News

December 1, 1996

Medical School dean, wife and guides killed in Nepal

The Fialkows had been vacationing in Nepal on a trek with six guides to visit the 800-year-old Tse Gomba Buddhist monastery.


UW undergrad education ranks 10th among public universities

U.S. News & World Report put the University of Washington 10th among all public universities.


Accountability, access, quality are top issues for UW, Legislature

The UW goes to the 1997 Legislature with an $814 million budget request, about $75 million over current levels.


President warns of ‘hard choices ahead’ for university

President Richard L. McCormick told the UW community it must consider new approaches.


September 1, 1996

UW welcomes largest freshman class since 1965

UW officials anticipate the largest class of new freshmen in 31 years when about 4,090 start classes.


Zoologist Thomas Daniel wins MacArthur ‘genius’ award

UW Zoology Professor Thomas Daniel was one of 21 people namedas 1996 fellows of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.


UW gifts, grants total a record $154.6 million

Private support for the UW reached an all-time high with more than $154.6 million contributed in gifts and private grants.


June 1, 1996

Gates family pledges $12 million for new Law School building

Microsoft Chairman and CEO William H. Gates III and his wife, Melinda, will contribute $12 million toward construction of a new law school.


Endowed scholarships help Husky athletes

Husky athletes have given their fans a lot to cheer about over the years. A recent gift from Wayne and Anne Gittinger gives student athletes something to celebrate.


Faculty debate new ethnic studies requirement

Students who enter the UW in 1998 may have to meet a five-credit Cultural and Ethnic Diversity requirement.


UW to see higher enrollments, better technology, thanks to state budget

Students will graduate faster and citizens will have more degree options, thanks to the 1996 legislative session which ended March 7.


March 1, 1996

Top science, engineering students come to UW, thanks to ARCS group

Since 1978, a group of women in Seattle has been raising money to support graduate students in science and engineering at the UW.


Put students’ learning at the center of UW’s work, president says

Excerpts from an address to the University community made November 14, 1995, by President Richard L. McCormick.


Labor leader Cindy Zehnder, ’72, ’74, named Regent

Cindy Zehnder, international representative to the Teamsters Union from the Pacific Northwest, was named by Gov. Mike Lowry to the University of Washington Board of Regents.


UW prepares for a tidal wave of students in next century

A population wave, primarily the "echo" of the original, post-World War II baby boom, is hitting, with 17- to 22-year-olds who expect the same access to college that their moms and dads had.


December 1, 1995

UW ranks 16th nationally in quality of doctoral programs

A study by the National Research Council recently ranked graduate programs at the University of Washington 16th in the country among 274 universities whose programs were evaluated.


UW physicist Hans Dehmelt awarded National Medal of Science

Physics Professor Hans Dehmelt, the University's first Nobel Prize-winning professor, received the nation's highest scientific honor.


Higher graduation rate frees up space for freshmen

Student numbers at the University of Washington are right on target for 1995-96, with 33,996 enrolled at the beginning of Fall Quarter.


Environmental scientist joins faculty, thanks to gift from alumnus

Mary Lidstrom, who joins the UW faculty thanks to the Frank Jungers Endowed Chair in Engineering, studies bacteria that can help clean up soil and water contaminated by toxic spills.


UW research funding reaches an all-time high

For the fiscal year ending June 30, the University of Washington received $477 million for research grant and contract awards, a record amount topping last year's $459 million by 4 percent.