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Total enrollment is up across all three University of Washington campuses for the 2025-26 academic year, according to the annual census count released this month.
Of the 64,000 students across those campuses, nearly three-fourths are Washington state residents.
www.washington.edu/news/2025/10...
Aerial view of the University of Washington in autumn, Seattle skyline in the background. Trees with orange leaves line the walkways between the brick buildings. The sun shines behind some clouds in the sky.
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Happy birthday to us! Today we turn 164, but we think we don't look a day over 157. 💅
A scenic view features a tree-lined walkway filled with people, leading to a pond and a distant mountain range. Autumn foliage adds vibrant color to the landscape, creating a picturesque scene.
November 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Carving out a little Halloween spirit at UW! 💜🎃
October 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Shout out to Yueli for sharing these unique mini views of campus!
High-angle shot of a city with tall buildings and green trees. The image is slightly blurred, creating a sense of distance. The warm light suggests it is either sunrise or sunset. Aerial shot of a city crosswalk, people are walking in a group across it. Cars are parked alongside the road. Trees on the side with autumn leaves. The perspective is tilted downward, mimicking a diorama. Aerial shot of a city street at night, cars driving on wet roads with street lights reflecting. Buildings line the sides of the street, some illuminated. The scene conveys a busy urban atmosphere. Nighttime long exposure shot of a city street.
October 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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UW alum Mary Brunkow, ’83, won the Nobel Prize in Medicine this morning.
This photo was taken while she was on the phone with the Nobel Committee in Sweden. Mary said she initially missed the call because a strange number popped up on her phone — she thought it might be spam.
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October 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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And baby, that's dawg business for you.
October 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Hey Mariners, nice Dub.
#SeizeTheMoment
A black and white Alaskan Malamute dog sits wearing sunglasses and a black baseball cap with the Seattle Mariners logo. The dog is also wearing a purple bandana with the text "W DUBS."
September 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Welcome back to class today, Huskies!
September 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Whether you're coming to campus for the first time or have been a Husky for decades, these eight gems on campus are worth a visit: www.washington.edu/boundless/uw...
Did we miss your favorite? Let us know! 💎
September 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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This week, researchers at Friday Harbor Labs released 29 lab grown sunflower sea stars into an urchin hot spot near San Juan Island with the hope that they will help keep the urchin population in check.
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More on the project: www.washington.edu/news/2024/02...
September 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Cement is the 2nd most-used material on Earth after water and is one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions.

Could Seaweed-infused cement help reduce concrete’s carbon footprint?
bit.ly/4lGOR4U
Items on table including samples of seaweed in petri dishes and blocks of concrete. A researcher presses cement into one of three metal molds. Three petri dishes containing seaweed samples sit on the table next to the molds. A researcher in safety glasses observes a small cement cube sandwiched between two metal discs in an industrial-looking machine.
July 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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“What we have seen in the past 15 years is the supersizing of the tech sector, and certain companies like Microsoft have been at the forefront. The bottom line is, how many people do these companies really need?" @margaretomara.bsky.social told @alexhalverson.bsky.social.
Behind Microsoft’s layoffs: A new attitude shaped by AI
More tech workers feel the pain as Microsoft pivots. Suddenly, the world's most valuable company is going on without them.
www.seattletimes.com
July 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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From Olympia to Spokane, the North Cascades to Grand Coulee Dam, and many more stops in between, new UW faculty spent the past week getting to better know the state and the people from Washington communities that they'll teach.
Read more: www.washington.edu/externalaffa...
June 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Proud of our grads! 🎓
#UWgrad25
June 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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It's a packed house today! Congratulations to all of our graduates! 👨‍🎓 👩‍🎓
#UWgrad25
June 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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More than 7,400 @uofwa.bsky.social graduates of the Class of 2025 — the most ever to pre-register — plan to participate in the June 14 ceremony.
More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/06...
June 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Next week, 33 new UW professors will embark on the Faculty Field Tour — a week-long 1,100-mile bus journey along the Columbia River, where they'll gain an understanding of our state’s history and cultures, as well as the communities where they will teach and serve.
www.washington.edu/externalaffa...
A group of new UW Faculty pictured together at Washington Pass New UW faculty being shown farming equipment New UW faculty at the LIGO lab New UW faculty at the LIGO lab
June 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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CONGRATS TO OUR NATIONAL CHAMPS! 🏆
Washington Men's Rowing won the IRA National Championship for the second year in a row, and 21st time overall!
The Huskies held off Harvard in the varsity eight, completing their title defense in epic fashion. 💪
📸: Red Box Pictures
UW Men's Rowing Team celebrating their championship win in the varisty eight
June 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Today and every day, we recognize those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country. These monuments on the UW campus in Seattle, many of which are located along Memorial Way, honor their memory.
#MemorialDay
www.washington.edu/boundless/remembering-those-who-sacrificed/
Remembering those who sacrificed
On Memorial Day, we recognize those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country. These monuments on the UW campus in Seattle honor their memory.
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May 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Thanks to the College of Built Environments and UW Facilities' Salvage Wood Program, students are making use of lumber from felled campus trees and creating furniture.
#EarthDay
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Giving Trees – Be Boundless
UW Facilities' Salvage Wood program partners with the College of Built Environments to bring reclaimed wood to furniture design students.
www.washington.edu
April 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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New research from @uwpsychology.bsky.social examined whether children’s interactions with nature that are embodied, rather than just visual, are associated with being in the moment and feeling connected to something beyond the self.
Q&A: UW researchers examine mental impact of Girl Scouts’ interactions with nature
New research from the University of Washington, recently published in the Journal of Environmental Education, examined whether children’s interactions with nature that are embodied, rather than just...
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April 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Welcome back, Huskies! This spring is gonna be the best quarter yet. 🌸
A malamute
March 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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In the 1970s, @microsoft.com co-founders Paul Allen & Bill Gates snuck into UW's computer science lab. Today, their partnership with the university has led to $165M+ in contributions that have helped make our state, country and world a better place to live.
www.microsoft.com/en-us/puget-...
Exterior of the Allen Building on University of Washington campus
March 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Each year, more than 1 billion pounds of coffee grounds are tossed into landfills & compost bins. A UW doctoral student has brewed up a way to make an alternative to plastics with those used coffee grounds.
https://www.washington.edu/news/2025/02/18/plastic-alternative-mushrooms-coffee-3d-printing/
A series of photos showing how coffee grounds can be used to make a vase.
March 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Update: Amanda Moll is making it seriously hard to keep up with her record-breaking! 😅
Just hours after our previous post, Amanda broke her record AGAIN (that's now the fourth time she's broken her own record, for those counting), this time clearing 16-1.25 (4.91-meters). 🤯
March 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM