Led by Hope Solo, ’04, who led US women’s soccer to the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, UW Huskies gearing up for the ’12 Games include rowers Mary Whipple and Dave Calder, world champion pole vaulter Brad Walker, and former UW volleyball standout Courtney Thompson. According to an article in Columns magazine, the University of Washington’s Olympic legacy runs deep and may include more names after the Olympic trials are over in July.
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Federal education official calls for stable higher ed funding
Today’s Seattle Times reports on the public forum in Kane Hall last night where Martha Kanter, undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Education and a key policymaker in the Obama administration, called for “stable and predictable higher-education funding” to ensure all residents at least a year of education after high school. She also called the UW a “model” for its high graduation rate and a low number of student loan defaults.
Why is Seattle such a white city?
Seattle is the fifth whitest of the 50 biggest cities in the country. As part of the KPLU “I Wonder Why?” series, Richard Morrill, professor emeritus of geography, explains why this trend has persisted throughout history, even though Seattle also has some of the most diverse neighborhoods in the country.
New fund will spur university startups
The new “W Fund” will use $20 million of venture capital to help launch promising start-ups spinning out of the University of Washington and other research institutions both locally and across the state.
Library exhibit takes a look back — at the ‘World of Tomorrow’
A new UW Libraries Special Collections exhibit takes viewers a half-century back in time to the Seattle World’s Fair, when John Kennedy and John Glenn were national heroes and outer space was the “New Frontier”.