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Winter 2026 Feature

The UW’s AI Moment

The new College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence offers thoughtful leadership amid technological upheaval.

The Arts

Museum, Reimagined

With innovative changes to its gallery space, the Chazen offers a bold new perspective on the collection.

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Destinations

The Rarest Books You’ll Ever Touch

At UW Special Collections, visitors can handle some of the world’s most extraordinary objects.

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Blank Canvas, Big City

In Minor Black Figures, Brandon Taylor MS’17 paints a portrait of an artist seeking authenticity in the modern age.

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A Queen’s Revenge

Rebecca Lehmann ’03 offers ill-fated Anne Boleyn a chance to change history in her debut novel, The Beheading Game.

The Arts

Made of Music

On Pearls 2, rapper Zhalarina Sanders ’15, MS’18 tells family stories in her grandmother’s tongue.

Book

Growing Pains

Three friends reckon with their once-entangled lives in Girls Our Age by Phoebe Thompson MFA’24.

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Searching for Home

Amanda Rizkalla MFA’23 documents a family’s quest for stability through the eyes of an eldest daughter in Hungered.

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