Student Success

Tanner Minh Le.
Undergraduate Internship Spotlight: Tanner Minh Le, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Summer 2019-Present
(January 31, 2020)
T-Mobile Headquarters in Bellevue, WA, covered in purple light.
Undergraduate Internship Spotlight: Rey Matsunaga, T-Mobile, Autumn 2018-Spring 2020
(November 8, 2019)
Racquel West.
A Museum Mission
(November 3, 2019)
Front cover of report "The Union Effect: Raising Standards for Workers Across Washington," featuring three people packing boxes in a warehouse.
Report Co-Written by Presidential Dissertation Fellow Lee Fiorio Featured in "The Stand"
(October 16, 2019)
Tree with big branches and substantial root system.
With New Course About Genealogical Geographies, Faculty and Students Find "Joy" in Collaboration
(September 12, 2019)
Geography Alum Matt Manolides.
Alum Profile: Staying Positive and Curious, Matt Manolides Finds Success with GIS
(July 11, 2019)
Nathaniel Aune, Matt Seungju, Gordon DeLap and Hayden Hong.
Undergraduates Present Compelling Research in the 2019 Research Symposium
(June 18, 2019)
Laudelina Campos de Melo.
Ph.D. Candidate Caitlin Alcorn Wins AAG's Geographic Perspectives on Women Award for Dissertation Proposal
(June 11, 2019)
View of the Puget Sound and Discovery Park Lighthouse in Seattle
M.A. Student Amelia Schwartz Receives Award from UW Center for Human Rights for Work on Indigenous Water Rights
(May 16, 2019)
Geography Major Ji Hae Walks on a New York City Street
In Just Two Short Quarters, Transfer Student Ji Hae Hong Finds Opportunities for Success at UW - and Abroad!
(May 1, 2019)
Student Lexi Nims Testifies in Front of State Legislature
Geography of Health & Healthcare Student Lexi Nims Testifies in the Washington State Legislature!
(April 24, 2019)
Two dancers performing in a government building.
Geography Major Sean Harding Reflects on Legislative Reporting Internship
(April 17, 2019)
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Geography Ph.D. Candidate Julian Barr Writes Blog Post about "Creative Pedagogies"
(March 26, 2019)
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Geography Graduate Student Lee Fiorio Featured in Perspectives!
(March 18, 2019)
DAPL in geographical and historical context - Author: Isaac Rivera
First Year Ph.D. Student Isaac Rivera Receives Simpson Center's Digital Humanities Summer Fellowship!
(March 12, 2019)
Map of Evictions in Pierce County from 2017
Geography Graduate Student Alex Ramiller Collaborates with an Interdisciplinary Team Researching Evictions in Washington State
(March 5, 2019)
Sophia Nelson on public transportation in New York City
Undergraduate Internship Spotlight: Sophia Nelson, King County Metro Transit, Winter-Spring 2019
(February 28, 2019)
Melissa Espinoza
Alum Profile: From Yakima to Edinburgh, UW Geography Alum Melissa Espinoza Pursues a Career Researching Housing and Homelessness
(February 7, 2019)
Students in GEOG 478 in autumn quarter
Enacting Social Justice Principles in the Classroom... and in the City
(January 29, 2019)
Photography of Student Henry James Campion Standing on the Beach at Alki in West Seattle
Undergraduate Student Spotlight: Henry James Campion, On Exchange from the UK
(January 11, 2019)
Union Slough, on the University of Washington campus, is the outlet of Ravenna Creek.
Bringing a Critical Lens to Restoration Ecology
(November 17, 2018)
Jody Nguyen Tran.
Coming Together Through Identity: Geography Major Jody Nguyen Tran and the Vietnamese Student Association at UW
(November 12, 2018)
Students at Mitre’s Monument in La Isla – Recoleta
Exploring Neoliberalism and Urban Space Through Study Abroad in Buenos Aires
(October 30, 2018)
Undergraduate geography major Tanner Heslop.
Undergraduate Career Spotlight: Tanner Heslop, Time Value Investments, Autumn 2018
(October 15, 2018)
Geography student Kevin Ho at Tolt-River Natural Area
Undergraduate Internship Spotlight: Kevin Ho, King County Parks, Summer-Autumn 2018
(October 10, 2018)
Five students looking at a laptop computer as they work on their community project for the South King County Food Coalition.
UW News Highlights Innovators in Geography Featuring Professor Sarah Elwood and GIS Workshop
(October 3, 2018)
Rob Anderson sitting on a fallen tree watching the water flow down a creek.
Graduate student Rob Anderson receives the Joff Hanauer Fellowship!
(August 9, 2018)
Alejandro Montesinos standing with his award.
Alejandro Montesinos receives an OMA&D Merit Award
(June 4, 2018)
Maggie Wilson
Ph.D. student Maggie Wilson receives European Union research grant
(April 16, 2018)
Racquel West
Racquel West named 2018 McNair Scholar
(April 2, 2018)
Skye Naslund
Skye Naslund Awarded Richard and Joanne Morrill Graduate Student Fellowship
(March 23, 2018)
Geographers in the News.
Geographers in the News
(February 26, 2018)
Yurika Harada.
Yurika Harada Receives Mary Gates Research Scholarship
(January 22, 2018)
Mobility Patterns from Digital Trace Data
Lee Fiorio Wins First Place in CSDE Competition
(December 7, 2017)
Sweeps_Map
GIS Workshop Students Featured in Real Change!
(November 15, 2017)
A geography intern standing in the middle of recycled materials.
Geography student interns with Recycle Corp
(October 23, 2017)
James Senseney running
Geographers Compete in Ski to Sea Race
(October 4, 2017)
Kory combining physical and digital mapping
Geography Student Maps Youth Camp in North Bend
(September 27, 2017)
Arianna Muirow
Graduate Student Awarded Henry M. Jackson Leadership Fellowship
(August 14, 2017)
Alex Carl's Field Map of MS in WA State
GEOG 381 Class Fuses Mapping and Health Studies
(May 31, 2017)
Ayanda Masilela
Graduate student Ayanda Masilela receives the Joff Hanauer Fellowship!
(May 30, 2017)
Left to right: Kuang Sheng, Christina Chappell, Murphy Stack, Nina Mesihovic, Reyna Marquez
Five Geographers Win Mary Gates Research Scholarships
(May 1, 2017)
Caitlin with domestic workers and legislators on the day the amendment extending labor rights to domestic workers was passed in April 2013.
Geography Students Awarded Chester Fritz Fellowship 
(April 26, 2017)
Example of Student CARTO Map
Geography Students Create Virtual Interactive Maps For GEOG 258 Class
(April 18, 2017)
Ghosts of Seattle Past
Geography Alum Anisa Jackson Published in Ghosts of Seattle Past
(April 13, 2017)
Kuang Sheng
Undergrad Geographer Named to Husky 100
(March 15, 2017)
Nina
Geography Undergrad Wins Two UW Scholarships
(March 9, 2017)
Magnuson Park
Geography Students Undertake Restoration Work at Magnuson Park
(March 9, 2017)
Collage: "H2O: What is it Worth?" by Cindy Luc
Geography major Cindy Luc creates "River of Life," a geography-inspired mixed media collage
(June 8, 2016)
Lauren Drakopulos
Lauren Drakopulos awarded a Washington Sea Grant Science Communications Fellowship
(April 19, 2016)