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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)
Upper body shot of Kai Mai in a black tshirt with a baseball cap on his head. Kai is a young Asian male with light skin and is smiling at the camera.
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)
Two side by side photos. The one on the left features a young woman (Sana Shetty) sitting on a rock wall with the city line of Lisbon in the background. The one on the right features a young woman (Stephany Janssen) posing for a photo in front of the Royal Palace of Madrid.
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)
A man standing in the center of a stage designed to look like a bedroom with a chair, desk, bed, and artwork on the walls. The man with shoulder-length brown hair is wearing a sweater over a button-up shirt, black pants and shoes, and a mask on his face.
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)