News and Updates

President Michael Young appointed Ana Mari Cauce as the UW Provost. Ana Mari is the current dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and a longtime member of the UW faculty. Read the President’s announcement.

Four former Huskies recently teamed up to create a fresh beat pledging allegiance to the UW. Thanks for the generosity of Jake One, Prometheus Brown (Geologic of the Blue Scholars), Sol and Preach the Huskies have what The Seattle Times dubbed a Husky anthem. The video already has over 30,000 hits on YouTube – and climbing!
Proceeds from the song and $2 from each shirt sold will go to the Dawgs in the House scholarship fund – part of Husky Promise.

Watch the video Dawgs in the House and find links to download the song and purchase t-shirts.

T-shirts and cupcakes galore! W Day was a success! Check out UW Today’s photo slideshow.

Former Huskies football coach Don James returned to campus to be part of the celebration. he was also a featured speaker at a reception before the football game vs. the Oregon Ducks. James was the UW coach from 1975-1992 and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1997.

A team of 23 UW undergraduate students won a world-championship prize at the annual International Genetically Engineered Machine competition held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For more information read the article in The Seattle Times.

Visitors to UWTV’s website are up 34 percent for the past month compared to last year and almost two thirds of whom are new visitors to the site. With trends showing more and more people are accessing media on the go, 1,100 of those visits are from mobile devices. Content favorites on UWTV.org are Greatest Moments in Husky Stadium, Brainworks, Husky Sports and UW360.

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