Friends of the Libraries
September 12, 2023
Celebrating BIPOC Graduate Student Work
Negeen Aghassibake, Data Visualization Librarian and Madeline Mundt, Head, Research Commons/Social Sciences Liaison Team Leader The Research Communication and Equity Fellowship showcase at the UW Libraries’ Research Commons celebrates the academic and creative work of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) graduate students. The Research Communication and Equity Fellowship supports creativity, imagination, and excellence…
October 7, 2022
Working for UW Libraries: Student Perspectives
Student Employees are the backbone of Library operations. They are also project leaders, mentors, and instructors in their own right. From teaching text mining strategies to students and faculty, to planning and curating exhibits and events reaching international audiences, our student employee team (one of the largest on campus!) is truly inspiring. But don’t take…
September 21, 2022
Jackson School alumna receives Goldsmith and Sperber book prize
Re-posted with permission from the blog of the UW Southeast Asia Center Jackson School Alumna Elizabeth Becker has received the Harvard University Goldsmith Book Prize: Trade category and Fordham University Sperber Prize for her recent book You Don’t Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War. The book tells the stories of three female journalists reporting on the…
April 1, 2022
Why Support the UW Libraries on Husky Giving Day?
On Husky Giving Day, you can support every Husky with a gift to UW Libraries. Why support the Libraries? The library is not just a building, it is a gateway for discovery with access to vast resources available to scholars around the world. Our Libraries and librarians are essential to teaching, learning and research across…
June 30, 2021
A Proper Send-Off for Vice Provost and Dean, Betsy Wilson
On Thursday afternoon, June 24, University of Washington Libraries hosted a special virtual farewell celebration in honor of retiring UW Libraries vice provost and dean, Betsy Wilson. Over 200 friends, family members, colleagues and staff past and present tuned in to the event featuring an amazing opening performance by the UW Libraries’ Singers inside the…
June 7, 2021
Beyond Scope and Content: Hidden Histories from the Film Archive
Beyond Scope and Content: Hidden Histories from the Film Archive is a new podcast and screening project intended to surface stories from the moving image collections held by the UW Libraries Special Collections. The project seeks to engage faculty and students, historians and film enthusiasts in the compelling visual history of the Pacific Northwest with…
May 20, 2020
2020 UW Libraries Student Video Contest Winners Announced!
The annual UW Libraries Student Video Contest asks students to create original videos showcasing the Libraries through the lens of student experience. Across all three campuses, UW Libraries is the “heart” of the University – our people, places, resources and programs support students, faculty and our local community in so many ways. As this year’s…
February 6, 2020
The ‘story behind the story’ of No-No Boy: Shawn Wong Impresses at this Year’s Friends of the Libraries Lecture
Stunning. Provocative. Unselfish. What a treat for the record-breaking attendance at the Friends of Libraries Annual Lecture last week. UW’s Professor Shawn Wong showed an audience of almost 500 that words matter in every generation. As keynote for the 2020 Friends of UW Libraries Annual Lecture, Shawn shared how “The publishing history of No-No Boy…
