili in Tanzania
Kelsey Bilek spent the summer studying Swahili as an awardee of the 2019 U.S. Department of...
Computer Scientist Gus Smith Seeks Deeper International Connections
Gus Smith, a Ph.D. student in Computer Science, was inspired by international and first-generation American...
2024 Gatzert Fellow Explores Healthcare Transitions for Youth
The Gatzert Child Welfare Fellowship is a one-quarter fellowship awarded to UW Ph.D. candidates writing...
Q&A with 2024-25 Fulbright grantee Claire Rater
Claire Rater holds Master’s degrees in Epidemiology and Social Work and was awarded a Fulbright...
2019 Tillman Scholar David Coomes, Ph.D., Epidemiology
David Coomes, a Ph.D. student in the UW Epidemiology department, was awarded the 2019 Tillman...
Eight graduate students receive Fulbright fellowships for 2020–21 year
China, Germany, Nigeria, and Sweden are just some of the countries where UW graduate students...
Four UW graduate students receive Fulbright awards for 2021–22
Four UW graduate students received Fulbright Fellowships for the 2021-2022 year, with awards to teach and conduct...
Ph.D. student in Near and Middle Eastern Studies has won a Libraries Student Employee Scholarship
Melinda Cohoon, a Ph.D. student in Near and Middle Eastern Studies, has won a Libraries Student...
Six graduate students receive Fulbright fellowships for 2023
Japan, the Philippines and Israel are a few of the countries where University of Washington...
Announcing the 2021–22 Graduate School Presidential Dissertation Fellows
Giselle Antoine Business Dissertation: “Organizational Cultures of Guilt and Shame” English Dissertation: “Decolonizing Collaboration in...
Diversity Efforts Awarded
Macarena Aloi, a doctoral student in pathology, has been selected for the prestigious Gilliam Fellowship...
Natalie Gasca — A Biostatistician Travels the World
Natalie Gasca, a PhD student in Biostatistics, discusses the transformative experience of the Bonderman Fellowship...
NSF GRFP fellow Jessica Hernandez helps restore Seattle’s Indigenous landscape
Jessica Hernandez, an NSF GRFP fellow and PhD student in the UW School of Environmental...
Boren Fellows on the application process
The Boren Fellowship is a unique opportunity for U.S. graduate students to study less commonly taught...
Fulbright fellow Hannah VanBenschoten checks in from Sweden
Traveling internationally during the pandemic has not been easy for many people, but despite Sweden’s...
NSF GRFP fellow Ashley Paynter on science and advocacy
“Am I going to be a ‘good’ scientist, and present myself in a palatable way,...