About Learning at the Leading Edge

Learning at the Leading Edge is an invitation to find out more about people engaged in learning, research and service here at the UW. It will be a revolving showcase of bright students, pioneering discoveries, and real-life connections the UW makes in communities around the state of Washington.

Our goal is to become the "university of the future", one in which old barriers are breached and disparate strengths are united. Building new interdisciplinary programs is one obvious route to that future. But we aim toward integration on other fronts as well. We foresee a university where research and service become integral parts of undergraduate education; where the liberal-arts world and the high-tech world exchange insights and ideas; where faculty, staff, and students join forces to open the University to new kinds of students and new areas of service; and where we multiply working relationships with the world beyond our campuses.

Do you know any UW students, faculty, staff, or other people who belong on these pages? We would like to hear from you. Please e-mail us at univrel@u.washington.edu, or call Harry Hayward in University Relations at (206) 543-2560.