Student Success

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Congrats to Adeline Braverman for Publishing in First Language!
November 18, 2025
Sunny Ananthanarayan selected for Arienne Dwyer Award
November 3, 2025
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Saiya Karamali wins 2025 Washington Women’s Chess Championship
October 20, 2025
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The SocioLinx team does fieldwork in Arizona
October 13, 2025
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 Congratulations to our 2025 Linguistics Graduates!
September 15, 2025
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Linguistics Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (LURAP) Fall 2025 applications due September 19
September 8, 2025
 The Language Learning Center announces new website to help students learn more about their language learning options at UW
September 8, 2025
Sunny Ananthanarayan
Sunkulp Ananthanarayan Receives the Graduate Research Fellowship
July 3, 2025
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Ella De Falco Receives 2024-2025 Graduate Research Excellence Award
March 25, 2025
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Kaveri Sheth Receives 2024-2025 Graduate Research Excellence Award
March 25, 2025
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Jessica Luo Receives 2024-2025 Arienne Dwyer Language Documentation Award
January 14, 2025
Trent Ukasick
Trent Ukasick Receives the 2024 Graduate Research Excellence Award
January 14, 2025
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2024 Linguistics Commencement
October 18, 2024
UW Linguistics Makes a Splash at Association for Computational Linguistics 2024
October 16, 2024
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Congratulations to C.M. Downey on Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Data Science Position at the University of Rochester
October 16, 2024
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Congratulations to Sara Ng on Visiting Assistant Professor Position at Western Washington University
October 16, 2024
Fieldwork on Panãra in Brazil
Summer News and Updates
October 16, 2024
Naja Ferjan Ramírez
Departmental Achievements
May 24, 2024
Naomi Shapiro and her Committee
Recent PhD Defenses
February 4, 2024
Xiaolin Niu
Welcome to Our New First-Year PhD Students!
February 3, 2024
Prof. Richard Wright
Chair's Welcome
September 8, 2023
Chia-Hui Huang
2023 Commencement 
September 5, 2023
Trent Ukasick
Trent Ukasick receives the Chester Fritz International Research and Study Fellowship and the Endangered Language Fund’s Sharing Language Diversity Fellowship
September 5, 2023
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C. M. Downey receives Presidential Dissertation Fellowship
September 5, 2023
Emily Ahn and Sara Ng
Emily Ahn and Sara Ng receive Excellence in Linguistic Research Awards
September 5, 2023
Alessio Tosolini
Alessio Tosolini receives Chester William Fritz Humanities Scholarship
May 4, 2023
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UG Linguistics Society
April 28, 2023
Kellie Martin, Austin Vaday, Melissa “Echo” Greenlee
ASL Club and Linguistics
February 1, 2023
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Spring 2022 PhD Rob Squizzero
September 15, 2022
Richard Wright at ASA annual meeting
Letter from the Chair
September 2, 2022
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Spring 2022 PhD Nathan Loggins
September 2, 2022
Naomi Tachikawa Shapiro
Student news: Naomi Tachikawa Shapiro
September 2, 2022
Amandalynne Paullada
Alumni news: Amandalynne Paullada
September 2, 2022
Brent Woo
Alumni news: Brent Woo
September 2, 2022
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Congratulations to Ben Jones, PhD
January 12, 2022
Ajda Gokcen
Congratulations to Ajda Gokçen, PhD
January 12, 2022
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Congratulations to Amandalynne Paullada, PhD
January 12, 2022
Richard Wright at ASA annual meeting
UW linguists at Acoustical Society of America 
January 10, 2022
Kaveri Sheth
UW linguists at Boston University Conference on Language Development
January 10, 2022
Anna Moroz
PhD Awarded: Anna Moroz
September 3, 2021
Linguistics Chair Richard Wright
Message from Chair Richard Wright
September 3, 2021
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Featured language: Lushootseed
September 3, 2021
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Alumna Lesley Carmichael
September 3, 2021
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ASL Honor Society
September 3, 2021
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Reflecting Back to Head Forward
August 31, 2021
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Lab News
May 12, 2021
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Featured alumnus: Adam Werle
May 10, 2021
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Featured language:  Kham
May 10, 2021
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Student News
May 10, 2021
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UW Linguistics welcomes Myriam Lapierre
May 10, 2021