News
June 1, 2001
41 in the top 10
The University of Washington is No. 1 among primary-care medical schools and nursing schools in the U.S. News & World Report annual rankings of graduate programs and professional schools.
New home for Law
Construction will start in August for the $75 million William H. Gates Hall, the new home of the UW School of Law, to be built on the site of a parking lot south of the Burke Museum.
March 1, 2001
Space force
Throughout the history of the space program, our alumni have pushed back the boundaries of the final frontier.
Record gift
Don Matthews, retired chair of the UW’s political science department, donated $800,000 for an endowment in the Department of Political Science.
Arts & Sciences mergers
Two mergers in the College of Arts and Sciences could change the way students learn about communications and earth sciences.
Largest alumni gift
A $10 million gift by Neal Dempsey, ’64, and his wife, Janet, to support academics and athletics is the largest alumni gift ever to the university.
Brain in focus
A Center for Mind, Brain and Learning to conduct innovative research on early brain and behavioral development has been created at the University of Washington.
TAs reach deal
The University of Washington and a union representing its teaching assistants came to an agreement that avoided a walkout by the UW’s 1,600 TAs.
Tough budget
Lawmakers are writing a 2001-03 budget that could severely impact enrollment, tuition, faculty salaries and other issues crucial to the University of Washington.
December 1, 2000
Fading star
In its heyday, the UW campus observatory was a magical place. Now the future of the cute little building, sitting just east of Memorial Way, is up in the air.
Autism center funded
In what UW officials believe is the largest private gift ever made to the University for a specific disorder, Richard and Susan Fade have donated $5 million to endow a new center for the treatment of autism.
Budget crossroads
Since the core funding for the UW comes from the state, decisions made in Olympia will have a long-lasting impact.
President's challenge
President Richard L. McCormick is challenging the members of the UW community to create a "culture of possibilities" that would help build a better university—and a better world.
Record class
The entering class this fall is one for the record books, say UW officials, as 4,983 new freshmen broke previous enrollment levels and set academic highs as well.
September 1, 2000
4,935 freshmen
The University of Washington is preparing for its largest incoming class ever as 4,935 new freshmen are expected to attend when Fall Quarter starts Sept. 25.
Fatal choices
A UW freshman, medical resident and pathology professor died in two separate shooting incidents in spring 2000.
2 programs honored
The Department of Technical Communication and the Comparative History of Ideas Program won 2000 Brotman Instructional Excellence Awards.
Parody panned
An article published in a May 19 supplement to the Daily offended students, faculty, regents, alumni and the public, causing the supplement editor to resign.
Gift aids nursing
Bob and Jean Reid of Bellingham made a $5 million deferred gift to the University of Washington School of Nursing—the largest gift in the school's history.
June 1, 2000
Light-rail pact
Sound Transit is planning stations at the Burke Museum and at the corner of 15th Avenue N.E. and N.E. Pacific St.