UW graduate killed in Gaza protesting the Israel-Palestinian conflict
WEST BANK—Aysenur Eygi, 26, an American and graduate of the University of Washington, was killed in the Israel-occupied West Bank on Friday, September 6, while protesting the Israel-Palestine conflict. Eygi had dual citizenship with the United States and Turkey. Her family moved to the United States when she was still an infant and she grew […]
UW capstone project to save Snohomish County $41,000 per year
SNOHOMISH COUNTY—Snohomish County’s Enterprise Scanning Center team in the Department of Information Technology and the University of Washington (UW) Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) Department announce the successful completion of their 2023-2024 Capstone Project. This year’s project, undertaken by a team dubbed “The Snohuskies,” addressed challenges in the county’s document scanning operations. The implemented solutions […]
Jews and Christians rally demanding UW end antisemitism on campus
SEATTLE—Approximately 500 attended a “United for Israel March” at the University of Washington, led by Pursuit Church NW, on Sunday, May 12, to take a stand against antisemitism that is plaguing the university’s campus. They were met with less than 200 pro-Hamas counter protesters whose faces were covered. The rally and following march were peaceful. […]
Antifa attack local journalists at pro-Palestine UW encampment
SEATTLE—Local journalist and Lynnwood Times contributor, Jonathan Choe, and his bodyguards, were physically assaulted while covering the Pro-Palestine encampment in the University of Washington’s Quad on Tuesday, May 7. Journalists working for KOMO News, who were covering the event Tuesday, also reported witnessing physical fights break out and their news camera lenses being vandalized with […]
Pursuit Church invites public to ‘United for Israel’ Rally at UW
SEATTLE—The Pursuit Church NW has announced a “United for Israel March” at the University of Washington for Sunday, May 12, at 4:30 p.m. to take a stand against the antisemitism. The rally point will be at Red Square (4063 Spokane Lane, Seattle, Wash.) on the University of Washington campus and conclude at the Pursuit Seattle […]
UW students to rally demanding university cut ties with Starbucks
WASHINGTON, D.C.—University of Washington (UW) Seattle students and Starbucks workers will rally on Sunday, January 7, at Lakeview Park to demand that UW President Ana Marie Cauce end the university’s contract with the coffee giant. During the rally, speakers will also amplify workers’ bargaining demands and share stories about what unions mean to the next […]
Cantwell helps secures $10 million for UW to train semiconductor workers
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 29, 2023—U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), chair of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, announced on Wednesday that the University of Washington will receive $10 million to help train more semiconductor industry workers as part of the U.S.-Japan University Partnership for Workforce Advancement and Research & Development in Semiconductors (UPWARDS) for […]
UW Industrial and Systems Engineering Capstone Project to save County an estimated $70,000 annually
EVERETT, Wash., – Snohomish County’s Department of Information Technology (IT) and the University of Washington (UW) Industrial and Systems Engineering Program in the College of Engineering today announced the completion of their 2022 Capstone Project. This year’s project participants solved a challenge with retail software request and approval systems. Completion of the project by College […]
PETA calls upon Seattle PD to investigate UW Primate Research Center for felony allegations
SEATTLE, Wash., February 22, 2022 – PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, called upon Seattle Police Department Chief Adrian Diaz, today February 22, requesting an investigation of University of Washington’s (UW) Washington National Primate Research Center (WaNPRC) concerning allegations of destroying videos and photographs of primates used for experimentation, a class C felony […]
UW Primate Center destroys public records while investigated by Feds
Seattle, Wash., February 4, 2022 – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare has launched a formal investigation into the University of Washington’s Primate Research Center after the Arizona Republic revealed diseased monkeys were sent to Seattle and across the country, potentially compromising tens of millions of dollars in research aimed at […]
