Ruby Bridges, who received the Presidential Citizen's Medal in 2001, the highest U.S. civilian honor alongside the Congressional Medal of Honor, will address a sold-out audience.
HB 1586 authorizes "branch campuses" of the state's research universities to offer doctoral degrees.
The UW's president-designate held a news conference on Wednesday, April 27.
A group of volunteers spent a week in Sacramento, Calif., working with Habitat for Humanity and Boys & Girls Clubs on community housing projects.
Debra Friedman's term as chancellor begins July 1, 2011.
Mary McClellan, affiliated with UW Tacoma's Education Program, has received one of five Washington State Leadership and Assistance for Science Education Reform (LASER) awards.
Dr. Michael Honey, Haley Professor of Humanities at UW Tacoma, will record an oral history project on John Handcox, "an important but little-known figure in African American and labor history."
The Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce's Ghilarducci Award recognizes UW Tacoma's latest renovation project.
Brian Hayes of Rainier Connect, Diane Cecchettini of MultiCare and Greg Biersack of Burkhart Dental Supply are recipients of the 2011 Milgard School of Business Leadership Awards.
Six artists are conducting a live experiment in cooperation as they paint a mural on a wall in Birmingham Hay & Seed (BHS).
