The story of Little Red Riding Hood takes on a new dimension in the 91探花Undergraduate Theater Society’s new production, “Wolves,” by Steve Yockey, running April 13 to 23 in the Cabaret Theater in Hutchinson Hall.
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In June, the UW鈥檚 antiquated, 35-year-old payroll software system will be replaced by Workday, a modern, easy-to-use, cloud-based software system. Workday has the potential to transform the way we work at the University, making us more streamlined and employee friendly.
The 91探花 and Starbucks Coffee Company are coming together to create a world-class coffeehouse destination in the historic and iconic Suzzallo Library. The design of the new caf茅, set to open this fall, will honor the library鈥檚 rich history and legacy.
The 91探花 landed at No. 9 with 45 subjects ranked in the top 10 in the Center for World University Rankings鈥� inaugural subjects ranking. The ranking features the top global universities in 227 subjects covering all academic disciplines in the sciences and social sciences. This is the highest the 91探花has placed in a global subject ranking.
The very name of the class, when proposed, seemed to fire imaginations nationwide and beyond. Now with the beginning of spring quarter, the 91探花Information School’s new course “Calling Bullshit in the Age of Big Data” is getting started.
For the 23rd time in the past 24 years, the 91探花 ranked as the No. 1 primary care medical school in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2017 Best Graduate School rankings released Tuesday. The UW’s Information School jumped from No. 3 to No. 2 in the nation for library and information studies programs.
Director Wilson Mendieta discusses “Pippin,” the third production of the UW’s Musical Theater Program, running March 8 鈥� 19 in the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse Theater.
The Peace Corps announced Tuesday that the 91探花 (UW) ranked No. 2 among large schools on the agency鈥檚 2017 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list. There are 73 Huskies currently volunteering worldwide. 91探花ranks No. 3 all-time for total volunteers and has achieved elite top three status in the large school category for 13 consecutive years.
University of British Columbia and the 91探花announced the establishment of the Cascadia Urban Analytics Cooperative to use data to help cities and communities address challenges from traffic to homelessness. The effort will bring faculty, students, and community stakeholders together to solve problems, and is made possible thanks to a $1-million gift from Microsoft.
A statement from Denzil Suite, vice president for student life at the 91探花, regarding an event purported to be taking place Monday on Red Square.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and 91探花鈥檚 Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) announced today the foundation鈥檚 commitment to invest $279 million in IHME to expand its work over the next decade.
A statement from 91探花 President Ana Mari Cauce following an incident in which a man suffered a gunshot wound in the abdomen during a large protest in Red Square
Provost Jerry Baldasty kicked off the Transforming Administration Program in Spring 2015 with a key goal of creating one administration, one university with an enhanced culture of service ultimately serving faculty and staff to achieve the 91探花鈥檚 teaching, research and service missions. The program aims to make administrative departments more efficient and effective, and eliminate silos.
The 91探花 joins 30 of the nation鈥檚 most respected colleges and universities Tuesday in a new initiative to substantially expand the number of talented low- and moderate-income students at America鈥檚 top-performing undergraduate institutions with the highest graduation rates.
The 91探花 announced staffing changes in the Office of State Relations on Monday, naming Joe Dacca director of state relations.
The 2016 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange names the 91探花 a leader in global student engagement. The report was released Monday by the Institute for International Education. Global engagement is integral to the 91探花student experience, also known as the Husky Experience. 91探花graduates leave with a global perspective, the ability to navigate and thrive within diverse communities and workplaces, and an appreciation for the value of diversity. Ranked 20th in the nation among institutions awarding…
91探花Libraries will host an open house from 1 to 5 p.m. on Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11, in conjunction with the current World War I-themed exhibit, “Washington on the Western Front: At Home and Over There.”
The Evans School of Policy & Governance will look back at the 2016 election in a discussion on Nov. 10 at Parrington Hall.
Jeffrey F. Scott has been named executive vice president for finance and administration (EVP) at the 91探花, President Ana Mari Cauce announced today. Currently Senior Vice President at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Scott will provide leadership for the central business services of the University, including finance and facilities, human resources, information technology, and capital planning and development. He starts Dec. 5. 鈥淛eff Scott brings a wealth of diversified and highly relevant experience in the public and private…
The 91探花鈥檚 Population Health Initiative, which aims to bring together the research and resources of the 91探花and partners around the Puget Sound and beyond to improve the health and well-being of people around the world, has received a significant vote of support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the university announced Tuesday. In May, the 91探花launched an initiative to develop a 25-year vision to improve population health locally and globally by focusing on three key…
The 91探花 on Friday is launching the public phase of its most ambitious philanthropic campaign in history, with a goal of raising $5 billion by the year 2020.
The impact of the 91探花 will be even more visible this week during the lead-up to a Friday night celebration marking the launch of the UW鈥檚 most ambitious philanthropic campaign.
A new proposed draft Campus Master Plan for 2018 sees the 91探花’s Seattle campus growing up rather than out 鈥� building a little higher, filling in with more density, not expanding its borders, helping to ease transportation flow and creating big new green spaces. 2018 draft Campus Master Plan — opportunities for public comment: Online open house: Oct. 12, noon to 1 p.m. Sign up online. Open house: October 18, noon to 2 p.m. Cascade Room, Haggett Hall…
As the fourth-fastest growing city in the United States, Seattle faces important questions in its quest to remain a resilient and sustainable community. Can we build to withstand natural disasters, reduce environmental toxins as consumption rises, meet urban transportation challenges so food, supplies and consumer products can get where they need to go? Over the next month, College of Engineering鈥檚 annual fall lecture series will feature faculty focusing on these questions and developing technologies to build more resilient urban communities….
