News & Updates

As America’s number one federally funded public research university, the University of Washington is producing research with the power to change the world.

State legislators and other Olympia decision-makers will get a first-hand look at what UW researchers are discovering in a Friday, September 27 visit to The Baker Laboratory and the Institute for Protein Design, located in the University’s new Molecular Engineering and Sciences building.

Legislators and staff will be introduced to the Institute’s work integrating UW expertise in biochemistry, engineering, computer science and medicine, and leveraging local strength in the software industry to achieve new breakthroughs in medicine.

Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how UW research has the power to transform human health, how UW’s world-class research plays an important role in the state’s biotech research cluster, and how the University is propelling leading edge research and ideas out of our labs into the marketplace.

Learn more about the Institute for Protein Design in this video:

State legislators and their staff interested in the tour can contact the Office of State Relations at 206-543-7604.

A feature article in the Seattle Weekly focuses on the University of Washington’s online education efforts.

Here’s a preview:

[T]he University of Washington is betting on low-cost online courses that could attract more students and money. And maybe turn its professors into stars.

Read the article here.

Washington Monthly, which ranks universities based upon social mobility, research production and commitment to service, has ranked the University of Washington 13th among national universities for 2013.

The UW also was ranked ninth among national universities in “Best Bang for the Buck,” a measure of  “colleges in America that do the best job of helping nonwealthy students attain marketable degrees at affordable prices,” according to the magazine.

Learn more at UW Today.

Yesterday (August 14), UW External Affairs staff participated in a service project at the University Heights Center, a non-profit community-run organization.

From helping clean windows and alcoves, to landscaping upkeep, and moving soil for new raised beds in the P-Patch, the crew had a great time! Each year, the UW community provides over 346,000 hours of service to our communities.

Here’s a photo of the crew, after finishing up the project:

University of Washington engineers have created a new wireless communication system that allows devices to interact with each other without relying on batteries or wires for power. Watch the video below to learn more, or read this article at UW Today.

The UW School of Dentistry’s Regional Initiatives in Dental Education (RIDE) program is helping improve access to dental care in rural and underserved areas of the state, especially in Eastern Washington:

Spending the spring before graduation with your hands in strangers’ mouths might not be every student’s cup of tea. Kaitlin Poppe, however, couldn’t have enjoyed herself more.

Dr. Poppe, who received her dental degree from the University of Washington in June, spent the spring at the Yakima Valley Farm Workers Nob Hill clinic in Yakima in a clinical rotation for the UW School of Dentistry. The rotation was part of the school’s Regional Initiatives in Dental Education (RIDE) program, which was launched in 2007 with state funds. In addition to Dr. Poppe, UW dental students fanned out to rotations at community clinics in Colville, Moses Lake, Spokane, Lake Spokane, Wenatchee, Othello and Okanogan.

“Every day I was treating someone who otherwise would not receive care. Every day I knew I was making a difference in someone’s life, and I don’t think there is anything more rewarding than that,” Dr. Poppe said.

Read more at the School of Dentistry’s RIDE updates page.