Undergraduate News

A promotional graphic for Her Entrepreneurial Rise, a podcast hosted by Kelen Tamurian. The image features a podcast player with the show's title, a photo of Kelen, and icons related to audio and entrepreneurship on a purple background. Text reads "New Podcast!" and "Listen now.
Kelen Tamurian Launches New Podcast on Entrepreneurship and Gender Equity
March 10, 2025
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Matthew Judd Explores Journaling and Memory on CHID Podcast and in Winter 2025 Focus Group
December 31, 2024
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Arts & Sciences Guide to UW Family Weekend
October 18, 2024
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Winter 2025 Featured Courses
October 15, 2024
The Northern Lights glow in vibrant green over Kirkjufell Mountain in Iceland. A nearby waterfall cascades into a river, surrounded by lush greenery, with the iconic mountain peak rising in the background under the aurora-lit sky.
Explore Feminism and Democracy in Iceland: Study Abroad Opportunity
October 7, 2024
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GWSS Undergraduate Mellon Foundation Research Grants (Round #2)
October 2, 2024
Thea Deanon, a young woman with olive-toned skin and long brown hair, sitting at a table in what appears to be a lunch room. She is wearing a dark sweatshirt, a thin necklace, and has her hands clasped in front of her. She is smiling at the camera.
"There are some days where you think…‘I saved a life,’” Thea Deanon on working as a queer youth counselor at the Trevor Project
July 3, 2024
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Cementing Career Goals in Queer and Trans Focused Healthcare across State Lines
July 3, 2024
Kelen Tamurian, a young woman with long brown hair and glasses, sitting on a wooden porch with a lake in the background.
Kelen Tamurian Awarded Herman S. & Dorothy B. Lederman Endowed Scholarship
June 24, 2024
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Jordynn Hays Awarded Mary Katherine Mackenzie and Mary Ann Whitmore Endowed Scholarship
June 18, 2024
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Learning Hard Truths Through Internships // Perspectives
May 30, 2024
Sana Shetty with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal.
Learning Hard Truths Through Internships
May 30, 2024
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GWSS minor, Nora Medina, awarded Husky 100
April 30, 2024
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Internship with Queer Joy Collective Leads to Career Exploration Fair 
April 5, 2024
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🎉 2023-24 GWSS Awards: Nominations Open Until April 30!
March 12, 2024
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Deadline Extended: GWSS Undergraduate Mellon Foundation Research Grants
January 17, 2024
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Embark on a Cultural Odyssey: "Sounds of Social Justice" Study Abroad Program in Spain 2024
January 9, 2024
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Connecting GWSS Learning with Study Abroad Opportunities 
January 4, 2024
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A Warm Welcome to Adrian Kane-Galbraith, GWSS's New Undergraduate Academic Advisor 
January 4, 2024
Daisy Federspiel-Baier holding a protest sign and chanting outside a Starbucks store.
GWSS major Daisy Federspiel-Baier Speaks Out on Starbucks Workers' Struggles in NY Times Interview
January 2, 2024
Deeya Sharma holding up free pregnancy tests
Advancing Reproductive Healthcare Access on Campus and Beyond: Deeya Sharma and Kels Cook on Their Reproductive Justice Adjacent Projects 
October 2, 2023
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Dawg Daze Digest: Planetarium Shows, Art Tours, Trivia, Information Sessions and more!
September 8, 2023
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Alum Spotlight: A Journey of Personal and Professional Growth, by Alva He
June 15, 2023
Hailey Capps crouched next to Dubs, an Alaskan Malamute, who is on a table to her right. They are in front of a purple backdrop covered in gold "W"s and the Adidas logo.
Alum Spotlight: Hailey Capps, "What Can You Do With A GWSS Degree? Anything and Everything"
April 27, 2023
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2023 Husky 100
April 24, 2023
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GWSS is Excited to Welcome Prospective Students and Families to the UW!
March 9, 2023
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“Helping People on the Ground,” Kenji Fujinaka on their internship at the QLaw Foundation
November 17, 2022
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New Winter 2023 Courses Respond to Current Events
October 10, 2022
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Community Development and Trans-Centered Choral Pedagogy, Mikey Prince on his internship with Symphony Tacoma Voices 
July 20, 2022
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"An Extension of All My Classes and Vice Versa," Brooke Fulton on her internship with the Seattle City Attorney's Office
July 18, 2022
Simona Liao
GWSS major, Simona Liao, awarded Husky 100 
May 23, 2022
Zhehui (Simona) Liao
Simona Liao Member of Husky 100
April 25, 2022
Stained Glass Inside a Spanish Cathedral
Apply now for Study Abroad in Spain, co-led by GWSS Professor Michelle Habell-Pallan
March 3, 2022
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GWSS Awards: Nominations Open!
February 15, 2022
Assistant Professor Kemi Adeyemi and new media artist Shawné Michaelain Holloway meet with Black Embodiment Studio students.
Celebrating Fifty Years of Outsized Impact
June 1, 2021
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The UW's trailblazing women studies program turns 50
April 12, 2021
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Revolutionary BIPoC women of the UW: Dr. Luana Ross
March 12, 2021
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Revolutionary BIPoC women of the UW: Kemi Adeyemi
March 8, 2021
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After Prison
December 1, 2020
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Reimagining Social Care and Racial Justice
November 19, 2020
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Novel coronavirus & COVID-19: facts and resources
April 1, 2020
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GWSS & CHID Senior, Alwyn Mouton, is Featured in The Daily
November 8, 2019
Students in GWSS 451 create Dia de los Metros Altar/Exhibit
Students in GWSS 451 create Dia de los Metros altar/exhibit
November 26, 2018