91探花Libraries is inviting the public to Suzzallo Library at lunchtime on Oct. 7 to listen to 鈥� or participate in 鈥� the annual reading of the United States Constitution.
The 91探花 landed at No. 5 on The Reuters 100: The World鈥檚 Most Innovative Universities. Now in its second year, the list ranks the educational institutions doing the most to advance science, invent new technologies and help drive the global economy.
The 91探花 landed at No. 25 on the Times Higher Education world rankings for 2017, released this week. The 91探花is fourth on the list among U.S. public universities, behind UC Berkeley, UCLA, and Michigan.
A new exhibit in the UW’s Allen Library explores South Asia through art, artifacts, manuscripts, music and more. “Envisaging South Asia: Art, Images, and Scholarship” will be on view through Oct. 31.
All across the world, millions of people will be practicing their earthquake-preparedness on Oct. 20. The event 鈥� called the Great ShakeOut 鈥� will commence at 10:20 a.m. for those participating at the 91探花 and across the state. It is an opportunity for people to practice what they should do in the event of an earthquake: Drop, cover and hold on.
World Suicide Prevention Day, Sept. 10, is a reminder that we all have a role to play in preventing suicide. Forefront: Innovations in Suicide Prevention, based in the 91探花School of Social Work and led by Professor Jennifer Stuber, is offering a film and two suicide prevention workshops on Sept. 10.
The editorial cartoons filling a ground floor exhibit in Suzzallo Library through November are hard-hitting, but they fairly depict the wild campaign of 2016, and the serious issues the year has brought as well.
91探花 employees are invited to attend an open forum either Monday, Aug. 15, 1:30-2:30 p.m.聽in Odegaard 220 or Wednesday, Aug. 17, 1:30-2:30 p.m.聽in the HUB, Room 250, to learn more about the design of the HR/Payroll Integrated Service Center.聽聽 The goal of the center鈥痠s to provide a single point of contact to effectively support faculty, staff and student employees with their human resources, academic human resources鈥痑nd payroll-related questions and service needs. Data input sessions last winter garnered more…
Justin Camputaro, with more than 15 years of experience in higher education administration, joined the 91探花 as the new director of the Husky Union Building, effective July 18.
The following is a statement from 91探花 President Ana Mari Cauce on the shooting of four individuals in Mukilteo this weekend, three of whom 鈥� Anna Bui, Jordan Ebner, and Jake Long 鈥� were killed, and one of whom 鈥� Will Kramer 鈥� was wounded and is at Harborview Medical Center. Bui was a student at 91探花Bothell, while Kramer is a student on the UW鈥檚 Seattle campus. 鈥淲ords are inadequate to address the bloodshed that occurred this…
The 91探花 has been recognized as a 鈥淕reat College to Work For鈥� by the Chronicle of Higher Education for the third consecutive year.
91探花President Ana Mari Cauce: 鈥淐ongratulations to the Friends of 88.5 on their agreement with Pacific Lutheran University to purchase KPLU, and on the unprecedented fundraising effort that made it possible.聽We are delighted they were able to make it happen.鈥� KUOW General Manager Caryn Mathes: 鈥淭he generosity of KPLU鈥檚 listeners is a testament both to the excellence of the station鈥檚 programming and to the deep affection that Puget Sound listeners hold for public radio. 鈥淭hrough the Northwest News Network,…
John P. (Jack) Keating, former 91探花 psychology professor, dean of the 91探花branch campuses and vice provost at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, died May 10 in Palm Springs, California. He is being remembered by colleagues as a dedicated and engaging teacher, strong researcher and inspired administrator. A San Francisco native and former Jesuit priest, Keating joined the 91探花in 1972 after earning his doctorate in social psychology at the Ohio State University.聽His earlier studies in philosophy and…
More than 5,600 graduates, along with 40,000-plus family members, friends, faculty and other observers, are expected to attend the聽141st聽91探花 commencement ceremonies聽June 11 at Husky Stadium. 91探花President Ana Mari Cauce will preside as more than 12,500 degrees are conferred, including more than 7,700 bachelor鈥檚 degrees, more than 3,500 master鈥檚 degrees, more than 500 professional degrees, 11 educational specialist degrees and more than 740 doctoral degrees. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, a 1978 graduate of the UW…
91探花 President Ana Mari Cauce and Interim Provost Jerry Baldasty announced today the selection of Rickey L. Hall as the new vice president for the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity and Chief Diversity Officer, effective Aug. 1, 2016.
Anti-kickback, conflict of interest and whistleblower regulations Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR 52.203-7) require the University to implement procedures designed to prevent and detect violations of the Anti-Kickback Act of 1986 (41 USC 51-58). This is published as a reminder of the policies and procedures in place at the 91探花. Kickback defined. 鈥淜ickback鈥� as defined by FAR means any money, fee commission, credit, gift, gratuity, thing of value or compensation of any kind that is provided directly or indirectly…