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Find updated visiting information on our Cherry Blossoms website, including a blossom tracker and details on transportation, related activities and more.</p> </p> <p class="button"><a href="https://www.washington.edu/cherryblossoms/" class="btn btn-lg secondary"><span>See the blossoms</span></a></p> </p> </div> </div> </div> <section> <div class="jumbotron jumbotron-fluid full-width fitb featured purple chris" style="background-image: url(https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2024/10/22190742/HEADER_2-2.png);"> <div class="w-60"> <h2>I study <strong>shellfish DNA</strong><br /> because I care about<br /> <strong>healthy communities.</strong></h2> </p> </div> <p> <a href="https://www.washington.edu/boundless/turning-the-tide-marine-biology/" class="btn">Read story</a> </div> </section> <section class="campaign-stories"> <div class="carousel" data-flickity='{ "wrapAround": true, "pageDots": false, "initialIndex": 1 }'> <div class="carousel-cell col-sm-5 col-md-4 col-lg-4"> <div class="card text-left white impact"> <div class="card-body"> <h2 class="card-title mb-0">UW joins the Big Ten</h2> <div class="card-subtitle text-muted">Athletics</div> <div class="card-image-top"><img decoding="async" src="https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2024/08/29222901/header-1.jpg" class="card-img card-img-top" alt="Dubs, students, and athletes" style=""></div> <div class="card-content">The University of Washington officially joined the Big Ten Conference on Aug. 2, and we’re excited to introduce ourselves to fans across the nation.</div> <div><a href="https://www.washington.edu/boundless/10-things-to-know-about-the-university-of-washington-as-we-join-the-big-ten/" class="card-link stretched-link">Read Story</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-cell col-sm-5 col-md-4 col-lg-4"> <div class="card text-left white impact"> <div class="card-body"> <h2 class="card-title mb-0">Heavy Hitter</h2> <div class="card-subtitle text-muted">Student Experience</div> <div class="card-image-top"><img decoding="async" src="https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2025/03/14154335/Untitled-design-12.png" class="card-img card-img-top" alt="UW student pharmacist and world champion boxer with title belt." style=""></div> <div class="card-content">By day, Michelle Nguyen is studying hard to master her craft as a future pharmacist. By night, she’s sweating at the gym as a world champion boxer.</div> <div><a href="https://sop.washington.edu/heavy-hits-healing-hands-how-one-student-pharmacist-fights-for-excellence-in-athletics-and-academia/" class="card-link stretched-link">Read Story</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-cell col-sm-5 col-md-4 col-lg-4"> <div class="card text-left white impact"> <div class="card-body"> <h2 class="card-title mb-0">Biochemist David Baker receives Nobel Prize</h2> <div class="card-subtitle text-muted">Research</div> <div class="card-image-top"><img decoding="async" src="https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2024/10/14110649/db_teaser.jpg" class="card-img card-img-top" alt="David Baker" style=""></div> <div class="card-content">2024 prize awarded for groundbreaking work in protein design</div> <div><a href="https://www.washington.edu/boundless/biochemist-david-baker-receives-nobel-prize/" class="card-link stretched-link">Read Story</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-cell col-sm-5 col-md-4 col-lg-4"> <div class="card text-left white impact"> <div class="card-body"> <h2 class="card-title mb-0">Elevated awareness</h2> <div class="card-subtitle text-muted">Alumni</div> <div class="card-image-top"><img decoding="async" src="https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2024/08/29223436/fineline2k-500x500.jpg" class="card-img card-img-top" alt="Hiker on a snowy mountain" style=""></div> <div class="card-content">Alpinist and climate advocate Graham Zimmerman reflects on two decades of climbing some of the world’s highest peaks.</div> <div><a href="https://magazine.washington.edu/feature/high-risk-high-reward-alpinist-reflects-on-scaling-worlds-peaks/" class="card-link stretched-link">Read Story</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-cell col-sm-5 col-md-4 col-lg-4"> <div class="card text-left white impact"> <div class="card-body"> <h2 class="card-title mb-0">Mix masters</h2> <div class="card-subtitle text-muted">Student Experience</div> <div class="card-image-top"><img decoding="async" src="https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2024/08/29223352/concrete2_750.jpg" class="card-img card-img-top" alt="UW lab students in construction gear." style=""></div> <div class="card-content">At a UW lab, students are testing ways to give concrete a solid future.