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The University of Washington is one of the oldest state-supported institutions of higher education on the West Coast and is one of the preeminent research universities in the world. The UW educates a diverse student body to become responsible global citizens and future leaders. Faculty and students discover timely solutions to the world's most complex problems and enrich people's lives throughout our community, the state of Washington, the nation and the world.

  • Online Service Lets Blind Surf the Internet

    New software, called WebAnywhere, lets blind and visually impaired people surf the Web on the go. The tool developed at the University of Washington turns screen-reading into an Internet service that reads Web text aloud on any computer with speakers or headphone connections.

  • Penguins Setting off Sirens

    Oil pollution, depletion of fisheries and rampant coastline development that threatens breeding habitat for many penguin species, along with Earth's warming climate, are leading to rapid population declines among penguins, said Dee Boersma, a University of Washington biology professor and an authority on the flightless birds. 

  • Center for AIDS Research Receives $16.5 Million

    One of the first AIDS research centers in the country has been awarded $16.5 million for the next five years to continue its trailblazing work in providing a cost-effective infrastructure for HIV/AIDS researchers. The National Institutes of Health award announced in June provides funding through May 2013, marking 25 years of funding for the Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) at the UW/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

  • Contact Lenses With Circuits

    Engineers at the University of Washington have for the first time used manufacturing techniques at microscopic scales to combine a flexible, biologically safe contact lens with an imprinted electronic circuit and lights.  

  • UW Honors WW2-Era Japanese American Students

    In February 2008, the UW Board of Regents approved the awarding of honorary bachelor's degrees to Japanese American students who were enrolled at the time of President Franklin Roosevelt's Feb. 19, 1942, Executive Order 9066, which led to the mass exclusion and incarceration of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans, including those at the UW.

  • UW Promises Free Tuition to Low-income Students

    The University of Washington in 2008 enters the second year of its scholarship program guaranteeing full payment of tuition and fees for students from the state of Washington who come from low- and lower middle-income families. The program, called "Husky Promise," guarantees full tuition and fee scholarships for students attending the University who are residents of Washington state and who qualify for Pell Grants or State Need Grants.

  • UW Professor Co-Authors New Book: The God Strategy: How Religion Became a Political Weapon in America

    David Domke, a professor of communication at the UW and a former journalist, and Kevin Coe, a doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois, have written The God Strategy: How Religion Became a Political Weapon in America, a new book explaining how politicians are using God talk to garner votes.