The College of Arts and Sciences is working to make its curriculum more flexible to address emerging areas of interest. One new pilot program, CineMedia, combines the liberal arts and applied film production.
Sally Jewell, chief executive of Seattle-based REI, a UW alum,and a member of the UW Board of Regents, has been nominated by President Obama to oversee the nation’s public lands.
Learn beginning acting, how to build a website, work as a mystery shopper, or become a socially responsible investor in just some of the new non-credit Experimental College classes starting in the next few weeks. See the new catalog.
According to an article in today’s Seattle Times, the UW is at the top of the list for the number of graduates volunteering for the Peace Corps, a repeat honor from 2007-2010 when it also topped the large schools list.
Batya Friedman, professor in the UW Information School, will present the 37th annual University Faculty Lecture on Thursday, February 7 in Kane Hall. Director of the Value Sensitive Design Research Lab, Friedman will discuss technology, human values and the future.