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- Saturday Guided Tours Are Back!
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Saturday guided tours of campus continue through November 15. Prospective students and their families are invited to visit our beautiful campus.
- 2009 International Online Application Is Ready!
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International students: the online application for 2009 is now available on our website. There is also a PDF version for those who choose not to apply online.
- Online Frosh Application Now Available!
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The freshman online application for autumn 2009 is now available.
- UW: Another A- for sustainability
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The UW received a grade of A- on the College Sustainability Report Card, issued by the Sustainability Endowments Institute. It received the same grade last year. This is the only independent sustainability evaluation of campus operations and endowment investments.
- UW prof wins Frederick Douglass Book Prize
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UW history professor Stephanie Smallwood has won a prestigious history prize for her book on the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
- "An incredible thing": MacArthur-winning researcher surprised, delighted by award
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The MacArthur Foundation works so quietly on its genius grants, UW scientist David Montgomery didn’t even know he’d been nominated until he learned of his selection last week.
- UW Prof, writer Charles Johnson Describes His Northwest Passage
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Former UW president William Gerberding once referred to the Northwest as “this little civilized corner of the world,” and I think he was right….
- UW students win award for earthquake relief work
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When UW students Steve Margitan and Geoff Morgan pitched in with post-earthquake help in China this past spring, they had no idea they’d wind up with $65,000 in donations and 5,700 cards and letters for children in the disaster zone.
- UW Makes Honor Roll of Green Colleges
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The UW made the Princeton Review’s honor roll in the new Green Rating of colleges, which measures how environmentally friendly the institutions are.
- UWPD renews national accreditation
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The UW Police Department “holds itself to a higher standard.” That’s why it sought and gained national accreditation in 2005 and recently got that accreditation renewed. It’s one of only 43 university police departments—out of 1,000—to earn that distinction.
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