University of Washington
Record number applying to UW
SEATTLE -- The University of Washington says it received more freshmen applications than ever before, and even though the university plans to enroll 150 more Washington students this fall, it was still more difficult to get into UW this year compared to last.
Date: 05/24/2013 | Northwest
UW's top-ranked amateur golfer ready for NCAAs
SEATTLE -- When Chris Williams found out he was the No. 1 ranked amateur golfer in the world, it came in the same way he's learned about many of the other accolades in his career. Someone else told him.
Date: 05/24/2013 | Sports
New chancellor appointed at UW-Bothell
BOTHELL -- A professor and president of a technology university in New York has been named the next chancellor of the University of Washington Bothell.Bjong Wolf Yeigh is expected to start in his new job on Sept. 1, according to a news release Tuesday by the UW. The...
Date: 05/22/2013 | Local News
WSU head upset about UW med school recruiting
SPOKANE -- Spokane will have a four-year medical program with or without the help of the University of Washington, according to Washington State University president Elson Floyd.
Date: 05/21/2013 | Northwest
Marijuana research cut as support grows
SAN FRANCISCO — As more states embrace legalized marijuana, the drug's growing medicinal use has highlighted a disturbing fact for doctors: scant research exists to support marijuana's health benefits.Smoked, eaten or brewed as a tea, marijuana...
Date: 04/21/2013 | Nation & World
Students push hard for immigration reform
BOTHELL -- A future lawyer, educator, pediatric surgeon, computer scientist and mechanical engineer.
Date: 02/21/2013 | Local News
Former UW football player charged in robbery
SEATTLE -- King County prosecutors have filed a first-degree robbery charge against a former University of Washington football player accused of robbing an 18-year-old female student at gunpoint on the UW campus in Seattle.
Date: 01/24/2013 | Northwest
UW, PNNL form advanced computing institute
RICHLAND -- The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory at Richland and the University of Washington are forming the Northwest Institute for Advanced Computing, which will be based at the Seattle campus.
Date: 01/10/2013 | Northwest
UW dorm evacuated while hazmat team investigates
SEATTLE -- Several people at a University of Washington residence hall reported feeling sick on Sunday afternoon, prompting a hazmat response.
Date: 11/18/2012 | Northwest
Lonely last NCAA run for Huskies' Bywater
This time around, Joey Bywater is in it for himself.The Lake Stevens High School graduate is back at the NCAA cross country championships, but this time he doesn't have his University of Washington teammates with him.
Date: 11/17/2012 | Sports
High Hopes: Training and education programs
There are dozens of education and training programs in Washington aimed at boosting the aerospace talent pool. These are the major ones serving residents of Snohomish County.High SchoolsSno-Isle Tech Skills Center
Date: 10/28/2012 | Business
High Hopes: Aerospace an industry hungry for workers
At a time when jobs are tough to come by, the one industry that keeps hiring is aerospace.That trend likely won't change soon, given a growing demand for aircraft and the high number of aerospace workers who are approaching retirement.
Date: 10/28/2012 | Business
Governor appoints aerospace center panel
Gov. Chris Gregoire has appointed board members for a recently created center that will work with universities and industry to develop new aerospace technologies.
Date: 10/26/2012 | Business
Gregoire appoints board members of aerospace center
Gov. Chris Gregoire has appointed board members for a recently created center that will work with universities and industry to develop new aerospace technologies.
Date: 10/25/2012 | Business
Preserving NW folk history
Bob Nelson's music archives find a new home at UW
Date: 10/21/2012 | Local News
Early Africans mated with mystery species of humans
The human family tree just got another -- mysterious -- branch, an African "sister species" to the heavy-browed Neanderthals that once roamed Europe.
Date: 07/26/2012 | Nation & World
Dispute over woman led to UW frat brawl
SEATTLE -- A brawl at a University of Washington fraternity involved a woman who is subletting space in the house for the summer.A friend of the woman told The Seattle Times that residents had rebuffed the woman's ex-boyfriend Tuesday when he tried to make an unsolicited visit.
Date: 07/20/2012 | Northwest
2 injured in brawl at UW fraternity
SEATTLE -- Police say two people were injured seriously enough in brawl at a University of Washington fraternity to be taken to a hospital for treatment.
Date: 07/19/2012 | Northwest
He found a planet
Edmonds astrophysicist spotted something NASA missed
Date: 07/18/2012 | Local News
New world
Edmonds astrophysicist discovered a planet that even NASA missed
Date: 07/18/2012 | TWH News
A heart for service
Meadowdale grad, soldier killed in action, sought to serve
Date: 06/13/2012 | Local News
16 percent tuition hike at UW approved
SEATTLE -- The University of Washington Board of Regents has approved a 16 percent tuition increase for in-state undergraduate students.
Date: 06/07/2012 | Northwest
Faye Allen, mother of Paul Allen, dies at 90
SEATTLE — Faye Allen, the mother of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, died Saturday at age 90.
Date: 06/03/2012 | Northwest
