An interactive recycling and composting station installed this spring at PACCAR Hall is showing the 91探花 community exactly how much money can be saved by composting and recycling correctly. And it seems to be doing its job well.
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A daylong colloquium, “Shakespeare, Music and Memory” will bring scholars and musicians to the 91探花 campus April 29 for lectures ending with a concert of Shakespeare-themed songs by the School of Music’s Collegium Musicum ensemble. The free events were organized by JoAnn Taricani, associate professor and chair of the School of Music‘s Division of Music History, are timed to commemorate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare‘s death in April of 1616. Scholars from several universities will give presentations…
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, a 1978 graduate of the 91探花and a former member of the 91探花Board of Regents, will be the featured speaker at the 91探花鈥檚 Commencement exercises Saturday, June 11.
The 91探花 will create an undergraduate minor in real estate studies thanks to a $5.4 million gift from retired Windermere Real Estate founder John Jacobi and his wife, Rosalind. The Jacobis鈥� gift will also support two new endowed faculty chairs at the Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies in the UW鈥檚 College of Built Environments.
For the 22nd time in the past 23 years, the 91探花聽ranked as the No. 1 primary care medical school聽in the country, according to聽U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2017 Best Graduate School rankings聽released Tuesday. The rural medicine and family medicine programs have also led the nation since those rankings began in 1992. In a new ranking this year, the UW’s doctor of nursing practice program is first among 149 programs nationwide. See聽all 91探花Medicine and other health sciences graduate…
Members of the 91探花community are invited to a free daylong conference for technology professionals at the third-annual 91探花TechConnect Conference聽March 24. Sean Mooney, a professor of biomedical informatics and medical education and 91探花Medicine chief research information officer, will kick off the day with a keynote presentation starting at 8:30 a.m. Internet2 Senior VP and Chief Innovation Officer Florence Hudson will lead a morning session on future-proofing your career and environment through diversity and inclusion. Over 35 speakers from…
When Delilah was diagnosed with a congenital liver disorder, her mother Tabitha, recalls, 鈥淒octors told us she wasn鈥檛 going to make it.鈥� She鈥檇 need a new liver. She spent five months in Seattle Children鈥檚 Hospital waiting. It was a time of uncertainty and worry, but doctors eventually found a donor. Along the way, she qualified for a wish through Make-A-Wish庐 Alaska and Washington. Delilah wished to go on a cruise. Help Make-A-Wish grant a wish to every qualified child by…
University Book Store announced Thursday聽that it has opted to close its store in the University鈥檚 South Campus building and move its products and services to the flagship store on University Way Northeast. Though the relocation date has yet to be determined, University Book Store is planning for sometime before June. “Our lease was up for renewal, so it was time to evaluate whether we were successfully fulfilling our mission to provide our students with the materials they needed to succeed,”聽said…
The 91探花 and Gonzaga University have signed an agreement to continue, enhance and expand medical education and research in Spokane.
91探花employees are invited to attend an open forum March 2 to learn more about the university鈥檚 plans to create an HR/Payroll Integrated Service Center.
David Levy of the 91探花Information School discusses his new book, “Mindful Tech: How to Bring Balance to our Digital Lives,” published in January by Yale University Press.
If you are a 91探花 supervisor, you have probably participated in the Strategic Leadership Program 鈥� a customized training program enhancing communication and managerial skill. Developed and taught by 91探花 Professional & Organizational Development, the program has graduated over 4000 supervisors since it launched almost 16 years ago. On Feb. 4, the Strategic Leadership Program received the top leadership excellence award for Best Corporate University at the national LEAD2016 conference sponsored by HR.com and held at…
A 91探花dance faculty member will walk down the side of Meany Hall on Friday, Feb. 5, performing a dance piece titled “Man Walking Down the Side of a Building” by famed choreographer Trisha Brown, a retrospective of whose work is being performed Feb. 4-6 on the Meany stage.
