Just touring around U of W.
The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Also known as Washington and locally as The U or UW (usually pronounced “U-Dub”), it is the largest university in the northwestern United States and the oldest public university on the west coast. The UW maintains three locations, with its flagship campus in Seattle’s University District and branch campuses in Tacoma and Bothell. Its operating budget for fiscal year 2005 was $3.1 billion.[3] The university is known as a Public Ivy, an American term for state-funded institutions of higher learning that “provide an Ivy League collegiate experience at a public school price.”
Many of the UW’s programs are ranked in the top ten by U.S. News and World Report including #1 rankings for both the UW School of Medicine (primary care) and nursing school.[20] UW’s rank for medical research has recently moved up from seventh in 2007 (along with Stanford) to sixth in 2008.[21] UW Medicine received $573.2 million in grants from National Institutes of Health in the fiscal year of 2006, second highest among all universities in the US. By 2006, UW School of Medicine has overall been ranked #1 for 14 consecutive years by U.S. News. UW is also the only medical school in the nation that ranked in the top 10 for all eight specialties.[22] The UW School of Nursing has been ranked #1 in the nation since 1984, when the first survey of nursing schools was conducted. However, U.S News & World Report only began ranking nursing schools in 1993, ever since which UW has also always been #1.[23]
In addition, its graduate program in social work is ranked third by U.S. News and World Report along with Columbia University, the University of Chicago and the University of California-Berkeley.[24] The UW also boasts third ranked graduate programs in both audiology and speech-language pathology,[25][26] and a third ranked specialist program in the fine art of ceramics.[27] The School of Public Health and Community Medicine is as well ranked third by US News.[28] The UW’s bioengineering department was ranked fourth and the computer science program ranked 7th. The specialist field of nuclear physics also ranked 2nd in the country.[29]
The graduate school of education was also ranked 8th in the nation.[30] while the school of engineering tied for 21st alongside Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University and Northwestern University[31] in the U.S. News and World Report rankings. The undergraduate and graduate business schools ranked 18th and 29th, respectively. The UW School of Law has consistently ranked 27th out of a field of 180 American Bar ociation accredited law schools. The UW also holds a #1 specialist ranking for its graduate program in law librarianship[32]
In the 2008 rankings of “America’s Best Colleges” by U.S. News and World Report, the UW tied for 42nd among doctoral universities and tied for 11th among public doctoral universities.
History:
The city of Seattle was one of several settlements in the mid to late 19th century vying for primacy in the newly formed Washington Territory. In 1854, territorial governor Isaac Stevens recommended the establishment of a university in Washington. Several prominent Seattle-area residents, chief among them Methodist preacher Daniel Bagley, saw the siting of this University as a chance to add to the city’s prestige. They were able to convince early founder of Seattle and member of the territorial legislature Arthur A. Denny of the importance of Seattle winning the school. The legislature initially chartered two universities, one in Seattle and one in Lewis County, but later repealed its decision in favor of a single university in Lewis County, provided locally donated land could be found. When no site emerged, the legislature, encouraged by Denny, relocated the university to Seattle in 1858.
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Third medical mission in rural Romania organized by our foundation in cooperation with Tulane Outreach to Romania. The physicians and students are from Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi and Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest.
Third medical mission in rural Romania organized by our foundation in cooperation with Tulane Outreach to Romania. The physicians and students are from Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi and Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest.
UHSA, School of Medicine since 1982
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