The UW is the pilot site for the first compostable paper cup designed specifically for soft drinks.
Author: Bob Roseth
Director, UW News and Information
The University of Washington is the pilot site for the first compostable paper cup designed specifically for soft drinks and made from renewable resources.
The following statement is from University of Washington President Mark Emmert:
“The University is deeply saddened by the tragic death of Miles Murphy, a senior Germanics major.
The following statement is from University of Washington President Mark Emmert regarding Gov.
Marc Seales and friends will present an evening of jazz that draws heavily on Seales’ recent experiences in Paris, as well as his own take on songs of his youth at 7:30 p.
The UW’s new eScience Institute will help keep the UW competitive as research projects become ever more reliant on computation and on the analysis of massive amounts of data.
A new “Environmental Innovation Practicum” course, offered this quarter, will be a springboard for a universitywide competition that will encourage students to develop practical solutions to environmental problems.
Five visiting scholars from Afghanistan at the University of Washington have been reported missing to the University of Washington Police.
The UW’s president and provost have both been elected to prestigious national societies.
Campaign UW officially concluded several months ago, but the Faculty-Staff-Retiree Campaign for Students is still raising money through the end of the year.
Three finalists for the position of chief of the University of Washington Police Department will be visiting campus in October.
The Capital Projects Office recently held its second highly successful networking event for companies seeking a share of the UW’s capital projects, which typically amount to at least $300 million annually.
The University of Washington received a grade of A- on the College Sustainability Report Card, issued by the Sustainability Endowments Institute.
Catherine Henderson, who describes herself as a romantic at heart, wrote her prize winning Song of Washington, Stand Up with Pride for Washington, because she wanted to inspire people to be part of something bigger than themselves.
The University has selected a new Song of Washington, with lyrics by Catherine Henderson, a senior in the UW’s evening degree program in the humanities.
The University of Washington Board of Regents, by unanimous vote today (Sept.
University of Washington President Mark A.
Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will be the featured speaker at the University of Washington’s 25th Annual Freshman Convocation, which begins at 10:30 a.
The University of Washington Board of Regents will be asked to approve honorary doctorate degrees for three members of the Gates family at the board’s meeting Sept.
The University of Washington was ranked the 11th best public university in the most recent edition of America’s Best Colleges released today by U.
A new program for secondary education teachers at UW Bothell is aimed not just at producing certificated teachers but also change agents.
A week can make all the difference.
On July 17 the UW Foundation announced that more than $2.
Some people might describe Research1 as “YouTube meets Facebook in a research project setting.
Today (July 17) the University of Washington Foundation announced that more than $2.
University of Washington President Mark A.
Welcome to the grand re-opening of the UW’s southwest waterfront.
The University of Washington Board of Regents today (June 12) approved an increase for undergraduate resident tuition of $408 for the 2008-9 academic year.
Cunningham Hall will be moving.
As Campaign UW: Creating Futures enters the home stretch, it is time to reflect on some gifts to the Faculty-Staff-Retiree Campaign for Students that are making a difference.
After 40 years of work on behalf of diversity at the UW, many of the challenges which prompted the initial protests still remain, but the agenda has broadened in ways that no one back in 1968 could have predicted.
On May 20, 1968, members of the Black Student Union staged a sit-in in the offices of University of Washington President Charles Odegaard.
The University on May 18 is honoring more than 450 Japanese American students who were forced to leave their studies after President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 99066 in 1942, leading to the incarceration of about 120,000 Japanese Americans on the West Coast.
Quick, what is the first line to the UW’s alma mater (no fair looking it up)? OK, let’s try an easier question.
The University of Washington was tied for third among American public research universities and 12th among both public and private institutions, in a recent report by the Center for Measuring University Performance.
UW Provost Phyllis Wise announced today the selection of Thomas Baillie to become the next dean of the University of Washington School of Pharmacy.
These photos were shot by Kathy Sauber, UW photographer.