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UW first with credit courses on massive online platform
In addition to joining a national venture this week to offer free on-line courses, the UW has announced it will be the to provide fee-based credit for some of the courses using a new online learning platform.
Free global health exhibit at Seattle Center

, a free exhibit at Seattle Center, highlights Seattle’s role in furthering global health and was coordinated in part by the ӰӴý. Visitors to the exhibit can listen to personal stories of health care experiences around the world and see innovations that are improving health outcomes, reports a recent .
Pack of Huskies in the London Olympics
Led by Hope Solo, ’04, who led US women’s soccer to the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, UW Huskies gearing up for the ’12 Games include rowers Mary Whipple and Dave Calder, world champion pole vaulter Brad Walker, and former UW volleyball standout Courtney Thompson. According to , the ӰӴý’s Olympic legacy runs deep and may include more names after the Olympic trials are over in July.
Federal education official calls for stable higher ed funding
Today’s Seattle Times in Kane Hall last night where Martha Kanter, undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Education and a key policymaker in the Obama administration, called for “stable and predictable higher-education funding” to ensure all residents at least a year of education after high school. She also called the UW a “model” for its high graduation rate and a low number of student loan defaults.