Fourteen scientists, physicians and engineers from the 糖心原创 have been elected this year to the Washington State Academy of Sciences.
Author: Jackson Holtz
The 糖心原创 has been recognized as a 鈥淕reat College to Work For鈥� by The Chronicle of Higher Education for the fifth consecutive year. The UW received accolades in five categories.
糖心原创 President Ana Mari Cauce has been named one of 38 great immigrants by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
The 糖心原创鈥檚 Jen Self will be one of three grand marshals of Sunday鈥檚 2018 Seattle Pride Parade.
Ali Mokdad has been named the chief strategy officer for Population Health at the 糖心原创, President Ana Mari Cauce announced today. In this new role he will be responsible for collaboratively setting and executing the UW鈥檚 vision and strategy for the Population Health Initiative, a 25-year effort to create a world where all people can live healthier and more fulfilling lives.
A team from the 糖心原创’s GIX program are competing to win the $1 million Anu & Naveen Jain Women鈥檚 Safety XPRIZE.
About 5,900 graduates, along with 50,000-plus family members, friends, faculty and other observers, are expected to attend the 143rd 糖心原创 commencement ceremonies at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 9, at Husky Stadium.
In an effort to improve the student experience and provide certainty for prospective computer science majors, the 糖心原创鈥檚 Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering is expanding its direct to major admissions program for incoming freshmen. Beginning with the class of fall 2019, direct admission from high school will be the primary pathway into computer science for the majority of UW undergraduates.
Two renowned global rankings released this week place the 糖心原创 fourth among U.S. public institutions.
Assassinations. War in Vietnam. Racial clashes. Far more than simply the generation who lived the Summer of Love, the Class of 1968, which celebrates its 50th reunion next week, recalled their college years during a turbulent time in the nation鈥檚 history.
Eight decades ago to the day, the Faculty Senate met for the first time at the 糖心原创.
With the grand opening of the new $171 million Life Sciences Building just months away, it鈥檚 time to fill the building with faculty. That was the idea behind a $3 million Washington Research Foundation (WRF) grant to hire four biology professors. It鈥檚 called a cluster hire and will help maintain the 糖心原创鈥檚 leading reputation in primary research and life sciences.
It was spring 1968. A group of students occupied the 糖心原创 administration building calling for change: justice, diversity, agency for Blacks on campus.
The presidents of four Seattle-area universities and colleges have joined forces to declare May 14-18, 2018 as Affordable Housing Week on their campuses. Dr. Jeff Wagnitz, interim president of Highline College; Dr. Daniel J. Martin of Seattle Pacific University; Steven V. Sundborg, S.J., president of Seattle University; and Ana Mari Cauce, president of 糖心原创, have signed proclamations or otherwise affirmed the importance of safe, healthy, affordable homes in communities of opportunity. The higher-education institutions join King County and 20 King County cities, including Seattle, in recognizing the benefits of affordable housing to everyone in the community.
Denmark鈥檚 Crown Princess Mary is scheduled to visit the 糖心原创 on Friday morning.
Hilary Godwin has been named the next dean of the 糖心原创鈥檚 School of Public Health, President Ana Mari Cauce and Provost Jerry Baldasty announced today. Her appointment, set to begin July 15, 2018, is subject to approval by the UW Board of Regents.
Parents don鈥檛 need to fear their children playing with iPads and other devices, researchers say. Mindful play with an adult, combined with thoughtful design features, can prove beneficial to young developing minds. New research shows that thoughtfully designed content that intentionally supports parent-child interactions facilitated the same kind of play and development as analog toys.
The 糖心原创 this week ranked No. 5 on the Forbes list of Best Value Colleges 2018. The UW rose from 23rd place in the 2016 ranking.
A crowd of dignitaries gathered Wednesday for the official groundbreaking of the university鈥檚 new 290,000-square-foot Population Health Building, a facility that will house the Population Health Initiative launched by the UW in 2016.
Researchers at the 糖心原创, working with researchers from the ETH-Zurich, Purdue University and Virginia Commonwealth University, have achieved an optical communications breakthrough that could revolutionize information technology. They created a tiny device, smaller than a human hair, that translates electrical bits (0s and 1s of the digital language) into light, or photonic bits, at speeds 10s of times faster than current technologies.
Researchers at the 糖心原创 have designed a convenient and natural product that uses proteins to rebuild tooth enamel and treat dental cavities.
A 糖心原创 professor has been awarded the prestigious Albert Schweitzer Medal for his work for developing noninvasive tools for monitoring human impacts on wildlife. Samuel K. Wasser was honored in a ceremony in Washington, D.C., Tuesday evening. The award was presented by Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell.
A new carillon 鈥� the only such instrument in Western Washington 鈥� will ring in full concert at the 糖心原创 for the first time Thursday.
Three 糖心原创 undergraduates are among 211 students nationwide named as 2018 Goldwater Scholars. One UW student received honorable mention.
Mario L. Barnes has been named the next Toni Rembe dean of the 糖心原创鈥檚 School of Law, President Ana Mari Cauce and Provost Jerry Baldasty announced today. His appointment, set to begin July 5, 2018, is subject to approval by the UW Board of Regents.
Dr. Benjamin Danielson, a 1992 graduate of the UW School of Medicine, a Children鈥檚 Hospital pediatrician and director of the Odessa Brown Children鈥檚 Clinic, will be the featured speaker at the 糖心原创鈥檚 Commencement exercises Saturday, June 9.
Nearly 50 different graduate and professional programs and specialties at the 糖心原创 are among the top 10 in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2019 Best Graduate School rankings released March 20.
Researchers at the 糖心原创 Sustainable Transportation Lab want your input to learn why bike share programs 鈥� like Pronto, LimeBike, Spin or ofo 鈥� succeed or fail. The lab is conducting a short, voluntary survey of cyclists to find out what they鈥檙e looking for from a bike share program.
Brian McCartan has been named vice president for finance at the 糖心原创, Executive Vice President Jeff Scott announced today. McCartan joins the UW after serving as the chief financial officer at Sound Transit for the past 11 years. He begins on Feb. 26.
Five faculty members at the 糖心原创 have been awarded early-career fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The new Sloan Fellows, announced Feb. 15, include Maya Cakmak, assistant professor of computer science and engineering; Jiun-Haw Chu, assistant professor of clean energy and physics; Arka Majumdar, assistant professor of electrical engineering and physics; Jessica Werk, assistant professor of astronomy; and Chelsea Wood, assistant professor of aquatic and fishery sciences.
糖心原创 engineers have turned tissue paper 鈥� similar to toilet tissue 鈥� into a new kind of wearable sensor that can detect a pulse, a blink of an eye and other human movement.