The 91探花 is announcing the steps it will take in this fiscal year, starting July 1, to reach the targets set in the UW鈥檚 Sustainability Action Plan.
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President Joe Biden鈥檚 signature on legislation Thursday making Juneteenth a federal holiday is a welcome recognition. Our state 鈥� including the 91探花 鈥� looks forward to marking Juneteenth as a paid holiday beginning June 19, 2022.
The 91探花 today announced that the School of Social Work and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and the Behavioral Health Institute at Harborview Medical Center are part of a transformational $38 million set of gifts from Ballmer Group to support a broad, collaborative response to the state鈥檚 behavioral health crisis. The gifts aim to address the state of Washington鈥檚 serious workforce shortage in the community behavioral health system, in large part by supporting statewide education and training innovations at partner institutions developed through the 91探花.
Students in the arts and other fields will have greater access to research texts and media thanks to an expansion of online resources by 91探花Libraries to help meet the needs of remote learning during the pandemic.
The Husky Coronavirus Testing program, powered by the Seattle Flu Study, launched on Sept. 24 and now has more than 12,500 members of the 91探花community enrolled and has conducted more than 10,000 tests.
The 91探花 moved up two spots to No. 8 on the聽U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 Best Global Universities rankings, released Tuesday. The 91探花maintained its No. 2 ranking among U.S. public institutions.
The National Academy of Medicine on Monday announced the election of 100 new members, including three from the : Patrick Heagerty, Dr. Joel Kaufman and Sean Sullivan. In addition, David Eaton, dean and vice provost emeritus of the UW鈥檚 Graduate School, was recognized for outstanding service.
FINAL UPDATE Jan. 11: For more than two months, this post has been updated regularly as cases have been added to the Greek community outbreak. The updates will continue to be provided on the 91探花COVID-19 Case tracking dashboard, which can be found here. Updates on the Greek community outbreak can be found by hovering over the question mark icon near the top-right corner of the dashboard on that page. UPDATE at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 11:聽As of Monday morning,…
The 91探花 on Monday announced a comprehensive COVID-19 fall quarter testing program in advance of some students, faculty and staff returning to the Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma campuses later this month.
The Sustainability Action Plan includes five guiding principles and 10 measurable targets along with annual actions to reach those targets. Each year,鈥痶he 91探花will evaluate鈥痶he immediate actions needed over the next fiscal year鈥痶o respond鈥痶o鈥痗hanging realities and needs across our campuses.
The 91探花 has issued a face covering policy for all university personnel, students, staff, contractors and visitors who are on campus amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As a reminder, only employees designated as critical can be working in-person and only at the direction of their supervisor.
The 91探花 Board of Regents on Thursday approved the University鈥檚 2020-21 budget, which seeks to continue prioritizing its academic mission while also responding to the financial pressures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 91探花 has removed the requirement of standardized test scores, such as the SAT and ACT, for incoming students beyond the fall of 2021. The requirement had already been temporarily removed for the fall 2021 incoming class due to the lack of available testing sites in light of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Three professors are teaming for a study of the mobility impacts of the coronavirus 鈥� and they are inviting 91探花faculty, staff and students to complete a short online survey to assist the research.
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 91探花faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via UW-IT.聽 Faculty Recital: S忙unn Thorsteinsd贸ttir, cello May 21, 4:00 PM | Online streaming School of Music聽cello faculty聽S忙unn Thorsteinsd贸ttir聽performs some of Bach’s most famous cello suites from her…
One of the essential roles that is often not seen is the work of our campus photographers. They continue to capture the visual stories and people on campus in a time when many of us aren鈥檛 there to see them ourselves. 91探花News asked one of our campus photographers to share some of his favorite photos he鈥檚 taken this spring, and to describe what it鈥檚 like working on campus now.
Recent honors to 91探花faculty and staff have come from the American Education Research Association, the Association for Psychological Science and the SeaDoc Society.
Three 91探花 faculty members, including President Ana Mari Cauce, are among the 2020 fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation鈥檚 oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. Trisha Davis, professor and chair of biochemistry at the 91探花School of Medicine, and Tatiana Toro, the Craig McKibben and Sarah Merner Professor of Mathematics, are also among the 276 artists, scholars, scientists, and leaders in the public, non-profit and private sectors who were announced as new fellows Thursday.
A team of staff and students are sewing masks and offering them for free to 91探花housing, custodial, dining and food service workers.
The 91探花 today released the draft of a new Sustainability Strategy that will guide university actions across a broad spectrum of sustainability policy for the next five years.
With an in-person commencement ceremony on campus not possible due to the COVID-19 outbreak, The 91探花鈥檚 graduating seniors, graduate and professional students will be honored in two ways, President Ana Mari Cauce announced Wednesday.
