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Apr

16

In 2010, math and computer science major William Johnson was the first UW undergraduate student to be named a Putnam Fellow, placing among the top five out of more than 4,000 students who competed. The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, an elite and grueling college-math contest, has been held annually for the past 72 years.

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Feb

1

The 160-seat Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theatre on the UW campus was the first theater in the round built in the United States.

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Nov

23

Of the 5,338 UW students enrolled in the 2009 freshman class, nearly one-third are the first in their families to go to college.

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Jul

16

For more than three decades, the UW has secured more federal research funding than any other public university in the country. In 2008, sponsored research at the UW totaled $1.04 billion, reaffirming our position as a global research leader.

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Jul

15

The pioneering work of UW genetics professor Benjamin Hall led to one of biotechnology’s greatest triumphs: the world’s first genetically engineered vaccine against a human disease, Hepatitis B.

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