News and Updates

Speakers and presenters will engage in discussion centered on how, together with businesses, nonprofits and governments, our region’s public research universities can be strengthened to address the challenges faced by students, our state and nation and the world.

• When: Tuesday, May 2 from 3 to 5 p.m. A hosted reception will immediately following the symposium at the University of Washington Club, Lake Washington room from 5–6:30 p.m.
• Where: Lyceum, Husky Union Building

Please join us for a hosted reception immediately following the symposium at the University of Washington Club, Lake Washington room from 5–6:30 p.m.

The Pacific Northwest symposium will be hosted by University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce and will feature:

• Robert J. Birgeneau, Co-chair, The Lincoln Project
  and Chancellor Emeritus, University of California Berkeley
• Daniel Greenstein, Director of Education, Postsecondary Success
  Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• Christine Gregoire, CEO of Challenge Seattle, Former Washington State Governor
• Kirk Schulz, President, Washington State University

RSVP to eaevents@uw.edu or 206.221.5670.

Directions to campus and to the Husky Union Building.

The Lincoln Project: Excellence and Access in Public Higher Education is an initiative of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences which explores the unique challenges facing America’s great public research universities. A series of regional meetings are being hosted around the nation to discuss these challenges and possible solutions.

Learn more about The Lincoln Project.

The first episode of the newest season of UW|360 is available to watch on uwtw.org. It will also air on KOMO 4 the weekend of May 13. In this episode, UW|360 looks at how a UW grad student is using music to draw attention of pollution and how some local dogs are helping student manage the stress of finals week. There is also a story on UW Baseball Head Coach Lindsay Meggs, and how the love of the game was passed down to his sons who are now giving back to their dad, every day on the Husky diamond.

UW President Cauce, with Seattle University President Stephen V. Sundbord, S.J. and Seattle Colleges Chancellor Shouan Pan, wrote an opinion piece featured in the Seattle Times about the need to fully fund Washington’s State Need Grant. Read it from the Seattle Times.

The University of Washington hosted the U.S. Geological Survey and several other university, public and private partners on Monday to introduce the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning program as a unified, West Coast-wide system. Partners also introduced the first pilot uses of the earthquake early warning in Washington and Oregon. Read more from UW Today.

The Evergreen State College recently celebrated 50 years!