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Graduate student and veteran Lindsay Zike wanted to help others make the transition from soldier to student. The Office of Student Veteran Life, recently established with her help, is doing just that.

Back when nirvana was just a state of transcendence, campus-based KCMU was incubating a new kind of rock. Forty-some years later, Seattle’s broadcast pioneer KEXP is settling into its new home.

Mental health illnesses affect more than 1 billion people, but ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºglobal health professors are tailoring treatments that encourage health — and help.

From volunteering to lobbying, Faith Ramos built an impressive resume of service. Now at ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºTacoma, she’s applying her passion for environmental justice to create widespread impact.

With a scholarship-supported internship, Victoria Chambers broadened her understanding of how trauma affects children — and how she could help.

When psychology major Marissa Pighin was diagnosed with ADHD, her doctor wrote her a prescription and sent her out the door. Now, Pighin is working toward a better treatment at I-LABS, using neurofeedback to help boost reading retention.

For soldiers-turned-students of the Red Badge Project, creative writing in ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºEnglish Professor Shawn Wong's class isn't just therapeutic — it's life-saving.

Alongside fellow experts, ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºprofessor John Vidale is working toward making the earthquake-prone Pacific Northwest a safer place.

Thanks to a partnership with a local nonprofit, students in the UW’s Law, Societies & Justice program are getting real-world experience in a mixed-enrollment class alongside inmates at the Monroe Correctional Complex.

At ÌìÃÀÓ°ÔºNurse Camp, Karissa Sanchez found the motivation to pursue her dream of going to college and serving her Eastern Washington community. Now a ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºgraduate, she’s inspiring underrepresented high school students to do the same.

Pressing play on his iSchool education, KEXP librarian Dylan Flesch, ’08, ’14, is combining his love for music and information science to preserve decades of Seattle history.

With a deep background in special education, ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºgraduate Ariane Gauvreau works to make the future brighter for children with special needs — and their families.

Jane Yang, a ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºsophomore who grew up in Shanghai, is teaching the ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôºmen’s basketball team about her language and culture. Now, she’s looking at her home — and herself — with fresh eyes.

Thanks to a grant from the Department of Energy and strong community partnerships, Ph.D. student Garrett Allawatt is helping engineer a cleaner cookstove for developing countries.