Now, a new $250,000 fellowship at the 蘑菇视频 Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies has been established in his name. The Jenkins Fellowship in Labor Studies will honor and preserve Jenkins鈥� lifelong commitment to the causes of social and economic justice through financial support for students at the 蘑菇视频.
The 蘑菇视频 placed fourth among U.S. higher education institutions, according to the NTU Rankings released Thursday.
Lou Cariello has been named vice president of 蘑菇视频 Facilities, 蘑菇视频 Executive Vice President Jeff Scott announced earlier this month. Cariello is scheduled to start in mid-August.
The 蘑菇视频鈥檚 School of Oceanography is ranked No. 1 in the world on the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects list for 2018. The ranking, released this week, was conducted by researchers at the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
As a middle school student, Srinya Sukrachan spent a lot of time in hospitals. She had juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and her father was battling colon cancer.
When she was 17, her personal health care experience led her to participate in the 蘑菇视频 School of Nursing鈥檚 first Nurse Camp. Now, a decade later, Sukrachan is one of the student leaders for the camp鈥檚 10-year anniversary session and she鈥檚 become an advocate with a passion for teaching, equity and inclusion. The recent School of Nursing graduate already also has a job lined up at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle.
Fourteen scientists, physicians and engineers from the 蘑菇视频 have been elected this year to the Washington State Academy of Sciences.
The 蘑菇视频 has been recognized as a 鈥淕reat College to Work For鈥� by The Chronicle of Higher Education for the fifth consecutive year. The 蘑菇视频 received accolades in five categories.
蘑菇视频 President Ana Mari Cauce has been named one of 38 great immigrants by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
The 蘑菇视频鈥檚 Jen Self will be one of three grand marshals of Sunday鈥檚 2018 Seattle Pride Parade.
Ali Mokdad has been named the chief strategy officer for Population Health at the 蘑菇视频, President Ana Mari Cauce announced today. In this new role he will be responsible for collaboratively setting and executing the 蘑菇视频鈥檚 vision and strategy for the Population Health Initiative, a 25-year effort to create a world where all people can live healthier and more fulfilling lives.
A team from the 蘑菇视频’s GIX program are competing to win the $1 million Anu & Naveen Jain Women鈥檚 Safety XPRIZE.
蘑菇视频 5,900 graduates, along with 50,000-plus family members, friends, faculty and other observers, are expected to attend the 143rd 蘑菇视频 commencement ceremonies at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 9, at Husky Stadium.
In an effort to improve the student experience and provide certainty for prospective computer science majors, the 蘑菇视频鈥檚 Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering is expanding its direct to major admissions program for incoming freshmen. Beginning with the class of fall 2019, direct admission from high school will be the primary pathway into computer science for the majority of 蘑菇视频 undergraduates.
Two renowned global rankings released this week place the 蘑菇视频 fourth among U.S. public institutions.
Assassinations. War in Vietnam. Racial clashes. Far more than simply the generation who lived the Summer of Love, the Class of 1968, which celebrates its 50th reunion next week, recalled their college years during a turbulent time in the nation鈥檚 history.
Eight decades ago to the day, the Faculty Senate met for the first time at the 蘑菇视频.
With the grand opening of the new $171 million Life Sciences Building just months away, it鈥檚 time to fill the building with faculty. That was the idea behind a $3 million Washington Research Foundation (WRF) grant to hire four biology professors. It鈥檚 called a cluster hire and will help maintain the 蘑菇视频鈥檚 leading reputation in primary research and life sciences.
It was spring 1968. A group of students occupied the 蘑菇视频 administration building calling for change: justice, diversity, agency for Blacks on campus.
The presidents of four Seattle-area universities and colleges have joined forces to declare May 14-18, 2018 as Affordable Housing Week on their campuses. Dr. Jeff Wagnitz, interim president of Highline College; Dr. Daniel J. Martin of Seattle Pacific University; Steven V. Sundborg, S.J., president of Seattle University; and Ana Mari Cauce, president of 蘑菇视频, have signed proclamations or otherwise affirmed the importance of safe, healthy, affordable homes in communities of opportunity. The higher-education institutions join King County and 20 King County cities, including Seattle, in recognizing the benefits of affordable housing to everyone in the community.
