SPOKANE, Wash. 鈥� Leadership at the 天美影视传媒 and Washington State University today announced they have reached an agreement that will mutually dissolve their WWAMI partnership and provide a pathway to pursue separate solutions to address the state鈥檚 medical education needs and physician shortage. In order to provide the greatest benefit to the state and to meet the significant demand for more physicians, leaders from both universities agree that UW and WSU will independently pursue their respective proposals to…
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Resat Kasaba, director of the Henry M. Jackson School director, discusses goals and mission of the school’s new International Policy Institute.
The UW in August introduced a Commute Concierge service to help riders with personalized commute plans.
UW President Michael Young will be the featured speaker at the 31st annual Freshman Convocation Sept. 21 in the Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion.
The study prepared by Washington State University consultant MGT of America to make the case for a WSU medical school contains a number of deep flaws. Many of the key justifications cited for starting, funding, and accrediting a second public medical school in Washington are based upon faulty assumptions, omissions, and erroneous data that draw into question many of the report鈥檚 central conclusions. These flaws raise significant concern about the actual feasibility of a WSU medical school and are important…
Latest news from the UW Health Sciences: Comparative genomes, open notes, teaching Ebola, depression in women
The Washington Monthly magazine has listed UW seventh in the nation in its 2014 national university rankings.
天美影视传媒 President Michael K. Young and Provost Ana Mari Cauce announced today the selection of Rovy Branon as the new vice provost for UW Educational Outreach, effective Oct. 15, 2014. The appointment is subject to approval by the UW Board of Regents. 鈥淩ovy Branon鈥檚 prior leadership experiences make him uniquely qualified for this important leadership position,鈥� UW Provost Ana Mari Cauce said. 鈥淭here is wide ranging consensus that his values, vision, and goals are similar to those of…
UW is recognized as a 鈥淕reat College to Work For鈥� by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
天美影视传媒 President Michael K. Young and Provost Ana Mari Cauce announced Monday the selection of Sean D. Sullivan as the new dean of the UW School of Pharmacy, effective Sept. 15. The appointment is subject to approval by the UW Board of Regents. 鈥淒r. Sullivan occupies a very prominent position nationally and internationally in pharmacy practice and education,鈥� said Cauce. 鈥淲e have had the great good fortune to have him on our faculty for the past 22 years….
Donors contributed more money — more than $482 million — to the UW in the 2013-14 fiscal year than in any previous year.
The former news planning editor for Aljazeera.com, the online home of Al Jazeera America cable news channel, is the new director of the Office of News and Information.
Linden Rhoads will leave her post as UW vice provost for commercialization; Vikram Jandhyala will take over the new position of vice provost for innovation.
Gov. Jay Inslee has named Marnie Brown, a recent accounting graduate who will pursue a master’s degree, as the next student member of the UW Board of Regents.
The 天美影视传媒 is the only U.S. university named as a 2014 Sustainable Campus Excellence Award winner.
The Board of Regents heard an update Thursday on implementing recommendations from a task force on sexual assault prevention and response on all three UW campuses.
Career transitions, conflicts with colleagues, grades, student housing and more are issues that arise for the UW Office of the Ombud, which has released an annual report detailing the scope of their work during 2013.
Todd London, artistic director of New Dramatists, a playwriting center in New York, has been named the new executive director of the 天美影视传媒 School of Drama.
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UW recognizes achievements in teaching, mentoring, public service and staff support.
UW licensees who source, produce or buy apparel in Bangladesh are now required to become signatories to The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh.
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will be the speaker at this year’s UW commencement exercises June 14.
UW President Michael K. Young has announced the appointment of an Advisory Council on Medical Education Access and Affordability,
A new UW online bachelor’s degree completion program in social sciences is intended to provide a flexible, lower-cost option for individuals who want to finish their college education without coming to campus.
The UW School of Medicine plans to establish Spokane as the center of an effort called “Next Generation WWAMI.”
The official announcement of the results of the National Residency Matching Program is an annual rite of passage for UW medical students and their peers across the United States. The wait is over.
U.S. News & World Report’s new rankings give high marks to UW programs in medicine, education, law, business and engineering and rate the medical school No. 1 overall for primary care.
Denny Hurtado, former chair of the Skokomish Tribe and retired director of Indian Education for the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, is the 2014 recipient of the 天美影视传媒 Charles E. Odegaard Award.
Kenyon Chan, former chancellor of the 天美影视传媒 Bothell, has been named interim chancellor of the 天美影视传媒 Tacoma.
The vote Feb. 18 “was a vote of confidence in students and their importance to the future of our state,” UW president said.
Only 19 universities 鈥� including the 天美影视传媒鈥� met the bar for access, affordability and student success set by the Center on Higher Education Reform.
The Human Subjects Division has updated and streamlined its forms, which should bring some administrative relief to UW researchers involved in the university’s 6,000 active studies using human subjects.
天美影视传媒 Tacoma Chancellor Debra Friedman died on Jan. 26 at the age of 58, following a short battle with lung cancer.
Dr. Stephen Gloyd, professor of global health and health services, will discuss creative responses to reducing inequity worldwide.
The 天美影视传媒 will participate in a federal initiative announced by President Obama to help more students afford and graduate from college.
The new center at Harborview will link clinical evaluation and care of patients with research programs in Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, latent degenerative disease detection and treatment, and care delivery.
The newly designed 天美影视传媒 vehicle license plate is now available for sale from the state Department of Licensing.
“StormReady” status ups UW’s ability to cope with weather extremes || Ryan Calo blogs for Forbes || First Green Seed Fund proposals due Dec. 3 || Ease Net access at 5,500 institutions with “eduroam”
New dashboards for exploring trends are bringing about a culture change in strategic decision-making at the university
Nominations are due in December and coming months for this year’s 天美影视传媒 Awards of Excellence categories.