UW Graduate Student Success Stories

Jevin West

Doctoral student Jevin West’s research repositions biology as a “science of interactions”—how living networks inform and illuminate many aspects of society, emphasizing how “the whole is the sum of its parts—plus the interactions between the parts.” He is a third-year Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Fellow. Dozens of other ARCS Fellows like West are making major contributions to new knowledge in labs throughout Washington. Learn more about ARCS and how it has helped hundreds of UW graduate students: http://www.washington.edu/alumni/partnerships/gradschool/enews/200801/arcs.html

Deborah Turner

Information School Doctoral Student Deborah Turner is reconceptualizing what a “document” means in her ongoing research. Can it be oral? Visual only? How does this concept apply to various cultures’ ability to manage information for various purposes? She is a GO-MAP Fellow. To learn more about GO-MAP, visit: http://www.grad.washington.edu/gomap/

Hitomi Sakano

Hitomi Sakano is researching the sense of smell – how neurons in the nose regenerate, providing clues to how the nervous system may be able to regenerate and repair itself – this has far-reaching implications for neuroscience. She is a doctoral student in the Graduate School’s Neurobiology and Behavior Interdisciplinary Program and an ARCS Fellow.

Tracie Delgado

Microbiology major and ARCS Fellow Tracie Delgado wants to be a role model for Chicanos by encouraging them to pursue advanced degrees. Recently she and fellow students started a chapter for the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans at the UW. The group does outreach work in high schools, encouraging students to consider advanced degrees.

Jaye Sablan

Jaye Sablan is pursuing research in Women’s Studies to prepare himself to be a “lifelong academic activist” – building on extensive grassroots community volunteering he did for various non-profits, focusing on the intersection of racial and economic justice, immigrant access to educational resources, Asian and Indigenous Pacific Islander activisms, and issues related to non-conforming youth. He says, “I couldn’t live without my activism.”