Honors and Awards

Prize awarded for a decade of transformative prison education work.

Renee Erickson (BFA, Painting and Drawing, 1995) is being honored for her work at her restaurant Bateau.

The newly opened Life Sciences Building encourages physical movement, embraces natural daylight in an innovative way, and reactivates visitors’ appreciation of the natural world.

UW's new Life Sciences Building took the top honor after public voting across the region.

So proud of our College of Arts & Sciences Fulbright recipients! Check out all the exciting places they are headed in the year ahead.

Established in 1973, the Odegaard award honors individuals whose leadership in the community exemplifies the former UW president’s work on behalf of diversity. 

Daniel Kroupa, a Washington Research Foundation Innovation Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Washington’s Clean Energy Institute (CEI), made Forbes' "30 Under 30" list.

A roundup of recent awards in the College of Arts & Sciences. 

UW physicist Jiun-Haw Chu named Packard Fellow for research on quantum materials.

Associate Professor of Psychology Kristina Olson has been named one of this year's MacArthur Fellows.

NPR Kroc Fellowship selected Mayowa Aina (BA, International Studies, 2017) for the yearlong program designed to develop the next generation of extraordinary public media journalists.

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded an expected $10.75 million, four-year grant for a new interdisciplinary research center.

The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs is honoring the Dept. of Asian Language & Literature for its outstanding contributions to the promotion of friendship between Japan and the U.S.

Race and gender challenges did not deter two brilliant alumnae in the mathematical sciences.

From Distinguished Teaching Awards to President's Medals, it's awards season at the UW.