</div> <div><a href="https://magazine.washington.edu/feature/at-uw-lab-the-future-of-concrete-is-bright/" class="card-link stretched-link">Read Story</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-cell col-sm-5 col-md-4 col-lg-4"> <div class="card text-left white impact"> <div class="card-body"> <h2 class="card-title mb-0">Coming home</h2> <div class="card-subtitle text-muted">Alumni</div> <div class="card-image-top"><img decoding="async" src="https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2024/08/29223300/coming-home.jpg" class="card-img card-img-top" alt="Nocona and her family walking their dogs" style=""></div> <div class="card-content">Therapist Nocona Abrams (B.A. ’19, M.S.W. ’23) returned to Washington’s Yakima Valley to improve mental health care for her community.</div> <div><a href="https://magazine.washington.edu/feature/nocona-abrams-returned-to-the-yakima-valley-to-improve-mental-health-care-for-her-community/" class="card-link stretched-link">Read Story</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-cell col-sm-5 col-md-4 col-lg-4"> <div class="card text-left white impact"> <div class="card-body"> <h2 class="card-title mb-0">Achieving liftoff</h2> <div class="card-subtitle text-muted">Student Experience</div> <div class="card-image-top"><img decoding="async" src="https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2024/08/29223214/ray-haug-header.jpg" class="card-img card-img-top" alt="Ray Haug" style=""></div> <div class="card-content">Raymond Haug was caught in a cycle of addiction, homelessness and prison. 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But it’s in the special education classroom that Anthony Washington, ’16, ’19, is making a lasting difference.</div> <div><a href="https://www.washington.edu/boundless/standing-tall/" class="card-link stretched-link">Read Story</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-cell col-sm-5 col-md-4 col-lg-4"> <div class="card text-left white impact"> <div class="card-body"> <h2 class="card-title mb-0">Lessons in logs</h2> <div class="card-subtitle text-muted">Education</div> <div class="card-image-top"><img decoding="async" src="https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2024/08/29222758/WM10565.png" class="card-img card-img-top" alt="Students at camp raising hands" style=""></div> <div class="card-content">For four days in September, a group of students from Yakima’s Wilson Middle School set aside their daily lives and immersed themselves in outdoor science at the University of Washington’s Mount Rainier Institute.</div> <div><a href="https://www.washington.edu/forwashington/lessons-in-logs/" class="card-link stretched-link">Read Story</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="text-center"> <a href="https://www.washington.edu/boundless/stories/" class="btn btn-lg primary "><span>View more stories</span></span></a></div> <section> <div class="jumbotron jumbotron-fluid full-width fitb featured " style="background-image: url(https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2024/08/14150215/OPEN_3_DIRAC.jpg);"> <div class="w-60"> <h2>The <strong>code we write</strong> today<br /> will <strong>decode the universe</strong> tomorrow.</h2> </p> </div> <p> <a href="https://www.washington.edu/boundless/decoding-the-universe-dirac/" class="btn">Read story</a> </div> </section> <div class="jumbotron jumbotron-fluid img-background full-width impact-story " style="background-image: url(https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2024/08/14141425/hometownhealthcarehomepage-copy.jpg) !important;"> <div> <h2>Hometown health care</h2> <p>Raised on a dairy farm in Idaho, Wyatt Bowles is harnessing unique UW programs to learn rural medicine and become a hometown doctor.</p> </p> </div> <p><a href="https://www.washington.edu/boundless/hometown-health-care/" class="btn">Read story</a> </div> <div class="jumbotron jumbotron-fluid img-background full-width impact-story gray miguel" style="background-image: url(https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2024/08/28161259/20231219_Miguel-Gonzalez.-Puget-Sound_1113-4K.jpg) !important;"> <div> <h2>Energized for change</h2> <p>After seeing the devastation of hurricanes in Puerto Rico, grad student Miguel González-Montijo is working on clean energy innovations for the future.</p> </p> </div> <p><a href="https://www.washington.edu/boundless/energized-for-change/" class="btn">Read story</a> </div> <section class="initiatives"> <h2>Explore the UW</h2> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md"> <div class="card text-left white initiatives" style="width:100%"> <div class="card-body"> <h3 class="card-title"><a href="https://www.washington.edu/visit/">Plan your visit</a></h3> <div class="card-image-top"> <img decoding="async" src="https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2024/08/16151955/visitor-center-rainier-vista-spring-scaled-1.jpg" class="card-img card-img-top" alt=""> </div> <div class="card-content"> Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the world’s leading public research universities. 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