president
March 11, 2025
The next top Dawg
Dr. Robert Jones is "beyond excited" to join the UW as the 34th president in the school's 164-year history.
September 2, 2022
Reunited at the UW
UW President Ana Mari Cauce writes that we can work to rebuild trust, grace and shared ambition for a more equitable, vibrant and thriving world.
September 11, 2021
Reframing what matters
Every autumn, the new academic year offers a fresh start. This year, many of us return with a new perspective shaped by the pandemic.
September 16, 2020
Unbreakable bonds
Gifts to the UW’s Be Boundless campaign reflect the character and spirit that unites us.
September 8, 2019
Alchemy of collaboration
The fantastic alchemy of collaboration between faculty and students is at the heart of many discoveries.
September 2, 2019
When Dad ran for president
In 1972 and 1976, Sen. Henry “Scoop” Jackson was a candidate for the highest office in the land. I was along for the ride.
June 3, 2019
President’s letter
This year, our state Legislature approved a budget that reinvests in public higher education.
March 7, 2019
President's Letter
A spirit of unity—the awareness that we’re all in this together—is our greatest strength, both as a state and as a community of Huskies everywhere.
August 29, 2018
What is your Husky story?
A message from Daniel Heu-Weller, the 2018-2019 UWAA President.
September 13, 2017
President’s Letter: September 2017
Welcoming the class of 2021 and saying goodbye to an old friend.
June 7, 2017
Flowers of power
Laura Dowling, ’81, ’91, served as the Chief Floral Designer in the Obama White House.
December 15, 2016
President’s Letter: December 2016
Our ideals, passions and dreams can change the world.
December 1, 2015
An unprecedented president
She is the first woman, first Latina and the first in a long while to be promoted from within to lead the University of Washington.
March 1, 2015
Gerberding's legacy
Though the longest-serving president in UW history (from 1979 to 1995) is no longer with us—the North Dakota native died Dec. 27 at the age of 85 after suffering a stroke—his imprint on the University is indelible.
June 1, 2011
Editor's Eye: Celebration
Michael Young’s selection as president-designate of the University of Washington (he starts July 1) turned a glum spring into one of celebration.
Up to the challenge
With an adventurer’s spirit, Michael Young plans to make the UW a leader in solving the public higher education funding model.
December 1, 2007
Home pride
For 65 years, Hill-Crest has been the home to 12 presidents. It has seen glittering parties, teenage sleepovers and even police protection during Vietnam War student unrest.
September 1, 2007
John Hogness, 1922-2007
John Rusten Hogness spent a turbulent five years as president of the UW.
December 1, 2006
Minding the gap
There’s a huge difference between state funding for the UW and what our competition is getting, says President Mark Emmert, but he has a plan to help the Huskies keep up with the pack.
March 1, 2005
Mystery mansion
Once upon a time, the UW president lived right on the campus grounds. The president’s house sat at the end of what would become the University’s quadrangle, the site of today’s Music Building.
June 1, 2004
High gear
Three decades after he said good-bye to his Sprite, Mark Emmert will be taking the wheel of a huge educational enterprise that has hit some potholes recently in its sports program and academic medical center.
Mark Emmert's homecoming
In a classic tale of local boy makes good, Mark Emmert rose from a modest background to remarkable success at the helm of two public universities. Now he faces the greatest challenge of his career — president of his alma mater.
March 1, 2004
President stays
At its Nov. 21 meeting, the UW Board of Regents changed the status of UW President Lee Huntsman, dropping “interim” from his title and extending his contract until fall 2005.
December 1, 2003
Search delayed
The UW Board of Regents announced that its search for a new UW president is taking longer than previously expected.
June 1, 2003
Search is on
About 200 people have been nominated to become the 29th president of the University of Washington, says the chair of an advisory panel that will pass the names of finalists to the Board of Regents later this month.
March 1, 2003
Presidential search
The quest for a new UW president moved into high gear, as the Board of Regents appointed a 15-member advisory committee.
December 1, 2002
McCormick leaves UW
Richard L. McCormick announced that he will resign as 28th president of the University of Washington to assume the presidency of Rutgers University.
December 1, 2001
A 'power for good'
n a sometimes emotional address to the University of Washington community, President Richard L. McCormick reviewed the state of the UW—and the state of the world—four weeks after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.
December 1, 2000
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.
June 1, 2000
Face to face
Forget the crises, brain drain, chronic underfunding and even the rain. After five grueling years, Richard L. McCormick still loves his job as UW president.
Here to stay
How certain is Richard McCormick that he is here for the long haul? "You can schedule the interview for my 10th anniversary right now as far as I'm concerned."
March 1, 2000
Charles Odegaard, 1911-1999
A community remembers the remarkable achievements of Charles Odegaard.
December 1, 1999
Talking the future
President Richard L. McCormick challenged all members of the University of Washington community to participate in a yearlong conversation about the future of the UW.
December 1, 1998
Impact of I-200
Initiative 200, which would dismantle affirmative action programs in state government, was approved by Washington state voters 58 percent to 42 percent in the mid-term election held Nov. 3.
December 1, 1997
Seeing red
Fifty years ago, a hearing on “un-American” activities tore the UW campus apart, setting a precedent for faculty firings across academe.
4 areas of change
The University of Washington must take responsibility for "facing and solving our own problems," said President Richard L. McCormick during his annual address to the University Oct. 7.
December 1, 1996
President warns of ‘hard choices ahead’ for university
President Richard L. McCormick told the UW community it must consider new approaches.
September 1, 1996
President McCormick reflects on his freshman year
Last June's splendid commencement ceremonies marked many kinds of ends and beginnings. For me, it was the end of my freshman year at the UW.
March 1, 1996
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.
December 1, 1995
New president’s first weeks cover UW and the state
President Richard L. McCormick's first weeks in office have included a whirlwind tour of eastern Washington, speaking engagements to hundreds of groups and consultations about the big strategic choices facing the UW.
September 1, 1995
Dedication shows in new UW president
When we asked Richard McCormick and his family to pose for some pictures to run in Columns, he literally went the extra mile.
McCormick’s road
Richard L. McCormick was born to the academic life, but it wasn't a straight line to the presidency at the University of Washington.
June 1, 1995
Our first president
Asa Mercer is gained fame for bringing shiploads of women around Cape Horn to the then-wild Puget Sound area in the 1860s.
Search continues
President William P. Gerberding has agreed to stay at the University until August 31, two months later than the date he originally set for stepping down.
March 1, 1995
Gerberding looks back
William Gerberding looks back at 16 eventful years as UW president.
Goodbye, Gerberding
William P. Gerberding has put his imprint on the University of Washington as few presidents have.
September 1, 1994
Ravamp plan
A yearlong Presidential Task Force proposed substantial changes to prepare the UW for the 21st century.
June 1, 1994
Presidential search
UW Board of Regents President Mari Clack named a panel of 18 to begin the search for a new UW president.
March 1, 1994
Gerberding to retire
Dr. William P. Gerberding announced at the Jan. 21 Board of Regents meeting that he will resign his presidency.
With Gerberding’s departure, UW will go from excellence to uncertainty
With the announcement that President William P. Gerberding will step down next year, the University of Washington leaves an era of excellence for a time of uncertainty.
September 1, 1992
New dean post
In May the UW Board of Regents approved the appointment of Sociology Professor Fred Campbell as the first dean of undergraduate education and vice provost.
December 1, 1989
Four more years
With the election of George Bush, the Age of Reagan seems likely to last for at least four more years.