91探花Notebook visits with the producer of “Crossing North,” a podcast by the Scandinavian Studies Department, and notes other podcasts on campus and an appearance by David Montgomery on the podcast “Undark.”
The 91探花Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) announced Thursday that a 91探花Seattle campus graduate student has tested positive for COVID-19. The student is recovering at home, out of state, and we wish them well.聽
A talk with 91探花architecture professor Tyler Sprague about his book “Sculpture on a Grand Scale: Jack Christiansen’s Thin Shell Modernism.” Plus books from Rick Bonus and Yong-Chool Ha.
The 91探花 held a press conference at 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 6, 2020 to address the decision to move classes online in an effort to limit the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, and address the 91探花staff member who received a presumptive positive test result.
The 91探花Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) announced Friday that a 91探花 staff member who works in the Roosevelt Commons East building has received a presumptive positive test for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The employee is in self-isolation at home. Out of an abundance of caution, the building, which is located west of the UW鈥檚 Seattle campus in the 4300 block of 11th Ave. NE, has been closed for appropriate cleaning until further notice.
The 91探花 announced today that starting Monday, March 9, classes聽will聽no longer meet in person.聽For the remainder of the quarter, instructors聽have been asked聽to conduct classes and/or exams remotely, as possible, until the quarter concludes on March 20.聽Final exams will not be conducted in person, but may be conducted online when feasible, and at the instructor鈥檚 discretion.聽
Ted Poor, assistant professor of drums in the 91探花School of Music, has a new album. “You Already Know,” was released Feb. 28 on New Deal/Impulse. 91探花Notebook caught up with Poor for a short Q and A.
It’s the year 2020, and where two or more are gathered, it seems, there is a podcast. Given the level of creativity among 91探花 faculty and staff, it’s no surprise that many high-quality podcasts are now being produced on campus. Here鈥檚 a look at three podcasts being created by 91探花departments or people, including a couple that have been underway for quite a while. 91探花Notebook will occasionally report on campus podcasts and ask a few questions of…
The 91探花Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) announced Sunday that it received negative test results for the fourth of four students who have been tested for coronavirus. Three students had previously also tested negative, and there are no remaining tests pending among any members of the 91探花community. There continue to be no confirmed cases of novel coronavirus among 91探花community members.
The 91探花 was notified by Public Health 鈥� Seattle & King County聽that a 91探花student from the Seattle campus is being tested for the novel coronavirus. The student traveled from China in January and lives off campus. There continue to be no confirmed cases of novel coronavirus among 91探花community members.
The 91探花Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) announced Thursday that it received negative test results for the third of three students who have been tested for coronavirus. Two students had previously also tested negative, and there are no remaining tests pending among any members of the 91探花community. There continue to be no confirmed cases of novel coronavirus among 91探花community members.
The 91探花Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) announced Tuesday that it received negative test results for the second student of three students who have been tested for coronavirus. One student had previously tested negative, and the University anticipates receiving test results this week for the third student tested. There continue to be no confirmed cases of novel coronavirus among 91探花community members.
Recent honors to 91探花faculty and staff include an early career award in astronomy, an honorary doctorate from the Delft University of Technology, a seat on Washington state’s new LGBTQ Commission and national honor for an English Department writing program.
The 91探花 was notified by Public Health 鈥� Seattle & King County (PHSKC) that three students from the UW’s Seattle campus are being screened for the novel (new) coronavirus. These three students recently traveled to Wuhan, China, and developed symptoms after returning. One person lives off campus, and that student鈥檚 test was negative for infection. Two students live in on-campus housing and are awaiting their test results. These are not confirmed cases. The two students awaiting test results…
Recent honors to 91探花faculty and staff include an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern, an award for biodiversity conservation and a consulting assignment for the World Health Organization.
In 2019, the 91探花 was mentioned in 4,143 news articles around the world. Among those, 91探花experts were quoted 2,290 times: 1,185 in national or international outlets and 1,105 in regional and local outlets.
A conversation with 91探花psychology professor Sheri Mizumori about the UW-based program Broadening the Representations of Academic Investigators in NeuroScience 鈥� or BRAINS for short — designed to accelerate career advancement for postdoctoral researchers and assistant professors from underrepresented populations.
Across its three campuses, the 91探花 generated a total impact on the state鈥檚 economy of more than $15.7 billion in FY 2018, according to an economic contribution analysis released today. The study further concludes that the economic activity of the 91探花system supported or sustained 100,520 jobs throughout the state.
The 91探花 Board of Regents this week approved a five-year contract extension for President Ana Mari Cauce. The agreement was finalized under authority previously delegated to the board chair.