The University of Washington Foundation decided today (Jan.
Author: Bob Roseth
Director, UW News and Information
Chuck Blumenfeld, a partner at Perkins Coie LLP law firm, and who was president of the University of Washington Alumni Association for 2005-06, has been selected as executive director of the UW Alumni Association and UW associate vice president for alumni relations, effective Feb.
A new building at the UW is just the 11th in the country and the second at a higher education institution to be rated as LEED-CS Gold by the U.
The committee charged with examining the organization of the UW’s schools and colleges has now issued its report, which is advisory to the Provost.
This is shaping up to be a breakthrough year for funding of higher education and especially the UW.
This quarter’s seminar series, “From Invention to Start-Up,” begins Jan.
The UW Libraries have partnered with communities on the Olympic Peninsula to create an unusual online museum that provides access to much historical material that previously was in private hands.
In the world of computing, the Holy Grail is power.
A capacity crowd of faculty, staff and students generally agreed that incentives for conducting interdisciplinary research and teaching need to be increased, while some substantial barriers need to be lowered.
The UW and Washington State University have announced the launch of a joint center to assist in addressing hard-to-resolve social, economic and environmental issues in Washington.
University of Washington President Mark A.
The University of Washington and Washington State University will announce on Tuesday (Oct.
The UW has recently received three grants that will assist underrepresented faculty, especially women, succeed in the academy.
The idea that a person could move an object just by thinking about moving it used to be the province of science fiction or tracts on extrasensory perception.
Attention, would-be faculty entrepreneurs: Here’s your chance to learn everything you ever wanted to know about how to take your idea or invention to market.
Justice Alan Page will be the guest speaker at the seventh-annual Costco Scholarship Fund Breakfast, which will be held from 7:30 to 9 a.
More than 65 top executives of local companies, as well as a number of federal, state, and local political leaders will meet at the University of Washington Sept.
The University of Washington announced today that it has successfully negotiated the purchase of the Safeco property in the University District.
At least 2,000 freshmen, their parents and guests are expected to attend the 2006 UW Freshman Convocation, to be held at noon, Sunday, Sept.
Mindy Kornberg, currently assistant vice president of human resources at Duke University, has been appointed the UW’s next vice president of human resources, Executive Vice President Weldon Ihrig announced.
Walk Softly, an exhibit of hand-woven carpets that opens July 21 at Consolidated Works, 500 Boren N.
The University of Washington Board of Regents has approved an operating budget request for the 2007-09 biennium that would increase the state general fund allocation by more than 20 percent, which would begin to close about a third of the funding gap with the UW’s competitor institutions, which currently is about $4,000 per student.
“We mourn the loss of Denice Denton.
A task force appointed by Provost Phyllis Wise has completed an interim report that calls for articulating a vision for the future of the University’s information systems, and thinking about how future hardware and software development would fit into that vision.
A task force appointed by Provost Phyllis Wise has completed an interim report that calls for articulating a vision for the future of the University’s information systems, and thinking about how future hardware and software development would fit into that vision.
The committee charged with reviewing the organization of the UW’s schools and colleges elicited comments from a small but spirited group in its first public forum.
A recently issued two-CD package is the culmination of efforts begun by Michael Brockman, lecturer in saxophone and jazz studies, about 18 years ago.
The formal launch of the “action phase” of the Leadership, Community and Values Initiative occurred May 17 — although in reality the implementation of the findings is well under way.
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Catalyst recently opened three studios designed for group collaboration.
The Board of Regents reviewed on May 18 a proposed operating budget for the coming fiscal year that calls for the use of $18 million in local funds to supplement salary increases funded by the state legislature for faculty, professional staff, librarians and teaching and research assistants.
Academic advisers at the UW are faced with a daunting task.
John Delaney, University of Washington professor of oceanography, has been named the first holder of the Jerome M.
Perhaps it was inevitable that as dean since 1998 of the UW’s largest college , as an administrator with an excellent track record for fundraising who also has led the effort of transforming education within the college, David Hodge would be seen as presidential material.
John Delaney, professor of oceanography, has been named the first holder of the Jerome M.
A decade ago, with much fanfare, the UW undertook a study of what should happen to what was known at the time as the Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences.