Profiles

Columns Magazine's June cover is a painting of Orin Smith by Miha Sarani, a BFA alum, current MA student, and former Starbucks employee. What's his painting's secret? Coffee.

Oded Oron witnessed a massive protest of aslyum-seeking refugees in Tel Aviv. Then he wrote a PhD dissertation about it.

Kyki Li came to the UW from China for the freedom to explore. It was everything she'd hoped for.

Scientist, humanist, and ASUW president Osman Salahuddin has experienced the UW from multiple perspectives.

All four of the 2017-18 UW student body presidents, including two College of Arts & Sciences' alums, saw race, equity and social justice as central to their position.

PhD student Arianne Eason believes that understanding what shapes our views on race is the first step toward positive change. 

Aspiring filmmaker Justin Roach says his cinema & media studies major helped him develop "a really good eye" for film. 

UW composer Huck Hodge talks about his music and receiving the prestigious Charles Ives Living Award. 

Student activism in 1968 led the UW to create one of the nation’s first office of minority affairs. Here’s their story. And their outlook for the future.

Benjamin H. Feintzeig answers questions on the intersection of philosophy, math, and physics.

“Music acts on us as much as we act on it,” says Steven Morrison, professor of music and chair of Music Education at the University of Washington School of Music. 

Julian  Fellerman (2011) works abroad for a specialty direct-to-consumer coffee company, combining his personal and professional interests. 

Cindy Roberts (2001) focuses on the well-being of polar bears and other animals in the zoo — and in the wild.

Interaction designer Erin Murphy (2013) brings a fresh perspective as a member of the Mars 2020 rover team.

Meg Lemke (2001) has shared her enthusiasm for graphic novels and other comics throughout her publishing career.