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University of Washington names its next president

February 4, 2025, 9:02am Latest News

Robert J. Jones, chancellor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , will be the University of Washington’s next president. Read story

Closed-door UW, WSU presidential searches prompt transparency bill

January 27, 2025, 1:12pm Latest News

Behind closed doors, the Board of Regents at the University of Washington and Washington State University have vetted candidates to lead schools with tens of thousands of students and employees. Read story

Judge temporarily halts slash in federal research spending that could force major cutbacks at WSU and UW

February 12, 2025, 7:39am Northwest

A federal judge on Monday blocked a directive to slash federal research funding to public universities and research centers throughout the country, a plan both the University of Washington and Washington State University say would have far-reaching effects on their programs and likely result in layoffs. Read story

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University of Washington agrees to federal terms to address discrimination claims

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January 17, 2025, 7:39am Latest News

The U.S. Department of Education announced Wednesday that it’s entered into an agreement with the University of Washington to ensure the university complies with federal civil rights law, after the federal agency reviewed its handling of dozens of discrimination complaints. Read story

Officer Cole Larson confiscates a device for smoking fentanyl from a driver while on patrol on Thursday afternoon.

WA sees spike in new chemicals in street drugs, fentanyl

Officer Cole Larson confiscates a device for smoking fentanyl from a driver while on patrol on Thursday afternoon.

January 12, 2025, 6:05am Courts & Crime

The landscape of street drugs looked a lot different when University of Washington research professor Caleb Banta-Green began his career in drug epidemiology more than 20 years ago. There were just seven illicit drugs he had to keep track of: cannabis, meth, cocaine, heroin, PCP, LSD and MDMA. Read story

UW’s new freshman class is its most diverse yet

November 4, 2024, 8:15am Northwest

The University of Washington’s class of 2028 is the most racially diverse in the institution’s history. Read story

Mert Can Bayar, a postdoctoral student in the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public, speaks in February during an event about the online discourse around Israel and Hamas.

University of Washington tries to weather storm of setbacks for misinformation researchers

Mert Can Bayar, a postdoctoral student in the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public, speaks in February during an event about the online discourse around Israel and Hamas.

November 2, 2024, 5:53am Election

It’s election season, and as falsehoods rain down like a monsoon, the “rapid research” team of academics at the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public has been scrambling to analyze it all. Read story

American biochemist David Baker, 2024 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, speaks to members of the media during a tour of a lab at the University of Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Seattle.

David Baker, a UW professor who grew up in Seattle, wins Nobel Prize

American biochemist David Baker, 2024 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, speaks to members of the media during a tour of a lab at the University of Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Seattle.

October 10, 2024, 8:13am Latest News

University of Washington School of Medicine professor David Baker and his biochemistry colleagues have had the audacity to think they can design complex molecules that function faster and more effectively than the ones created by Mother Nature. Read story

President Joe Biden speaks at Tulane University, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in New Orleans, as he promotes his "moonshot" initiative aimed at reducing cancer deaths.

Biden grants UW-led team $21M to develop cancer surgery technology

President Joe Biden speaks at Tulane University, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in New Orleans, as he promotes his "moonshot" initiative aimed at reducing cancer deaths.

August 14, 2024, 7:55am Health

A University of Washington-led research team could receive up to $21.1 million as part of a federal grant aiming to reduce cancer deaths in the U.S. — a goal President Joe Biden has championed for years and revisited Tuesday. Read story

FILE - Texas linebacker Jaylan Ford (41) tries to tackle Washington running back Tylin "Tybo" Rogers (20) during the Sugar Bowl CFP NCAA semifinal college football game, Jan. 1, 2024, in New Orleans. Rogers was arrested Friday, April 5, and charged Tuesday, April 9, with raping two women in Seattle. Court documents say he played in two College Football Playoff games for the school after the allegations were known to the university.

How UW investigates sexual assault allegations

FILE - Texas linebacker Jaylan Ford (41) tries to tackle Washington running back Tylin "Tybo" Rogers (20) during the Sugar Bowl CFP NCAA semifinal college football game, Jan. 1, 2024, in New Orleans. Rogers was arrested Friday, April 5, and charged Tuesday, April 9, with raping two women in Seattle. Court documents say he played in two College Football Playoff games for the school after the allegations were known to the university.

April 22, 2024, 6:00am College

Questions swirled about the University of Washington’s Title IX investigation process after the school’s football player Tylin “Tybo” Rogers was allowed to continue playing while Seattle police investigated him for the alleged rape of a woman last fall. Read story