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On June 11, 2026, the Department of Geography celebrated over 170 B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. recipients at our annual Convocation Ceremony! Professor Gretchen Sneegas, from the Undergraduate Program Committee, and Professor Bo Zhao, Graduate Program Director, announced the following honorees who received awards from the department:Graduate Awards & RecognitionsOutstanding Graduate Student…
In 2021, Nikki Lorenzo, '21, decided to buy a small embroidery machine on Facebook Marketplace, a decision that changed her life forever. Now, Lorenzo runs Tita Bun Collective, a Seattle-based embroidery studio where everyday pieces become something personal. She offers live custom stitching and engraving for community pop-ups and gatherings and is gearing up to open her own storefront through…
Five years ago, Nikki Lorenzo bought a small embroidery machine. Now, she runs an embroidery studio where joy and community are stitched into every piece.
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Franck Kepnang’s aspirations might sound like the daydreams of a fifth grader: play for the NBA, and build robots to help kids in underprivileged communities. But these are no childhood fantasies. Kepnang has spent the last three years as a University of Washington student and Husky men’s basketball center laying the groundwork for this exact moment—when his athletic and academic goals are so…
On the BrinckThis annual competition honors contemporary and emerging values in design by celebrating books that offer new perspectives and resonate with the formative writings of J.B. Jackson. The selection criteria for this competition come directly from Jackson’s enlightened approach to scholarship: emphasizing new and overlooked areas of study, challenging existing scholarship, integrating…
AAG recognizes geographers for their work and achievements in geography. We will continue to add our awardees as soon as they are announced. AAG Honors AAG Honors are offered annually to recognize outstanding accomplishments by members in research and scholarship, teaching, education, service to the discipline, public service outside academe and for lifetime achievement. The AAG Honors…
Field labor jobs are common in the Northern California agricultural community where Olivia Orosco grew up. As they drove around, her father would often remind her, “This is why you go to school, Mija. So, you don’t have to work outside like your grandfather.” But she also loved to be outside in the dirt."In my head I had, this rhetoric of the outdoors being violent or exploitive of Latinos…
On January 2, 2025, Dr. Brian Berry passed away at the age of 90. Renowned for his influential work in urban and regional research, he was also a past AAG president (1978-79).Berry was born in Sedgely, Staffordshire, United Kingdom on February 16, 1934. He graduated from University College, London, with a B.Sc. in Economics with first class honors in 1955. He was a Fulbright scholar at the…
Geography major Edwin Bai has researched private cities, developed by individuals and corporations, that "take the libertarian idea of low government regulation to the maximum." Continue reading on UW College of Arts & Sciences News