Denmark鈥檚 Crown Princess Mary is scheduled to visit the 蘑菇视频 on Friday morning.
Hilary Godwin has been named the next dean of the 蘑菇视频鈥檚 School of Public Health, President Ana Mari Cauce and Provost Jerry Baldasty announced today. Her appointment, set to begin July 15, 2018, is subject to approval by the 蘑菇视频 Board of Regents.
Parents don鈥檛 need to fear their children playing with iPads and other devices, researchers say. Mindful play with an adult, combined with thoughtful design features, can prove beneficial to young developing minds. New research shows that thoughtfully designed content that intentionally supports parent-child interactions facilitated the same kind of play and development as analog toys.
The 蘑菇视频 this week ranked No. 5 on the Forbes list of Best Value Colleges 2018. The 蘑菇视频 rose from 23rd place in the 2016 ranking.
A crowd of dignitaries gathered Wednesday for the official groundbreaking of the university鈥檚 new 290,000-square-foot Population Health Building, a facility that will house the Population Health Initiative launched by the 蘑菇视频 in 2016.
Researchers at the 蘑菇视频, working with researchers from the ETH-Zurich, Purdue University and Virginia Commonwealth University, have achieved an optical communications breakthrough that could revolutionize information technology. They created a tiny device, smaller than a human hair, that translates electrical bits (0s and 1s of the digital language) into light, or photonic bits, at speeds 10s of times faster than current technologies.
Researchers at the 蘑菇视频 have designed a convenient and natural product that uses proteins to rebuild tooth enamel and treat dental cavities.
A 蘑菇视频 professor has been awarded the prestigious Albert Schweitzer Medal for his work for developing noninvasive tools for monitoring human impacts on wildlife. Samuel K. Wasser was honored in a ceremony in Washington, D.C., Tuesday evening. The award was presented by Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell.
A new carillon 鈥� the only such instrument in Western Washington 鈥� will ring in full concert at the 蘑菇视频 for the first time Thursday.
Three 蘑菇视频 undergraduates are among 211 students nationwide named as 2018 Goldwater Scholars. One 蘑菇视频 student received honorable mention.
Mario L. Barnes has been named the next Toni Rembe dean of the 蘑菇视频鈥檚 School of Law, President Ana Mari Cauce and Provost Jerry Baldasty announced today. His appointment, set to begin July 5, 2018, is subject to approval by the 蘑菇视频 Board of Regents.
Dr. Benjamin Danielson, a 1992 graduate of the 蘑菇视频 School of Medicine, a Children鈥檚 Hospital pediatrician and director of the Odessa Brown Children鈥檚 Clinic, will be the featured speaker at the 蘑菇视频鈥檚 Commencement exercises Saturday, June 9.
Nearly 50 different graduate and professional programs and specialties at the 蘑菇视频 are among the top 10 in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2019 Best Graduate School rankings released March 20.
Researchers at the 蘑菇视频 Sustainable Transportation Lab want your input to learn why bike share programs 鈥� like Pronto, LimeBike, Spin or ofo 鈥� succeed or fail. The lab is conducting a short, voluntary survey of cyclists to find out what they鈥檙e looking for from a bike share program.
Brian McCartan has been named vice president for finance at the 蘑菇视频, Executive Vice President Jeff Scott announced today. McCartan joins the 蘑菇视频 after serving as the chief financial officer at Sound Transit for the past 11 years. He begins on Feb. 26.
Five faculty members at the 蘑菇视频 have been awarded early-career fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The new Sloan Fellows, announced Feb. 15, include Maya Cakmak, assistant professor of computer science and engineering; Jiun-Haw Chu, assistant professor of clean energy and physics; Arka Majumdar, assistant professor of electrical engineering and physics; Jessica Werk, assistant professor of astronomy; and Chelsea Wood, assistant professor of aquatic and fishery sciences.
蘑菇视频 engineers have turned tissue paper 鈥� similar to toilet tissue 鈥� into a new kind of wearable sensor that can detect a pulse, a blink of an eye and other human movement.