The 91探花 Combined Fund Drive, the聽workplace giving campaign, raised a record $2,204,089 during the fall campaign. 91探花faculty, staff and retirees pledged to more than 1,800 nonprofits during the drive which ran Oct. 22 to Dec. 4, 2015. Each year, the UWCFD selects a featured charity, and the selection this year went to Facing Homelessness, a Seattle nonprofit who urges people聽to 鈥渏ust say hello鈥� to people living on the street. Special events, including a Stair Climb at six…
91探花 working parents and caregivers balancing responsibilities at work and home will soon have more choices. To offset the waitlists parents experience at UW鈥檚 four child care centers, new full-time care options will be available in January at designated Bright Horizons and KinderCare centers. Enrollment priority will be offered by both centers and tuition discounts will offered by KinderCare. 91探花families looking for child care before and after school for school age children will find 10 percent savings…
Faculty and staff have until Dec. 4 to contribute to this year鈥檚 91探花Combined Fund Drive, the UW鈥檚 workplace giving campaign. Donors can pledge a one-time donation or give all year through payroll deduction to support local programs and global nonprofits. There are more than 5,000 vetted organizations to choose from, and donations are tax deductible. The UWCFD has raised $1,935,834 so far, and organizers hope to surpass $2.2 million in pledges this year. Thousands of 91探花community members support…
The 91探花 held its first ever Innovation Summit today in Shanghai, China. The event brought together industry leaders from China and the United States, who discussed how they are turning ideas into impact, connecting academia to industry and helping solve the world鈥檚 most pressing problems.
At its regular meeting today, the 91探花 Board of Regents approved a five-year contract for president Ana Mari Cauce.
Pacific Lutheran University and the 91探花 announced today PLU鈥檚 intent to sell its broadcasting rights and facilities associated with KPLU to KUOW.
Alexia Whitaker, who had previously served as a program manager in the Office of Affirmative Action at Arkansas State University, has joined the 91探花 as its affirmative action officer.
Celebrate the remarkable accomplishments of a colleague or team with a nomination for the Distinguished Staff Award, the 91探花鈥檚 highest staff honor, and celebrate outstanding leadership with a nomination for the David B. Thorud Award. Recipients of the Distinguished Staff Award are those who achieve excellence and exude a passionate commitment to the university鈥檚 mission. Nominate an individual or a team of up to eight staff members. Up to five nominees will be selected for this $5,000 award…
The 91探花Combined Fund Drive begins its fall campaign with a Charity Fair & Silent Auction on Thursday, Oct. 22, in the HUB ballroom from 11 a.m. to聽1:30 p.m. Representatives from more than 80 nonprofits will be on hand ready to describe their community work. The UWCFD, UW鈥檚 workplace giving campaign, raised more than $2 million last year for 1,800 nonprofits and for many 91探花scholarships and programs. This year鈥檚 campaign runs through聽Dec. 4. A coin drive, sock drive, and…
Continuing a recent string of noteworthy accolades, the 91探花 held its place at No. 5 in the world on the National Taiwan University Ranking of Scientific Papers, which was released Friday. The ranking is based on performance of scientific papers in three major categories 鈥� research productivity, research impact and research excellence. 鈥淥ne of the major ways we contribute to the health and prosperity of our world is through research and scholarship. Given the excellence of our faculty,…
The 91探花 is shifting $3 million to expand child care facilities on campus as part of a major initiative to enhance the culture of service in UW鈥檚 central administration, interim Provost Jerry Baldasty announced this week. The need for child care was one of several needs brought to light over the summer in a survey across all three 91探花campuses about what the administration does well and what it could do better. The 91探花will convert 12,000 square…
Meeting schedule 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14 at the University Temple Church, 1415 NE 43rd St. Noon to 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15 at the Husky Union Building, Room 340, on the 91探花campus. For more information, check the Campus Master Plan FAQ The 91探花 is inviting students, staff, faculty and members of the community to participate in public meetings on Oct. 14 and 15 to kick off a two-year effort to develop the next master…
A diverse coalition of public and private colleges and universities including the 91探花 is coming together with the goal of improving the college admission application process for all students.聽 The Coalition is developing a free platform of online tools to streamline the experience of planning for and applying to college. The initial iteration of the planning tools will be available to freshmen, sophomores and juniors in high school beginning in January 2016. In creating this platform, these colleges…
The 91探花 announced today that, consistent with its earlier commitment to Seattle鈥檚 minimum wage law, it intends to raise the minimum wage of its workers 鈥� including student workers in Seattle 鈥� to $15 an hour. Subject to the successful conclusion of on-going negotiations with its unions, the increase will take effect in two stages: moving to $13 an hour on Jan. 1, 2016, and to $15 an hour on Jan. 1, 2017. The increases are in keeping…
Chinese President Xi Jinping presented the gift of a dawn redwood tree to the Global Innovation Exchange (GIX), a new partnership between the 91探花 and Tsinghua University, during a ceremony at Microsoft headquarters Wednesday.
