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David L. Eaton, associate vice provost for research and professor in the School of Public Health at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, has been selected as dean of the Graduate School, effective March 15, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ President Michael K. Young and Provost Ana Mari Cauce announced today. The appointment is subject to approval by the Board of Regents. “Throughout his career at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, David Eaton has proven himself to be a gifted educator, a consummate scientist and an excellent administrator,â€� said…

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ President Michael K. Young today announced a new initiative aimed at advancing the university’s teaching, research and service to meet the major challenges of the 21st century. The initiative, called “Tomorrow’s University Today,â€� will focus on three key areas: leading change in public higher education, addressing critical societal problems like sustainability, health care and K-12 education, and spurring economic growth. “The university of tomorrow is moving toward a new paradigm — certainly one of greater efficiency, but…

Christopher M. Jordan, a first-year law student at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, has been selected by Gov. Chris Gregoire as the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ student regent for the coming academic year. Jordan earned a master’s degree in public administration from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s Evans School of Public Affairs in 2012. He also received a bachelor’s degree in political science in 2010. Jordan has worked as an outreach coordinator for the Economic Opportunity Institute and as a legislative intern in the office of Sen….

U.S. News latest hospital rankings Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Medicine’s two academic medical centers are ranked the best in the region and the state of Washington in U.S. News & World Report’s 2012 edition of America’s Best Hospitals. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Medical Center holds the No. 1 rank and Harborview Medical Center is No. 2 out of 35 hospitals in the Seattle metropolitan area and more than 100 hospitals in the state. In addition, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Medicine’s Valley Medical Center is ranked No. 4 in the metro…

Only about 10 percent of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµs graduate students are underrepresented minorities, a Graduate School report finds. The report calls for establishing diversity as an “immediate priorityâ€� in recruitment and making graduate support a focus of the next capital campaign.