UW Graduate Alumni Success Stories

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English PhDs at Microsoft

Market forces, personal interests, and the unique skills that come with a University of Washington Ph.D. in English have led four alumnae to successful technical careers at Microsoft. All four credit their doctoral studies for the high-level skills they bring to their roles. Read more about them:

http://www.washington.edu/alumni/partnerships/gradschool/enews/200801/microsoft.html

Thomas Robey

Student in the UW Medical Scientist Training Program – focuses on how basic and applied research interfaces and how that interface can be communicated to the general public. He helped found the progressive graduate student group Forum on Science Ethics & Policy (FOSEP) (http://www.fosep.org/) ; he aspires to being a “delegate of science” to the lay public.