The University of Washington School of Pharmacy strives to be a global leader in pharmacy education, research, and service, committed to providing a transformative learning experience in a collaborative and diverse environment focused on improving the health and well-being of the communities we serve. The School recognizes that this leadership position requires responsibility and commitment by faculty, staff and students to core values of diversity, equity and inclusion in every aspect of the School’s operations.
Recent Award Recipients
Keiann Simon
Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute Award
Join us in celebrating Keiann Simon, PhD candidate in Pharmaceutics, as the UW School of Pharmacy honoree for the 2025 UW Health Sciences MLK Tribute! Keiann is a dedicated advocate for equity, mentorship, and outreach, creating opportunities for underrepresented groups. She has led diversity initiatives, mentored aspiring scientists, and supported educational outreach through the School of Pharmacy DEI Council and The UW Robinson Center for Young Scholars. Her volunteer efforts also include social justice advocacy and public health initiatives.
Learn more about the MLK Jr. Tribute Awards
Malik Williams
Latino Center for Health Graduate Student Scholars Fellowship Program
Join the DEIC in congratulating Malik Williams, PharmD candidate, on being selected as the UW School of Pharmacy selected for the 6th Annual 2024- 2025 Latino Center for Health Graduate Student Scholars Fellowship Program! This prestigious fellowship, awarded by the UW Latino Center for Health (LCH), recognizes outstanding graduate and professional students committed to advancing the health and well-being of Latinx/e communities. Fellows receive a $5,000 award and participate in a cohort-based experience fostering leadership, scholarship, and community engagement.
Learn more about the Latino Center for Health Graduate Students Fellowship Program
2025 Multicultural Calendar
January
- All Month: National Human Trafficking Prevention Month
- All Month: Glaucoma Awareness Month
- All Month: National Blood Donor Month
- All Month: Cervical Cancer Health Awareness Month
- January 1: Oshogatsu (Shinto)
- January 4: World Braille Day
- January 6: Birth of Guru Gobind Singh (Sikh)
- January 6: Epiphany (Christian)
- January 7: Christmas (Orthodox Christian)
- January 13: Maghi (Sikh)
- January 14: Makara Sankranthi (Hindu)
- January 19: World Religion Day
- January 20: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- January 27*: Lailat al Miraj (Islam)
- January 29: Lunar New Year
February
- All Month: Black History Month
- February 1: Imbolc (Pagan/Wiccan)
- February 2: Groundhog Day
- February 2: Vasant Panchami (Hindu)
- February 3: Setsubun (Shinto)
- February 12: Sangha Day (Buddhist)
- February 13*: Tu B’shevat (Jewish)
- February 15: Buddha’s Passing (Buddhist)
- February 17: Presidents’ Day
- February 20: World Day of Social Justice
- February 21: International Mother Language Day
- February 25-28*: Ayyám-i-Há (Bahá’í)
- February 26: Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)
- February 28: Losar (Buddhism)
- February 28 – March 30: Ramadan (Islam)
March
- All Month: Women’s History Month
- All Month: Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
- All Month: Irish American Heritage Month
- March 1 – March 29*: Ramadan (Islam)
- March 1 – 19*: Nineteen Day Fast (Bahá’í)
- March 2: Forgiveness Sunday (Orthodox Christian)
- March 4: Mardi Gras
- March 5: Ash Wednesday (Christian)
- March 8: International Women’s Day
- March 14*: Purim (Jewish)
- March 14-15: Holi (Hindu)
- March 17: St. Patrick’s Day
- March 20*: Ostara (Pagan/Wiccan)
- March 20: Nowruz
- March 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- March 21*: Nowruz (Bahá’í, Zoroastrian)
- March 27: Lailat al Qadr (Islam)
- March 30*: Eid al-Fitr (Islam)
April
- All Month: Arab American Heritage Month
- All Month: National Stress Awareness Month
- All Month: Autism Acceptance Month
- All Month: Month of the Military Child
- All Month: National Volunteer Month
- April 6: Rama Navami (Hindu)
- April 10: Mahavir Jayanthi (Jain)
- April 12: Hanuman Jayantï (Hindu)
- April 13: Palm Sunday (Christian)
- April 13-15: South and Southeast Asian Solar New Year
- April 13-20*: Passover (Jewish)
- April 14: Vaisakhi (Sikh)
- April 17: Holy Thursday (Christian)
- April 18: Good Friday (Christian)
- April 20: Easter (Christian)
- April 20: Pascha (Orthodox Christianity)
- April 22: Earth Day
- April 21 – May 2*: Ridván (Bahá’í)
- April 24*: Yom Ha’shoah (Jewish)
May
- All Month: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
- All Month: Haitian Heritage Month
- All Month: Jewish American Heritage Month
- All Month: Better Hearing and Speech Month
- May 1: May Day/Labour Day/International Workers’ Day
- May 1: Beltane (Wiccan/Pagan)
- May 5: Cinco de Mayo
- May 5: Buddha’s Birthday (Buddhist)
- May 11: Mother’s Day
