News and Updates

On Thursday, the Seattle Chamber hosted guests for an education-focused panel on Career Connected Learning. The Chamber is communicating with their members and other business about the need to ready themselves for the workforce of the future. Career-connected learning is a continuum of awareness, exploration, preparation and workforce experiences developed through strong public and private partnerships. Vice President Randy Hodgins, UW Office of External Affairs, joined Jeneé Myers, special advisor, postsecondary success & advancement, and other speakers from Seattle Colleges, Washington STEM and the Seattle Region Partnership for the panel discussion.

The University of Washington is ranked No. 13 in the world — No. 3 among public universities — on the 2017 Academic Ranking of World Universities, released this month.

While the UW has ranked among the top 20 universities each year since the ARWU was first published, this year’s ranking is the highest it has achieved to date. The UW ranked No. 16 for seven consecutive years before climbing to No. 15 for three straight years before landing at No. 13 this year.

Read more from UW Today.

On August 29, join University of Washington Bothell and McMenamins Anderson School for the first of their free monthly Pub Night Talks. Dan Jaffe, UW Bothell professor and chair of the physical science division, will present his talk titled, “Planes, Trains and Mountain Tops: The Adventures of One Scientist and His Students Studying the Impacts of Humans on Planet Earth.” The event is scheduled from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Haynes’ Hall at McMenamins Anderson School – 18607 Bothell Way NE, Bothell. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and all ages are welcome.

Read more from the Everett Herald.

Join UW News and University of Washington astronomer Nicole Kelly Tuesday at 1 p.m. on Facebook for a live eclipse Q&A. You can ask all of your burning questions about the upcoming solar eclipse!
Submit your questions ahead of time using#EclipseChatUW or send them to us via messenger! Visit UW News on Facebook.

Stay in the loop on what is going on in Spokane and Eastern Washington and the goings on at the UW Spokane Center. See the updates from Eastern Washington here!