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9 & 2010. Finalist for Pacemaker (general excellence), Second Place Best of Show, Second Place News Story of the Year, Finalist Diversity Story of the Year, Finalist Page One News Design of the Year, Finalist Feature Photo of the Year at the National College Media Conference 2009.

[BREAKING NEWS] Sidhe’s coworkers and supervisors say he’s a valued employee — skilled, well-liked, and previously exper...
08/31/2026

[BREAKING NEWS] Sidhe’s coworkers and supervisors say he’s a valued employee — skilled, well-liked, and previously experienced in medical work in Kenya — and are now holding his position for him, though for how long remains unclear.

Julius Pasco, a human resources consultant at UW Medical Center, confirmed in an Aug. 26 email to Zack Price, council representative for the Washington State Federation of State Employees Primary (WFSE), that Sidhe’s absence is not being held against him administratively.

“And, yes, I can confirm that he is not being considered as a no-call/show for his shifts,” Pasco wrote.

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Read News Editor Sophia Sostrin and Podcast Editor Olivia Asmann full piece online.

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[SPECIALS] Access has always been the story. Long before his name was etched on UW’s campus, a software-obsessed Seattle...
08/29/2026

[SPECIALS] Access has always been the story. Long before his name was etched on UW’s campus, a software-obsessed Seattle teenager walked into the university’s computer science lab without credentials. His audacity earned him access — and a set of keys. Decades later, Paul Allen’s name would hang above the front door.

On Feb. 24, that door was closed to all but a handful of reporters and AI researchers, The Daily among them. Beneath the roof of the Paul G. Allen Center, the university prepared to announce one of the biggest technology investments in its recent history. That afternoon, Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith outlined a future in which Washington State’s data centers would power AI-driven advancement and opportunity at UW. This sweeping vision was wrapped in a promise: “many millions” of dollars in new computing power. Reporters in the room repeatedly pressed for a number. They never got one.
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Read technology beat reporter Talan Collins’ full piece online.

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[NEWS] Eleven former UW Faculty Senate chairs called on President Robert J. Jones and the Board of Regents to halt sweep...
08/26/2026

[NEWS] Eleven former UW Faculty Senate chairs called on President Robert J. Jones and the Board of Regents to halt sweeping proposed changes to the Student Conduct Code on Tuesday morning, arguing UW violated shared-governance rules by moving the amendments forward without “proper consultation.”

Approximately 60 students and faculty packed the university’s scheduled public hearing, delivering unanimously critical testimony on the substance of the amendments, the lack of consultation, and the university’s push to move them forward during summer.
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Read technology beat reporter Talan Collins’ full piece online.

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[NEWS] The University of Washington quietly filed proposals in July to overhaul the Student Conduct Code — and faculty s...
08/23/2026

[NEWS] The University of Washington quietly filed proposals in July to overhaul the Student Conduct Code — and faculty say they only learned the scope of the changes this week, with just days left to weigh in before the university could adopt them.
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Read News Editor Sophia Sostrin’s full piece online.

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[SCIENCE] Extreme heat and wildfire smoke are increasingly pressing concerns in the lives of Washington residents. For U...
08/23/2026

[SCIENCE] Extreme heat and wildfire smoke are increasingly pressing concerns in the lives of Washington residents. For UW students whose dorms don’t have air conditioning, staying cool and away from smoke requires extra effort.
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Read writer Gideon Hall’s full piece online.

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[NEWS] The number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) transfer flights from Boeing Field in 2026 rose to 93 as ...
08/23/2026

[NEWS] The number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) transfer flights from Boeing Field in 2026 rose to 93 as of Aug. 13 after recording four flights since Aug. 2, according to King County flight logs. The county’s public ICE flight logs now include numbers of inbound and outbound passengers.

The ICE flights in and out of King County International Airport, also known as Boeing Field, are domestic transfer flights. These flights see detainees being transported between detention centers and deportation staging facilities. In the first year of the Trump administration, domestic ICE flights rose to 9,066, a 132% increase over the previous year, according to Human Rights First.
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Read National Politics Beat Reporter Nathan Gallagher Macke’s full piece online.

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[NEWS] Washington’s Aug. 4 primary results are in, and for UW students, three things are now clear: The University Distr...
08/21/2026

[NEWS] Washington’s Aug. 4 primary results are in, and for UW students, three things are now clear: The University District’s representation in Olympia is set, the progressive left’s push to unseat Seattle’s Democratic establishment mostly failed, and Republicans are struggling further down the ballot. That means the heat in the Nov. 3 general election will turn on three statewide ballot measures concerning transgender student athletes, K-12 s*x education, and the fate of the state’s new tax on millionaires.
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Read News Editor Sophia Sostrin’s full piece online.

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[MULTIMEDIA] Anderson Hall, home to the School of Environmental and Forestry Sciences (SEFS), reopened its doors to stud...
08/20/2026

[MULTIMEDIA] Anderson Hall, home to the School of Environmental and Forestry Sciences (SEFS), reopened its doors to students and faculty spring 2026 after 18 months of renovations. The $40.8 million redesign gutted the building down to the foundation, brought the building to ADA compliance, and implemented updated amenities for students.
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Read reporter and photographer Ellie Wynter’s full piece online.

[SCIENCE] At the end of July, the UW Solar Vehicle Team (SVT) competed in the American Solar Challenge (ASC), racing ove...
08/20/2026

[SCIENCE] At the end of July, the UW Solar Vehicle Team (SVT) competed in the American Solar Challenge (ASC), racing over 1550 miles from Minnesota to Texas in the span of a week. They finished fourth overall and first among American teams.

The car, which is named Sakura and wrapped in a cherry blossom vinyl, is entirely solar powered, according to Elijah Yan, the team’s future mechanical lead.
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Read writer Charlotte Parry’s full piece online.

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[OPINION] Since the outbreak of hostilities in late February, Donald Trump has declared that the Iran War was “nearly ov...
08/20/2026

[OPINION] Since the outbreak of hostilities in late February, Donald Trump has declared that the Iran War was “nearly over” more than 40 times.

On March 1, the president claimed that the war would last “four to five weeks.” That was 23 weeks ago. Fourteen United States service members have now been killed in the course of the conflict, and a June 30 United Nations report found that more than 3,400 Iranian civilians had been killed and another 33,000 had been wounded.
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Read opinion columnist Alex Olson’s full piece online.

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