- May 15: International Day of Families
- May 16*: Lag B’Omer (Jewish)
- May 24: World Day for Cultural Diversity
- May 23*: Declaration of the Báb (Bahá’í)
- May 26: Memorial Day
- May 28*: Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh (Bahá’í)
- May 29: Ascension Day (Christianity)
June
- All Month: LGBTQ Pride Month
- All Month: Caribbean American Heritage Month
- June 2-3*: Shavuot (Jewish)
- June 7*: Eid al-Adha (Islam)
- June 8: Pentecost (Christian)
- June 14: Flag Day
- June 15: Father’s Day
- June 19: Juneteenth
- June 20: Litha (Pagan/Wiccan)
- June 20: World Refugee Day
- June 23: Public Service Day
July
- All month: French-American heritage month
- July 4: Independence Day
- July 6*: Ashura (Islam)
- July 9*: Martyrdom of the Báb (Bahá’í)
- July 14: International Non-Binary People’s Day
- July 26: National Disability Independence Day
- July 27: Parents’ day
August
- All month: Intersectionality Awareness Month
- August 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
- August 19: National Women’s Equality Day
- August 21: World Senior Citizen’s Day
- August 21-28: Paryushana (Jain)
- August 23: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
- August 26: Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)
- August 26: National Women’s Equality Day
- August 27: Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu)
September
- All month: National Suicide Prevention Month
- September 15 to October 15: National Hispanic American Heritage Month
- September 1: Labor Day
- September 7: Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu)
- September 8: International Literacy Day
- September 10: World Suicide Prevention Day
- September 12-16: Ghambar Paitishem (Zoroastrian)
- September 16*: Mawlid al-Nabi (Islam)
- September 17: Autumn Moon Festival (Buddhist)
- September 22: Mabon (Pagan/Wiccan)
- September 26: Native American Day
October
- All month: National Work and Family Month
- All month: LGBTQ+ History Month
- All month: Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- All month: Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- All month: Bullying Prevention Month
- All month: Global Diversity awareness month
- All month: Filipino-American History Month
- All month: Italian-American Heritage Month
- All month: Polish-American Heritage Month
- All month: National Disability Employment Awareness Month
- October 2: International Day of Non-Violence
- October 3-4: Rosh Hashanah (Jewish)
- October 3-11: Navratri (Hindu)
- October 6-12: Mental Illness Awareness Week
- October 8: World Dyslexia Day
- October 10: World Mental Health Day
- October 11: National Coming Out Day
- October 12*: Yom Kippur (Jewish)
- October 12: Dussehra (Hindu)
- October 14: Indigenous peoples day
- October 15: White Cane Safety Day
- October 17-23: Sukkot (Jewish)
- October 20: Installation of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh)
- October 24*: Shemini Atzeret (Jewish)
- October 25*: Simchat Torah (Jewish)
- October 29 – November 3: Diwali (Hindu, Jain, Sikh)
- October 31: Halloween
- October 31: International Overdose Awareness Day
November
- All month: National Native American Heritage Month
- All month: National American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month
- All month: National Adoption Month
- All month: Diabetes Awareness Month
- November 1-2: Día de Muertos
- November 6: National Stress Awareness Day
- November 11: Veterans Day
- November 13: World Kindness Day
- November 13-19: Transgender Awareness Week
- November 14: World Diabetes Day
- November 15: Birth of Guru Nanak (Sikh)
- November 15: Shichi-go-san (Shinto)
- November 16: International Day for Tolerance
- November 19: International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day
- November 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance
- November 20: World Children’s Day
- November 22: Buddha’s Descent (Buddhist)
- November 23: Niinamesai (Shinto)
- November 25*: Day of the Covenant (Bahá’í)
- November 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
- November 27: Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (Bahá’í)
- November 28: Thanksgiving
- November 29: Native American Heritage Day
December
- All month: HIV/AIDS Awareness Month
- All month: Universal Human Rights Month
- December 1: World AIDS Day
- December 1: First Sunday of Advent (Christianity)
- December 2: Abolition of slavery day
- December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- December 5: International Volunteer day
- December 7: Pearl Harbor Remeberence day
- December 8: Bodhi Day (Buddhist)
- December 10: International Human Rights Day
- December 20: Human solidarity day
- December 21: Winter Solstice
- December 21: Yule (Pagan/Wiccan)
- December 25: Christmas (Christian)
- December 26: Zarathosht Diso (Zoroastrian)
- December 26 – January 2*: Hanukkah (Jewish)
- December 26 – January1: Kwanzaa
“*” denotes holidays that start sundown the day before