The University of Washington this week ranked No. 5 on the Forbes list of Best Value Colleges 2018. The UW rose from 23rd place in the 2016 ranking. Read more from UW News.
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UW celebrates groundbreaking of new Population Health Building
Yesterday, University of Washington marked the official groundbreaking of the university’s new 290,000-square-foot Population Health Building, a facility that will house the Population Health Initiative launched by the UW in 2016. The Population Health Initiative is a 25-year effort to create a world where all people can live healthier and more fulfilling lives. The UW defines population health as revolving around three major pillars — human health, environmental resilience, and social and economic equity.
As part of the initiative, the new building will create a space for interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation to better understand and improve all the factors that influence the health and well-being of populations here and across the globe. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Department of Global Health and portions of the School of Public Health all will be located in the building.Read more from UW News.
Redefining reality at CoMotion
At the UW’s CoMotion Labs Lacey Leavitt and Joe Jacobs of Electric Dream Factory, a virtual content studio, are helping shape an inclusive future for the virtual reality industry. COMotion Labs is part of CoMotion, the UW’s collaborative innovation hub and a place that is about technology and the people technology serves. Learn more about this Electric Dream Factory and about CoMotion Labs here.
FY 2018 Federal Funding update
Wondering how your federally funded program fared in the FY 2018 omnibus? Our Federal Relations team has a spreadsheet for that. Find more information on their website.
UW Livable City Year selects Bellevue as next partner
The University of Washington Livable City Year program has selected the City of Bellevue as a community partner for the next academic year. The year-long partnership connects city staff with UW students and faculty to collaborate on projects that advance the Bellevue City Council Vision Priorities, specifically those around livability and sustainability. The UW Livable City Year program launched in the 2016–2017 academic year. Previous city partners include the City of Auburn and the City of Tacoma.Read more on the Livable City Year website.