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Washington residents make up nearly three-quarters of the incoming class, accounting for 74.1% of new first-year and transfer students across all three campuses.
In town for the ribbon-cutting ceremony of a $2.5 million dental training hub on Spokane Falls Boulevard, the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Washington touted the effort as a way to bring more training to Eastern Washington.
Federal grants fund research projects at colleges and universities throughout Washington state. The shutdown has paused the reviews necessary for their approval.
Washington University Chancellor Andrew D. Martin confirmed Wednesday that the university will not sign President Donald Trump’s proposed higher education compact, a plan that would tie access to federal funding to a series of policy changes on university campuses.