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What Incoming Huskies Are Telling Us — Curiosity, Connection, and Community

Posted in General News on November 19, 2025

The UW Dialogue Initiative partnered with Institutional Assessment & Evaluation (IAE) to better understand what incoming first-year and transfer students need as they begin their Husky journey. The result was a rich analysis of more than 7,300 student responses collected during Advising & Orientation (A&O).

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Huskies Continue the Conversation: Real Talk. Real Huskies. Real Dialogue.

Posted in Huskies Continue the Conversation on November 13, 2025

Respect is the starting point, but real mutual understanding takes more. This conversation dives into why compassion is the bridge from mind-to-mind exchange to human-to-human connection.

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Leading with Empathy: UW’s LEAD 298 Brings Dialogue to the Center of Learning

Posted in Class Updates on October 13, 2025

This fall, LEAD 298 invites students to lean into disagreement, listen deeply, and lead with understanding. This tri-campus course is helping first-year Huskies explore what it means to be a leader in a complex, divided world.

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New Leadership for the Dialogue Initiative Team

Posted in General News on September 29, 2025

New Leadership for the Dialogue Initiative Team

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