Members of the Graduate Student Employee Action Coalition/United Auto Workers union, representing 4,600 academic student employees, have voted overwhelmingly to ratify the first-ever agreement reached between the union and the University of Washington.
Author: Bob Roseth
Director, UW News and Information
The UW is poised to adopt an annual budget that, for the first time in several years, manages to avoid general budget cuts.
A special Advocacy Fair, highlighting the policies and legislative priorities of groups that advocate for persons with disabilities, will be held from 9:30 to 11:20 a.
Playwright August Wilson, who has received two Pulitzer prizes and numerous other awards for his plays, will be the featured speaker at the University of Washington’s 129th annual Commencement ceremonies June 12 at Husky Stadium.
The number one challenge in South Africa today is transforming an educational system that was designed, successfully, to provide a high-quality education for the 15 percent of the population to which all privileges flowed.
Student academic achievement and innovative corporate support of the UW were honored at the UW’s 34th annual Educational Opportunity Celebration Scholarship Banquet, held last night at the HUB ballroom.
Five University of Washington faculty members were among those recently elected as fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the highest honors accorded to scholars in the United States.
Both new and longtime employees now have online tools that will make analyzing and selecting their benefits much easier.
The University of Washington Board of Regents has approved an employment contract with Mark Emmert, Louisiana State University chancellor who will become the president of the UW, effective June 14.
The University of Washington Board of Regents today (April 13) approved an employment contract with Dr. Mark Emmert, Louisiana State University chancellor who will become the president of the University of Washington, effective June 14, 2004.
The economic slowdown that began in 2000 has had very little effect on startup companies with close ties to research at the UW, according to a recent study.
The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra’s April 17 concert at Meany Hall, a centennial birthday celebration of Count Basie, is a homecoming of sorts for the orchestra, which has strong roots on campus.
The recently concluded legislative session saw some progress on issues of importance to the UW, and a lot of discussion about the future of higher education in the state.
The University of Washington Board of Regents today authorized Board president Jerry Grinstein to offer the presidency of the University of Washington to Mark Emmert, chancellor of Louisiana State University, subject to successful negotiation of an agreement.
Negotiators from the state House and Senate were working feverishly to forge a compromise on important legislation as the March 11 deadline for adjournment approached.
Washington citizens have somewhat less favorable feelings toward the UW than in previous years, but the overall numbers remain quite high, according to a recent survey by Hebert Research.
Washington citizens have somewhat less favorable feelings toward the UW than in previous years, but the overall numbers remain quite high, according to a recent survey by Hebert Research.
Washington citizens have somewhat less favorable feelings toward the UW than in previous years, but the overall numbers remain quite high, according to a recent survey by Hebert Research.
Competing versions of the supplemental operating budgets are taking center stage in Olympia.
For the first time in its short history, the UW home page (<A href="http://www.
President Lee Huntsman and vice provost for international education Steven Olswang recently returned from a trip to Australia, New Zealand and Singapore that generated expanded academic relationships and the beginnings of an innovative international research consortium.
Sound Transit is about to consider another option for a light rail tunnel on or near campus, and the University is poised to provide its opinion.
Steven G. Olswang, UW vice provost and vice provost for international education, professor of education and adjunct professor of law, has been appointed interim chancellor of the University of Washington, Tacoma.
Several matters important to the UW are receiving favorable reactions thus far in the legislative session.
President Lee Huntsman has appointed Elizabeth L.
The Provost’s Office is looking for some great ideas that require modest amounts of temporary funding to be realized.
The current 60-day session of the state Legislature, while officially a “short” session, is long in items of interest to the higher education community.
The University has launched an ambitious new plan to increase the endowment for chairs, professorships, fellowships and scholarships.
The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, a Seattle-based international resource on news media coverage of violence, has received five years of continued support from the Dart Foundation, with grants that will total more than $5 million.
The UW campus in Seattle remains a very safe place to work and to live, according to the most recent crime statistics.
The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, a Seattle-based international resource on news media coverage of violence, has received five years of continued support from the Dart Foundation, with grants that will total more than $5 million.
Memorial ceremony for Marsha Landolt, dean of the UW Graduate School, and her husband, Robert Busch.
John F. “Randy” Hodgins, who has served as senior staff coordinator in the Washington State Senate Ways and Means Committee since 1996, has been appointed Director of State Relations at the University of Washington.
UW officials believe that two alternatives for routing Sound Transit light rail trains through the University District may not substantially disrupt sensitive research on campus.
Student researchers who need access to more than one high-end computer can now use the Computing Resource Center.
Betsy Wilson, director of University Libraries, has been elected chair of the OCLC Board of Trustees.
A unique collection of historical images of King County is now available online, the result of a collaboration involving the UW and 11 other cultural heritage organizations.
It took 2½ decades for the benefits of the original Internet to diffuse broadly into the education community.