News
September 1, 2012
Highest honors
Two alumni were among 13 people receiving the highest honor given to an American civilian—the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
March 1, 2012
Slick job
Two UW alums who helped devise a better way to ameliorate oil spills were part of a team that won a $1 million prize for its ingenuity.
Open for business
Over the next three years, the Ideas to Impact initiative aims to double the number of companies started by the UW.
Belief in teaching
A passion for excellence in education led to a career as a UW professor and now an administrator.
Two for the Rhodes
Two UW seniors were selected in November to receive Rhodes Scholarships, making the UW the only American public university with more than one Rhodes Scholar for 2012.
December 1, 2011
Major milestone
The College of Arts and Sciences celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, providing an opportunity to acknowledge the achievements of faculty, staff, and students—past and present.
Tradition timeout
The Nov. 5 Washington-Oregon football game was the final game in Husky Stadium before it closed its doors for more than a year.
Ben's fund
Carin Towne, ’95, ’02, and her husband Jeff, ’95, have turned a personal tragedy into a ray of hope for parents of children with cancer.
Purple power
As anyone worth their purple and gold will tell you, the beloved “W” can be found everywhere. The UW Trademarks and Licensing Office oversees it all.
Futuristic fellow
Shwetak Patel, a UW assistant professor in computer science & engineering and electrical engineering for the past three years, has been honored as one of this year’s MacArthur Fellows.
September 1, 2011
Common Book
To commemorate the University of Washington’s 150 years of discovery and inquiry, the 2011-12 Common Book is The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist by Richard Feynman.
Higher aid, tuition
In July, the UW Board of Regents voted to raise tuition 20 percent and to increase the amount of aid available to low- and middle-income families by 45 percent, a dollar increase of $12 million.
Pharmacy for elders
Last year, the UW School of Pharmacy began providing pharmacy services at University House Wallingford.
Intellectual House funding
A total of $3.7 million from state funding and an anonymous gift have been received to support the building of the Intellectual House at the University of Washington.
10 years later
A decade ago, Sept. 11 changed our lives forever. But Sept. 12 turned out to be even more devastating to the University of Washington family.
Hidden cost of war
Gen. Peter Chiarelli, a Seattle native and Evans School alum, was in town as part of a national effort “to begin a conversation about veterans and what we can do to connect communities to veterans.”
June 1, 2011
No radiation threat
In the aftermath of the earthquake damage at Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Plant, UW physicists decided to find out if the leaked radiation had traveled 5,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean to Seattle’s UW campus.
Rousing housing
The University of Washington’s plan to turn its west campus into an urban village will take a big step this fall with the opening of two new residence communities.
March 1, 2011
Stadium overhaul
The renovation of Husky Stadium received the green light to proceed when the University of Washington Board of Regents approved the $250 million project in November.
September 1, 2010
Food junked
The UW’s Center for Public Health Nutrition got in on the fat-busting act, pioneering new research into the relationship between convenient, cheap food and our nation’s ever-growing waistlines.