• Saving Lives, by Design

    Five UW graduate students recently developed The Pivot Project, aimed at combating human trafficking. Their weapon of choice? Design. The project won the 2013 Design Ignites Change Idea Award and is a finalist in the Industrial Designers Society of America’s Ideas competition.

    April 2013 Perspectives
  • Designing a Faster Mousetrap

    April 2012 Perspectives
  • 2010 A&S Dean's Medalists Do Double Duty

    How much can an A&S undergrad accomplish at the UW? If the College’s 2010 Dean’s Medalists are any indication, the possibilities are nearly limitless. Learn how these top students have made the most of their time as Huskies. 

    July 2010 Perspectives
  • Students Design Prosthetic Arms, Seek Innovative Solutions

    Working closely with a Seattle artist with a prosthetic left arm, undergraduates majoring in industrial design tackled an unusual challenge in class last quarter, developing innovative designs for prosthetics.

    February 2010 Perspectives
  • Mixing Art and Nature at Willapa Bay

    The Willapa National Wildlife Refuge includes artworks created by UW students enrolled in a UW public art course. 

    October 2007 Perspectives
  • Timely Art for Montlake Library

    Photography professor Rebecca Cummins’ artwork at the Montlake branch of the Seattle Public Library is an aperture sundial that beams colorful circles of light into the building.

    October 2006 Perspectives
  • Students, Clients, and Dozens of Rugs

    Through a new course, School of Art students designed rugs for clients and had them woven in Nepal. 

    July 2004 Perspectives
  • Where Art Meets Technology

    With recent advances in technology, artists are able to create works that once lived only in their imagination. 

    October 2003 Perspectives