University of Washington thread

[jiggawhat?]

TRUE THAT!^

[tritown]

Does anybody else have any pictures? It's surprising that no one has posted any other than Sounder's aerial's.
To the side, how many people attend or have attended UW?

Right now it seems:
Sounder
jiggawhat?
tritown
pdxpaul

Who else goes here?

[jiggawhat?]

i dont take pictures...lol

[tritown]

Here are some from Balmer, MacKenzie, as well as the newer Bank of America Center at the same time that I took the other photos. It was a beautiful day today at times, but I didn't bring my camera to class! Bummer...








Oooh, party!


The Bank of America Executive Education Center and the skylight of the Foster Business Library:


I'll post this one again becaue it is relevant:


Oooh! Lightning! ..but no description..

[jiggawhat?]

nice...i cant wait till that business school is tore down...BLAH!

[PDXPaul]

I've been meaning to take some pictures on a regular day, when the suns coming up around 830-930 on a clear day(haven't seen one of those in a long time) or partly cloudy day, it's really impressive, especially from red square, that one view with the regents building and suzzallo and rainier vista.

[loureed]

The more pictures of this campus I see, the more I am tempted to apply to UW for gradschool.

I have a question for anyone familar with the university. What is this fall/winter/spring semester thing I see on their program for landscape architecture??? I suppose it means a semester at UW is only 10 weeks, not the traditional 15??

Does it make a year's tuition more pricey?? Is a traditional semester's worth of work crammed into a season?

UW is different...

[jiggawhat?]

dunno...but the landscape architecture...oh shyt!! ive seen some of thier stuff in the architecture building...its fuckin amazing what studnets come up with.

[PDXPaul]

UW has quarters. There's a summer quarter too if you want to stay around and go to school all year round. 3 quarters=1 traditional school year or two semesters.

[loureed]

^

I'm thinking overall, it's similar to the traditional semester of universities. The tuition is probably the same for a year, but I would like to study certain subjects for longer than 10 weeks (Mandarin I, history of Landscape arch, etc.)

[tritown]

Well whatever it is, it's not like you're going to get a bad education. The grad programs are really well-known here, as well as the university as a whole, from an academic standpoint. And hey, I kind of like quarters, so far.

[jiggawhat?]

10th best overall quality school in the nation. That ranking was just released but i dont wanna go searchin for it.

[tritown]

Do you know the source?

[jiggawhat?]

it was on MSn a couple weeks ago...i cant find it now!

[PDXPaul]

http://www.uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=21815

UW chosen as top 10 value in higher education in US
CONTACT: Robert Roseth roseth@u.washington.edu 206-543-2580

When a personal finance magazine named the 100 public universities that provide a stellar education at a relatively low cost, the University of Washington made the top 10.

The UW is in the top 10 among schools identified as good values in education by Kiplinger's Personal Finance. With tuition skyrocketing and financial aid dwindling, the magazine has once again identified the top 100 values in public colleges using a rigorous quantitative ranking system. The "Kiplinger 100" finds schools where, according to the magazine, "students can receive a stellar education without graduating with a mountain of debt."

Selected from a pool of over 500 public four-year colleges and universities, the schools on the Kiplinger list were ranked according to academic quality, cost and financial aid. Kiplinger ranks quality based on standard test score averages, admission rates, freshman, retention, student-to-faculty ratio and graduation rates.

Affordability is measured by tuition, mandatory fees, room and board, and estimated book expenses, as well as the average cost for students with financial need that is covered through grants. The magazine also measures the average debt students accumulate before graduating.

"This may be one of those dubious distinction awards," said UW President Mark Emmert of the ranking. "While it is good to be recognized for providing a high quality education at a reasonable cost, the ranking also reflects the fact that our tuition is low relative to other schools and that there is room for it to increase, with a proper financial aid model."

The Top 10:

School Total In-State Costs Total Out-of State Costs
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $12,029 $25,827
University of Florida $10,284 $24,412
University of Virginia $14,522 $31,442
College of William and Mary $15,045 $30,315
New College of Florida $10,628 $26,386
University of Georgia $11,804 $24,024
SUNY at Geneseo $13,710 $19,970
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign $16.796 $30,882
Binghamton University (SUNY) $14,740 $21,000
University of Washington $13,356 $27.653

While most of the Kiplinger 100 public colleges have 15,000 students or more, small public schools, such as SUNY at Geneseo, rival private liberal arts colleges -- proving that students do not have to sacrifice an intimate setting for reasonable prices.

