Student Success

These stories highlight some of the accomplishments of our students. Graduates of our programs go on to successful careers in academia, business, government, journalism, law, and other professions, using their cultural and linguistic expertise to foster understanding between Asia and the rest of the world.

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Meet Our 2025 Graduate Medalists
July 1, 2025
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AL&L Instructor Anselma Prihandita Wins Prestigious Nebula Award
June 13, 2025
College of Arts & Sciences Students Recognized in the 2025 Husky 100
June 12, 2025
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AL&L Student Chris McCarty Makes Husky 100
April 23, 2025
Students participating in the 2025 Chinese Bridge competition pose for a group photo.
AL&L Chinese Students Win Speech Contest Prizes 
April 17, 2025
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AL&L Graduate Student Dana Fried Awarded Critical Language Scholarship for Summer 2025
April 8, 2025
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AL&L PhD Candidate Jieyu Zhou Receives NFMLTA-NCOLCTL Research Award
February 11, 2025
Arts & Sciences Guide to UW Family Weekend
October 18, 2024
An image of Tran Huynh Bao Ho, smiling and in uniform, against a backdrop of green leaves.
AL&L Double-Major Honored as Dean's Medalist in the Humanities
July 1, 2024
Japanese and Chinese languages lead language learning trends in WA state
May 30, 2024
A photo of student Sophia Lu on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Chinese Flagship Student Wins Boren Scholarship
May 13, 2024
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AL&L Undergrad Awarded Critical Languages Scholarship for Chinese
March 7, 2024
Opinion: The growth of Southeast Asian and Korean programs at the UW
January 4, 2024
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Missing Women Authors: Songs from the Kishangarh Zenana
October 31, 2023
Ying-Hsiu Chou
Ying-Hsiu Chou Wins Young Scholar Award
October 5, 2023
Nobuko Horikawa
Nobuko Horikawa Wins Distinguished Dissertation Award
June 21, 2023
Nobuko Horikawa
Paul Atkins and Nobuko Horikawa co-author article in Nature
May 1, 2023
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Jieyu Zhou and Chan Lü Featured in CTL's Teaching & Learning Showcase
April 20, 2023
Asian L&L Language Students Win Japanese Speech and Skit Awards
April 3, 2023
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Asia Notes 2022
March 7, 2023
Nobuko Horikawa
Nobuko Horikawa receives fellowship awards for dissertation research
October 27, 2022
Ying-Hsiu Chou
Ying-Hsiu Chou Wins Film Festival Award
October 13, 2022
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Chinese Language Flagship Program updates
September 19, 2022
UW, a jewel of Seattle, shines in global academic ranking
August 21, 2022
Taipei at Dusk
UW Chinese Language Flagship Students Travel to Taiwan
May 12, 2022
Ancient Languages, New Technology
January 5, 2022
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Alumni Dr. Christopher L. Diamond Launches ANUBhasha Project (अनुभाषा)
November 2, 2021
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Graduate Student John Carlyle wins the Graduate School Distinguished Thesis Award 
July 8, 2021
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New gift to support students studying India at the University of Washington
June 14, 2021
ArtSci Roundup: Rosmersholm, The Jews of Ottoman Izmir: Dina Danon in Conversation with Devin E. Naar, and More
April 26, 2021
Four UW faculty named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
April 26, 2021
ArtSci Roundup: Exhibitions at The Henry Art Gallery, From ‘Permit Patty’ to ‘Karen’: Black Rearticulations of Racial Humor, and More
April 21, 2021
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Recent AL&L Grads Speak to Importance of the Humanities
April 7, 2021
Learn Hindi from the best Universities in the World
March 4, 2021
ArtSci Roundup: Fermented Face with Candice Lin, After Democracy: A Conversation with Zizi Papacharissi, and More
February 23, 2021
Learn Hindi from the best Universities in the World
February 23, 2021
The Value of a Non-STEM Major, with Dean Stacey
January 5, 2021
Six unique majors that may not be on your radar
January 5, 2021
The Value of the Humanities: A Literature PhD in the Tech World
November 30, 2020
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Student Spotlight: Ying-Hsiu Chou and Images of Women in Chinese Detective Films
November 30, 2020
[51st Korea Times Translation Awards] Fiction Grand Prize winner Hannah Hertzog
November 11, 2020
UW secures competitive $1 million Luce Foundation grant to advance Southeast Asian research and community engagement
October 5, 2020
Sendai after the earthquake, tsunami flooding, and nuclear disaster
Students translate personal testimonies from survivors of the March 3, 2011 triple disaster in Sendai, Japan
August 21, 2020
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Announcing the George Takahashi Endowed Fellowship in Japanese Studies
August 19, 2020
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The New Normal? Remote Teaching in Asian Languages and Literature
August 19, 2020
Asian Languages & Literature Department awarded Chinese Flagship Grant to expand language education
April 27, 2020
Asian Languages and Literature to Host Chinese Flagship Program
April 20, 2020
UW’s East Asia Library to be renamed the Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi East Asia Library
February 4, 2020
UW Books in brief: Poetry of India’s Bani-Thani, equitable parent-school collaboration, building military cultural competence — and a 2019 National Jewish Book Award
February 3, 2020
ArtsUW Roundup: Midori with Jean-Yves Thibaudet, UW Dance Presents, Burke NiteLife, and more
January 17, 2020