Last week, the Washington State Legislature passed the 2017-19 supplemental operating and capital budgets to Governor Inslee, marking the end of the 60-day legislative session. Read more about the completed budgets from the .
State Relations will be聽joining with the Office of Planning & Budgeting to host a post-session update on Tuesday, March 27 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm in Gerberding 142.
At the College of the Environment’s geology field camp, students hit the dirt for experiences you can’t find in a textbook. Over six weeks, students mapped, surveyed and explored an area informally known as the Rat’s Nest, near Montana’s Block Mountain, as part of the Department of Earth and Space Science’s geology field camp. Learn more .
A 乱伦社区 Health Sciences team led by the School of Dentistry is launching an interprofessional training program to improve access to dental care for children ranging in age from the first year of life through 5 years.聽Early Childhood Oral Health Training, or EchoTrain, will provide pediatric dental training directly to UW dental students, Shoreline Community College dental hygiene students, and students and trainees of the UW School of Medicine. Collaborative learning is also planned with faculty, students and trainees from not only UW Medicine but the UW鈥檚 Schools of聽听补苍诲听. Read more from the .
After an extensive transformation from stem to stern on five decks of the ship,聽the聽聽is ready to get back to work exploring the world鈥檚 oceans. The 乱伦社区鈥檚 School of Oceanography, part of the College of the Environment, operates the 274-foot ship, which arrived on campus in 1991. In summer 2016, with funding from the U.S. Office of Naval Research, the National Science Foundation and the UW, the vessel headed to a Seattle shipyard for an 18-month midlife refit that will extend its life for another quarter century. Read more from
Gov. Jay Inslee announced the appointment of David Zeeck, president and publisher of The News Tribune,聽to the 乱伦社区 Board of Regents. He will replace Herb Simon, who is stepping down after 12 years of service as a UW Regent. Read more from聽.