News and Updates

The looming fiscal cliff is all over the news lately. What many people don’t realize that automatic budget reductions could hit Washington harder hit than other states. Scientific research funds from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy’s Office of Science and Defense Science and Technology could be cut. The UW could lose up to $83 million in federal funding. Read more from the Tri-City Herald.

President Michael Young and Admissions Director Philip Ballinger were both recently featured in the Seattle Times.

Celebrate the UW’s birthday on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012!

Join us in Red Square from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 2 for live music, giveaways and more. Donate non-perishable food items and snag free, limited-supply swag (W flags, T-shirts and cupcakes from Cupcake Royale). Check out the W Day page for information on the schedule of events, more giveaways and how you can be eligible for great offers from some local stores.

Professor Margaret O’Mara will explore crucial 20th century American presidential races in a series of four lectures called “Pivotal Tuesdays: Four Presidential Elections That Made History.” The lectures, the latest in a long-running UW History Lecture Series, begin Oct. 9. More information can be found here. Tickets are $10, $5 for students.

UW’s newest dorms made the news. Read about the transformation of the southwest side of campus.