[PDXPaul]

UW to Establish Department of Global Health with $20 Million Gates Foundation Grant
CONTACT: Tina Mankowski ochs@u.washington.edu 206- 543-3620
Clare Hagerty clareh@u.washington.edu 206-685-1323

The University of Washington School of Medicine and the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine will establish a jointly-operated Department of Global Health, pending approval at the January meeting of the UW Board of Regents. A $20 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will help fund this interdisciplinary program. The department is one of a small number of programs in the country jointly operated by a school of medicine and a school of public health and community medicine.

The Department of Global Health will serve as a focal point for the University's programs to identify health problems and health inequities in underserved populations, and to develop and implement innovative interventions that can dramatically reduce the burden associated with disease and improve health for all populations. Educational curricula will be designed to create a new paradigm in global health studies, and the department will promote and support interdisciplinary research programs that address global health disparities. The department will provide opportunities to translate educational and research programs into concrete methods to improve the health of underserved populations through service activities in developing countries.

"The UW's new Department of Global Health has the potential to become one of the most important programs in the world," said UW President Mark Emmert. "The University of Washington has extensive experience in creating new interdisciplinary research and training programs that quickly move to the forefront in their respective fields. This will be one of those."

UW Provost Phyllis Wise noted the existing robust international presence of the Schools of Medicine and Public Health in more than 75 formal partnerships or affiliations in developing countries. The new department is positioned to provide leadership in training the researchers and health professionals of tomorrow while identifying ways to eradicate, prevent, and limit diseases that present a global threat.

"The Gates Foundation grant recognizes and reaffirms the important research that is already being conducted here in Seattle," said Wise.

Many schools and colleges at the University of Washington will be contributing expertise to this new department.

A 15-member advisory committee chaired by F. Bruder Stapleton, UW professor and chair of the Department of Pediatrics, conducted an exhaustive internal and external review before supporting the creation of the Department of Global Health. It was determined that a jointly administered department would provide a broader interdisciplinary infrastructure and would more appropriately meet educational, research and service needs than a department organized by a single school.

"This is a new paradigm," said Paul G. Ramsey, dean of the School of Medicine, "that will generate new approaches to improving the world's health by integrating faculty with diverse backgrounds, expertise and perspectives. We are excited about this extraordinary opportunity and grateful to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for its $20 million commitment to launch the new department."

Patricia W. Wahl, PhD, dean of the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, concurred. "The importance of the health of the world's population has gained broad recognition after recent global social, political and environmental crises," said Wahl. " I am looking forward to the opportunity this new department will provide to work with colleagues across the UW campus and Seattle community to find innovative ways to address global health challenges."

Start-up and annual funding requirements will be met through a combination of funds from UW and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Research programs will focus on infectious diseases; injury control; nutrition; reproductive, maternal and child health; and the delivery of health care systems. There will be a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary research, including operational research and behavioral interventional strategies that recognize the importance of social, legal, economic and policy approaches to sustainable health improvements. Departmental service programs will emphasize professional engagement in public health policy and practice and medical care. It is estimated that the department could attract as much as $100 million in grants and contracts once it is fully operational.

"In addition to developing new initiatives, the Department of Global Health will strengthen existing research programs, such as laboratory-based research on the pathogenesis and prevention of ?global diseases,'" said Ramsey. "These global diseases include malaria, tuberculosis, hepatitis C and other devastating diseases. The Seattle Vaccine and Immunization Research Center, a collaboration between the UW and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, will be included within the Department of Global Health and will work to develop and test vaccines for infectious diseases and other diseases like cancer that devastate developing countries."

Combining the disciplines of medicine and public health in one department will expose faculty and students to the broad spectrum of disciplines needed to address global health problems. A unique M.D./M.P.H. (Master of Public Health) degree, developed by integrating these disciplines in the educational process, is planned and will define a global health curriculum that will serve as a model for educational institutions in the United States and abroad, said Wahl. A significant initiative will be to develop new educational and training programs to prepare emerging leaders in developing countries.

[tritown]

Took some pictures today. For now, I will only post the four pictures I took of Paul Allen CSE Building and Electrical Engineering.

Paul Allen Computer Science and Engineering is on the left, and Electrical Engineering is on the right.


The next three are just taken from the pseudo-courtyard of EE


looking up


left EE, right Paul Allen CSE

[PDXPaul]

The atrium in CSE is amazing. It's funny how swank the CSE building is and how stark and function EE is. You don't see it from the outside but on the inside the difference is the difference between wood panelling and carpeting and recessed lighting and flourescent flood lights and concrete floors.

[jiggawhat?]

it reminds me of suzzalo but modern.

[jiggawhat?]

Look at what i found...this is suzzalo library model and only one component of the library was actuall built. Wouldnt this have been a site to see if it was built!