Last spring, the Husky Women’s Golf Team captured the UW’s first NCAA golf title. Watch this video from UW 360 to see the amazing winning shots and learn more about the team and head coach, Mary Lou Mulflur.
News and Updates
UW-developed technology to expand reach to help children and families
Technology developed at the University of Washington to improve service delivery in child welfare, foster care and homeless youth systems will soon be expanded to other states.
New grant funding will allow Oliver — a social service management solution developed by Partners for Our Children, an organization in the UW School of Social Work — to be expanded to five communities in Washington, Oregon, and California.
Oliver was created about three years ago as a way of addressing the need for better data in the child welfare system. The program provides software and apps that streamline internal work processes for child welfare providers and help generate data on service delivery and outcomes.
Read more from UW Today.
External Affairs welcomes new state relations director
The University of Washington announced staffing changes in the Office of External Affairs this week, naming Joe Dacca director of state relations.
Dacca currently serves as district director for U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer and previously worked for U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks from 2008 to 2012. Dacca holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the UW.
Read more from UW Today.
$14M federal grant for UW-led PacTrans
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced that it has awarded approximately $14 million over five years to the Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans). This consortium is a multi-university, regional transportation center led by the University of Washington to fund research aimed at improving the mobility of people and goods across the Pacific Northwest. PacTrans represents Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska and is one of the 10 regional University Transportation Centers across the U.S. Read more about the USDOT grant from UW Today.
New from UW 360: Campus Master Plan
More than 150 years ago, the University of Washington began with just one building and a handful of students. Today, this beautiful campus is home to more than 45,000 students, and growing! In order to support the future growing influx of students, the campus must continue to grow along with it. This UW 360 story takes a peek at the ideas behind the new Campus Master Plan; one that will guide construction and development on campus for the next ten years.
