The University of Washington welcomed the most diverse class of students and the largest number of Washington residents in UW history, according to the finalized Fall 2017 census of enrolled students.
The new class across all three campuses, including freshman and transfer students, totals 11,376. Of those, 74.1 percent (8,431 students) are Washington residents.
Read more from UW News.
The University of Washington invites our community to join us for our annual week of connecting, sharing stories and showing appreciation for the service of all our UW veterans, past and present. See the full events calendar here.
The Washington Sea Grant, based at the University of Washington’s College of the Environment, will receive $1.1 million in federal grants for aquaculture research. Across the country, 18 Sea Grant programs received aquaculture grants from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Read more from UW News.
The University of Washington climbed to the No. 10 spot on the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Global Universities rankings, tied with Johns Hopkins University and Yale University. The UW is now second among American public institutions — an improvement from last year’s No. 3 slot. Read more from UW Today.
UW 360, hosted by Carolyn Douglas, is an Emmy-award winning news magazine show that features stories about the University of Washington.
In this episode:
– New hope for thousands of people who suffer from seizures with the help of UW Medicine Neuroscience Institute’s “Rosa Robot”
– Technologies designed for kids by kids with the help of the UW’s iSchool and HCDE programs
– More than just another student job – see how the UW Libraries Student Employee Endowed Scholarship is literally changing lives
– “Who is Kelly Miyahara?” That’s the question to our answer – “A UW alumna who travels the world as part of the Jeopardy game show.”
– Check out the hottest summer camps around for future Husky superstars!
