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Focused on fostering connection, holistic wellness, and engaging your interests, The Whole U is for UW, by UW. Watch our video to see all we have to offer.

Stay healthy and connected with free virtual mindfulness and fitness classes. Check out upcoming events and catch on-demand replays when you subscribe to The Whole U YouTube!

Join us and the UW community for UW Fitness Day on May 8!

The Whole U is celebrating our 10 year anniversary in 2024! Join us as we look back over the years and celebrate our amazing community.

Taking care of mental health: UW experts weigh in

May is national Mental Health Awareness Month, with its clarion call to prioritize our psychological well-being as much as we do our physical well-being. That’s sometimes easier said than done. While there is certainly cause to celebrate the rising awareness and acceptance and declining stigma of mental health disorders, these trends have also revealed a [...]

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Celebrating UW Nurses Week with Events & Activities

The Whole U is thrilled to celebrate the incredible nurses at UW Medicine. Every second of every day, nurses across the UW Medicine healthcare system provide life-saving care. During Nurses Week, we take the time to recognize and celebrate all our nurses and hope you will join us at the following events and activities to [...]

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Keep moving with UW Fitness Day partner discounts

Are you feeling energized by UW Fitness Day and want to keep that feeling going? Many of our dynamic Fitness Day coaches came courtesy of UW community fitness partners. And many of these offer great discounts for membership services through The Whole U. Keep kindling your joy in movement with: UW Recreation—IMA Try the IMA’s [...]

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Celebrate AANHPI Heritage Month

May is National Asian American, Native Hawai’ian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month, an opportunity to celebrate the diverse people, cultures and communities whose contributions have greatly enriched American history, society and culture. The United States first recognized AANHPI heritage in 1978. A week-long recognition was extended to a month-long celebration in 1992 commemorating the [...]

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Get together with The Whole U this May

May may be the month for blooming flowers, longer days and (hopefully) rising temperatures. At The Whole U, May also means UW Fitness Day (May 8 at Husky Stadium), one of our biggest and most festive events of the year. It’s just one in a calendar packed with exciting in-person gatherings, including Get in the [...]

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Meet your UW Fitness Day Coaches: Community Partners (part 2)

The Whole U announces the 2024 UW Fitness Day community partners who will be leading various movements as UW Fitness day coaches! Mark your calendar for Wednesday, May 8, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Husky Stadium for a day of fun, fitness and camaraderie! Meet Your Coaches With community coaches specializing in yoga, Pilates, [...]

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Meet your UW Fitness Day Coaches: Community Partners (part 1)

The Whole U announces the 2024 UW Fitness Day community partners who will be leading various movements as UW Fitness day coach! Mark your calendar for Wednesday, May 8, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Husky Stadium for a day of fun, fitness and camaraderie! Meet Your Coaches With community coaches specializing in yoga, Pilates, [...]

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Meet your UW Fitness Day Coaches: UW Recreation, UW Faculty/Staff & The Whole U

The Whole U announces the 2024 UW Fitness Day coaches from UW Recreation, UW Faculty/Staff and The Whole U! Register today and mark your calendars for Wednesday, May 8, 11:30 to 12:30 at Husky Stadium for a day of fun, fitness, and camaraderie! Read about our UW Athletics coaches participating in fitness day. Meet Your [...]

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Ben Packard leads EarthLab’s efforts to connect UW resources to community action addressing the threats—and inequities—of climate change

Identifying the root cause of the climate crisis is simple enough. Finding solutions? Not so simple. It requires enormous creativity, commitment and collaboration, often among traditional antagonists in the public, private and nonprofit sectors. To foster these ad hoc collaborations, there is UW EarthLab, a transdisciplinary institute within the College of the Environment that is [...]

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