On June 7, the University of Washington Board of Regents adopted the University of Washington’s operating budget for fiscal 2013, including a 16% tuition increase for undergraduate resident students. Why is tuition increasing? You can learn more by reading the answers to Frequently Asked Questions.
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UW Election Eye: on the ground reporting
Earlier this year, the UW Department of Communication joined with the Seattle Times to present Election Eye 2012, an on-the-ground blog about the 2012 primary campaign as seen through the eyes of UW students and faculty. After wrapping up their statewide coverage of today’s historic gubernatorial recall in Wisconsin with live updates, the UW Election Eye: Politics in America’s heartland team will be talking with voters in Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois and other locales.
Free student art exhibit
A capstone Bachelor of Fine Arts show displaying the work of students graduating in painting and drawing, fibers and 3D4M will be on view at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery until May 30. The Jacob Lawrence Gallery is located in the north corner of the Art building on the first floor and admission is always free.
Graduate student research on view
The Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences will hold its 25th annual Student Research Day on Thursday afternoon, May 24, in South Campus Center. Free and open to the public.
Celebrating public parks from reclaimed land
In 1962, UW Professor of Architecture Richard Haag recast an industrial waste site at the north end of Lake Union into popular Gas Works Park. Today, an exhibit at the American Institute of Architecture created by landscape architecture design students and Associate Professor Thaisa Way explores Gas Works and 11 subsequent parks and public spaces and explains why this was such a radical move at the time. (To read more stories like this, see UW in Seattle Neighborhoods.)