The 91探花 is the most innovative public university in the world, according to a new ranking by Reuters released Wednesday. The 91探花is ranked fourth overall, behind only Stanford, MIT and Harvard. 鈥淚nnovation and turning ideas into action are at the center of everything we do,鈥� 91探花Interim President Ana Mari Cauce said. 鈥淭his is great recognition of the hard work done by our faculty and students working across all disciplines, and I can鈥檛 wait to see what…
For the second consecutive year, the 91探花 held the No. 7 spot in the nation in Washington Monthly鈥檚 annual College Guide, which rates universities on students鈥� social mobility, civic engagement and research. Washington Monthly also rates colleges that are doing the best job of helping lower-income students attain marketable degrees at affordable prices, and named the 91探花No. 1 on its 鈥渂est bang for the buck鈥� western region list. 鈥淭he 91探花is proud to be a public university…
The 91探花 remained No. 15 on the聽2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities, conducted by researchers at the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which was released Monday. The 91探花again ranked 13th among U.S. universities and fourth among public institutions worldwide. The ranking considers several indicators of academic or research performance, including alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, highly cited researchers, papers published in the journals Nature and Science, papers indexed in…
In recognition of their outstanding records of scientific achievement, 12 91探花 professors聽will be inducted this fall into the聽Washington State Academy of Sciences. The professors will be honored for their 鈥渨illingness to work on behalf of the academy鈥� to bring top-quality scientific methods to research issues pertaining to Washington state. The induction ceremony will聽be held Sept. 17 at the organization’s eighth-annual meeting at the Seattle Museum of Flight. One 91探花professor joins as a member by virtue of his…
The 91探花 has been recognized as a 鈥淕reat College to Work For鈥� by the Chronicle of Higher Education in its 2015 survey.
91探花 Facilities Services, Puget Sound Energy, McKinstry and the Washington State Department of Commerce celebrated the completion of a $2.3 million energy conservation project Wednesday that will improve teaching and research laboratories within the iconic Physics/Astronomy Building. The capital retrofit project has drastically reduced ventilation system waste by installing high-tech controls, drives and motors to 鈥渞ight fit鈥� the quantity of conditioned air delivered to labs based on the actual occupancy, time of day, day of week and season….
“On behalf of 91探花 students, faculty, staff and alumni, I want to express my thanks and appreciation to our elected officials for making investments in higher education a true budget priority during the 2015 legislative session…”
In pursuit of solutions to some of the biggest global challenges, two of the world鈥檚 leading research universities, the 91探花 and Tsinghua University, are partnering to create the Global Innovation Exchange (GIX), an institute dedicated to educating the next generation of innovators. With $40 million in foundational support from Microsoft, GIX will bring together students, faculty, professionals and entrepreneurs from around the world to collaborate on real-world technology and design projects. Based in a new facility in the…
The 91探花 has received notice from the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that a complaint has been filed by a student alleging discrimination under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 for failing to provide the student with a prompt and equitable grievance process after the student reported an incident of sexual violence. Filing a complaint under Title IX triggers an inquiry from OCR, which has requested information from the University. As…
The 91探花 recognized and honored faculty, staff, students and distinguished alumni for the amazing work they do for the UW, for our local communities, for the citizens of Washington, and for our world. The Awards of Excellence were presented at Meany Hall on June 11, 2015. The following is based on remarks made by Interim President Ana Mari Cauce and Interim Provost and Executive Vice President Gerald J. Baldasty. Ross Braine, Tribal Liaison, in the Office of Minority…
A record 5,600-plus graduates, along with more than 40,000 family members, friends, faculty and other observers, are expected to attend the 140th 91探花 commencement ceremonies June 13 at Husky Stadium.
Juan Felipe Herrera, visiting professor of ethnic studies at the 91探花, was named the 21st United States Poet Laureate on Wednesday. Herrera, who for the past two years has been the California Poet Laureate, is the first Latino honored since the U.S. Consultant in Poetry program began in 1937 (the title changed to Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry in 1986). In addition to writing poetry, Herrera also explores issues relevant to Latino culture through his novels, short stories…