Mark A. Emmert, University of Washington president, will officiate at his final Commencement ceremonies in Seattle on June 12
Author: Bob Roseth
Director, UW News and Information
The UW and the UAW have reached agreement on a new contract, which will cover teaching assistants, research assistants, and others
The UW is moving to a process whereby admissions decisions are not made until all applications have been received and assessed.
The UW is moving to a process whereby admissions decisions are not made until all applications have been received and assessed.
On May 24, the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences launched a multi-year, multimillion-dollar initiative that will develop insights into how children learn.
Five high-tech and biotech industry veterans with extensive experience as innovators, developers, entrepreneurs, and executive-level managers have signed on as Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIR) at the UW’s Center for Commercialization, Vice Provost for Technology Transfer Linden Rhoads has announced.
A new pool of nearly $340,000, created through the sustained work of student activists, will fund student, faculty and staff projects that help make the UW more sustainable.
The University of Washington Board of Regents approved May 13 the granting of honorary doctor of arts degrees to the founding creative directors of Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB).
The university was rated based on its overall financial strength and sound management.
Opening ceremonies for the Confucius Institute of Washington, which will be housed on campus, were held this week.
You could call it “Campus Makeover, the Hall Health Edition.
Comments regarding UW President Mark Emmert’s selection as president of the NCAA.
Prominent lawyer, civil activist and philanthropist to speak at UW Commencement
The satirical admonition to “vote early and often” takes on new significance as the UW competes for a grant to help preserve the Theodor Jacobsen Observatory.
The University of Washington has been ranked first among primary-care medical schools in the country for the 17th consecutive year, according to annual rankings of graduate and professional programs provided April 15 by U.
Last Thursday, the UW staged what was probably the largest celebration of Census Day in the state.
The University has developed an impressive set of tools for communicating in an emergency, and staff are hard at work finding ways to make the UW’s information infrastructure more resilient.
An harmonic convergence of sorts has led to “A Week of Jazz at the UW” April 12 to 19.
A King County judge dismissed a case from a faculty member to reinstate salary increases suspended due to the UW’s financial situation.
The UW has to date received $191.2 million from federal agencies for research under the year-old American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Senior leaders at the UW have decided to donate 5 percent of their salaries to the University in support of student scholarships and academic programs.
Senior leaders at the University of Washington have decided to donate 5 percent of their salaries to the University in support of student scholarships and academic programs.
The arrival of the UW’s first-ever travel security and information manager, Brent Barker, marks an important step in making travel abroad by members of the UW community safer and more secure.
The act encourages undocumented students to go to college and stay in U.S. afterward
The Husky Promise program provides free tuition for poorest students
A new resource, sponsored by the UW Alumni Association, is working to create greater awareness of the UW’s contributions and provide opportunities to communicate the university’s value to elected officials, the news media and friends.
The Office of the President recently announced the freshman, sophomore and junior medalists for 2008-9, awards that are based on a student’s overall academic record and not merely the grade point average.
“The Governor and the Legislature obviously face a monumental challenge this session to develop a balanced operating budget.
The University of Washington 2009 Combined Fund Drive raised a record amount for charities.
If your office hasn’t already switched to recycled paper for printing and copying, you have one additional reason to make the switch: it’s the law.
You could call it a Lego competition for the biological sciences.
Imagine the UW’s Seattle campus 40 years from now:
- Central energy is supplied from renewable resources.
Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the UW at a formal academic convocation at 3:30 p.
Bruce Katz, vice president and founding director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, will deliver a free public lecture on The Great Recession: What Comes Next for our MetroNation at 6:30 p.
Martin Jaffee’s “Jewish radar” is failing him, and he believes it’s a sign of the times, at least on America’s West Coast.
Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, will receive an honorarydegree from the University of Washington Oct. 26
The UW was one of three regional organizations honored recently by the Association for Commuter Transportation (ACT) with the ACT Leadership Award, which recognizes the UW’s outstanding contributions to the field of transportation demand management.
A group of leading research universities has launched Futurity (<A href="http://www.
Heather McHugh, Milliman Distinguished Writer-in-Residence in the Creative Writing Program of the English Department of the University of Washington, has been named a 2009 MacArthur Fellow by the John D.
A project whose gestation period spans nearly a decade reached fruition with a ceremony Sept.