At least two thousand freshmen, their parents and guests are expected to attend the 2005 UW Freshman Convocation, to be held at noon Sept.
Author: Bob Roseth
Director, UW News and Information
More than 2,700 students from small rural schools in the Yakima and Skagit valleys, as well as the community of Goldendale, will get help preparing for college through a $2.
Later this month, the University will launch an intensive effort to ensure that each faculty member properly reports to the federal government the amount of time that is spent on sponsored research, a subject known as faculty effort certification.
The UW Police Department has received national accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA).
The University of Washington, faced with a July 23 deadline for securing $35 million in matching funds to construct a Regional Biocontainment Laboratory, has been unable to secure those funds, President Mark A.
The mystery begins last year when Paula Walker, interim head of the East Asia Library, receives a letter of introduction for a doctoral student at the UW.
UW President Emeritus Lee Huntsman has been selected by Washington Governor Christine Gregoire as the first executive director of the Life Sciences Discovery Fund Authority, a public-private partnership intended to give life sciences research in the state a major boost.
The UW took home several honors from the fourth annual Businesses for an Environmental and Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) awards, including the Mayor’s Environmental Leadership Award.
For people from the Seattle area, a trip to the Yakima Valley means encountering an environment very different from the one they’re used to.
University of Washington President Mark A.
Although the information-gathering phase of the Leadership, Community and Values Initiative is far from complete, members of the team are encouraged by the response thus far, both to the online survey and in-person discussion groups.
The UW Board of Regents received a budget proposal for the 2005-6 fiscal year that would enable the University to invest in the excellence of its programs, expand opportunity and promote diversity.
UW TechTransfer Digital Ventures has developed a program to ease the transition of projects from the laboratory to self-sustaining entities.
The Universitywide survey for faculty and staff regarding campus climate, diversity and values is now available online.
Some people would describe the current system of scholarly publication as crazy.
The UW has announced a Faculty-Staff-Retiree “Campaign for Students,” designed to enhance fellowship and scholarship support for undergraduate, graduate and professional students.
This year’s Undergraduate Research Symposium will attract more than 500 participants — a growth of ten-fold in the program’s eight-year history.
The President’s Diversity Appraisal Implementation Fund has awarded $400,000 to 13 proposals for innovative projects that will enhance student development, enhance faculty diversity or improve the campus, workplace or classroom climate.
The President’s Diversity Appraisal Implementation Fund has awarded $400,000 to 13 proposals for innovative projects that will enhance student development, enhance faculty diversity or improve the campus, workplace or classroom climate.
The results of the most recent legislative session may not have satisfied all of the University’s aspirations for enhanced support, but it was certainly better than most experts would have predicted four months ago.
The Washington State Legislature passed a budget for higher education in the coming biennium that was a compromise between versions passed by the state House and the Senate.
Student digital portfolios have become an increasingly popular means to assess student learning.
The Honorable Robert E.
The Honorable Robert E.
President Emmert’s leadership initiative is up and running and being fine-tuned in the early stages as the team prepares to launch a campuswide information gathering effort.
An unusual degree of consensus is emerging from the legislative budget process, with funding of higher education remaining as one of the major differences among the state budgets proposed by the Governor, the Senate, and the House.
The UW again has been ranked first among primary care medical schools in the country, according to annual rankings of graduate and professional programs provided by U.
While the UW men’s basketball team was doing its part for national recognition, UW students were winning more than their share of prominent national and international awards and competitions on an unprecedented scale.
President Mark Emmert has announced a major new initiative that will examine leadership and values throughout the University.
The University of Washington and the Washington State Arts Commission’s Art in Public Places Program will dedicate a new collection of artworks by nine artists of color at 6 p.
The University of Washington again has been ranked first among primary care medical schools in the country, according to annual rankings of graduate and professional programs provided by U.
It’s a tale of two budgets.
UW President Mark Emmert has selected Suzanne Trager Ortega, vice provost for advanced studies and dean of graduate school at the University of Missouri-Columbia, as dean and vice provost of the UW Graduate School, effective Aug.
While the UW men’s basketball team was doing its part for national recognition, UW students were winning more than their share of prominent national and international awards and competitions on an unprecedented scale.