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May 2009: "The University of Massachusetts dropped its ski teams, and Kutztown University in Pennsylvania eliminated its men’s soccer and men’s swimming teams. On Friday, the University of Washington said it would cut its swimming teams to save as much as $1.2 million, less than half of the spending that the athletic department needs to reduce."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/sports/04colleges.html

October 2007: So Clarke, 69, shakes her head in frustration when she hears UW officials say they are just trying to protect young students by forcing the sex offenders in her house to move.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/335409_offender13.html

October 2007: Six months after Rebecca Griego was shot and killed at her desk at the University of Washington, the UW faces a $2,100 fine for endangering her and other employees by failing to communicate workplace safety policies.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/334436_uw06.html

Relationships

RoleNameTypeLast Updated
Owner of (partial or full, past or present) Evans School of Public Affairs Organization Apr 7, 2013
Owner of (partial or full, past or present) Jackson School of International Studies (JSIS) Organization Mar 21, 2008
Owner of (partial or full, past or present) Shidler Center for Law, Commerce and Technology Organization Jan 25, 2006
Owner of (partial or full, past or present) University of Washington Extension Organization Oct 21, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Mahzarin Rustum Banaji Ph.D. Person Jun 19, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof David P. Barash Ph.D. Person Nov 16, 2012
Student/Trainee (past or present) Janine Blaeloch Person Sep 24, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Ana Mari Cauce Person Sep 19, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Sapna Cheryan Ph.D. Person Apr 19, 2010
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Dr. Richard Deyo Person Jun 19, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) Organization Head/Leader (past or present) Dr. Mark A. Emmert Ph.D. Person Jul 23, 2012
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Charles H. Fay Ph.D. Person Feb 18, 2008
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. John M. Findlay Ph.D. Person Jul 25, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Angelina Snodgrass Godoy Ph.D. Person Mar 21, 2008
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Roberto G. Gonzales Ph.D. Person Feb 22, 2011
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Margaret Gordon Person
Student/Trainee (past or present) Gov. Christine Gregoire Person May 9, 2012
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Gary Hamilton Person Oct 20, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Dr. Michael P. Hlastala Ph.D. Person May 9, 2010
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Dr. Steven E. Kahn MB, ChB Person Dec 14, 2012
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Tadayoshi "Yoshi" Kohno Person Sep 21, 2008
Student/Trainee (past or present) Sabino Kornrich Ph.D. Person Feb 10, 2012
Student/Trainee (past or present) Rep. Raúl R. Labrador Esq. Person Jul 12, 2011
Student/Trainee (past or present) Barbara Coombs Lee Esq. Person Mar 23, 2010
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Deborah E. Lipstadt Person Jan 1, 2009
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Susan B. Long Person Aug 7, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) Dr. Jane Lubchenco Ph.D. Person May 26, 2010
Student/Trainee (past or present) Dean Lueck Ph.D. Person Jan 22, 2008
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Dr. Alvin M. Matsumoto M.D. Person Dec 15, 2008
Organization Head/Leader (past or present) Prof. Richard L. McCormick Person May 6, 2004
Student/Trainee (past or present) Dr. Paul A. Murtaugh Ph.D. Person Apr 22, 2010
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Peter Nicolas Esq.. Person Nov 15, 2012
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Gordon Orians Ph.D. Person Sep 24, 2012
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Dr. Oliver W. Press Person Aug 6, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Dr. Bruce M. Psaty M.D. Person Nov 19, 2004
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Anita Ramasastry Person Sep 23, 2005
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Pepper Schwartz Ph.D. Person Apr 21, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Jessica Sommerville Ph.D. Person Oct 16, 2011
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Michal Ann Strahilevitz Ph.D., MBA Person Sep 6, 2009
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Gail A. Van Norman M.D. Person Mar 25, 2008
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. David Sloan Wilson Ph.D. Person May 17, 2011
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Peter A. Winn Esq.,MPhil Person Feb 15, 2009

Articles and Resources

Date Fairness.com Resource Read it at:
May 03, 2009 Universities Cutting Teams as They Trim Their Budgets

QUOTE: Colleges have dismissed athletic staff, reduced hours for pools and practice courts, and increased equipment and facility fees....Institutions facing fat deficits have risked the wrath of students, parents and alumni and cut scholarships and teams. The University of Cincinnati wiped out scholarships for three men’s sports: track, cross-country and swimming. Stanford University told its fencing teams to look for other financing.

 New York Times
Oct 12, 2007 UW wants sex offenders moved

QUOTE: But university officials, including President Mark Emmert, defend the efforts they have made to persuade Gov. Christine Gregoire and state prison officials to move all registered sex offenders in the area to other neighborhoods.

 Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Oct 05, 2007 UW fined $2,100 after employee shot at work

QUOTE: Investigators with Labor and Industries concluded in a report delivered to UW administrators late Thursday that the school didn't effectively enforce policies related to domestic violence in the workplace, specifically because Griego's supervisors -- including Daniel Friedman, the dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning -- weren't aware of the policies.

 Seattle Post-Intelligencer
May 08, 2007 To raise an alarm, use cellphones?: Colleges weigh text messaging as a tool to warn students of danger, in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings.

QUOTE: [Colleges] scramble to fine-tune their incident-response systems in part by tapping into the instant-message culture of today's college generation. But in that quest, experts say, colleges face privacy and liability concerns, as well as the basic question of whether subtle "social alarms" such as texting are really better at warning of a possible emergency than are the cold-war-era siren and the under-the-desk-drill.

 Christian Science Monitor
Apr 20, 2007 Iraqi doctor who disputes official death tolls is denied visa to visit UW

QUOTE: An Iraqi doctor who made international headlines after stating that civilian deaths in the Iraq war far exceeded officially reported numbers is not being allowed to travel to North America to meet other academics .... Hagopian, who is conducting research with Lafta, believes the Bush administration is purposely blocking his travel to the United States.

 Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Feb 10, 2007 Critics Question Education Department’s Screening

QUOTE: Katherine McLane, a department spokeswoman, said the scrutiny was warranted because her agency had access to databases with financial data and other information, including names and social security numbers of students or of applicants to colleges or other programs. “We want to make sure that the people who handle and have access to this information are responsible, reliable and trustworthy,” Ms. McLane said.

 New York Times
Aug 23, 2006 Tempting Data, Privacy Concerns

QUOTE: they balanced a chronic thirst for useful data against concerns over individual privacy...The AOL incident has set off a flurry of divergent opinions in the academic community over the appropriateness of using the data for academic research.

 New York Times
Aug 14, 2006 Foster parents getting organized

QUOTE: this refrain is heard across the USA — inadequate support from child-welfare agencies, high turnover of foster parents, meager training in caring for severely troubled children, erratic reimbursement for kids' needs and, most troubling, a bureaucratic deaf ear to foster parents' opinions.

 USA TODAY
Oct 19, 2005 Stomach Surgery's Risks Higher Than Were Believed: Findings May Affect Medicare Coverage

QUOTE: One analysis ... found the chance of dying after being released from the hospital was significantly higher than earlier studies indicated.

 Washington Post