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About the University of Washington Office of News and Information
The Office of News and Information is the port of entry for journalists who need information about the University of Washington.

Contact information
The Office of News and Information is staffed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each business day. For help with a specific news topic, please see our list of media officers. For general assistance, you may contact us by any of the following methods:

phone:
   206-543-2580
fax:
   206-685-0658
e-mail:
  uwnews@u.washington.edu
mailing address:
 

Office of News and Information
Box 351207
Seattle, WA  98195

Location
The UW Office of News and Information is located in the basement of Gerberding Hall (below the first and ground floors) in room B-54. Sometimes called the administration building, Gerberding Hall is one of the major buildings that border Red Square. If you're facing the front entrance of Suzzallo Library, Gerberding Hall is the gothic-style building to your right.

Media Officers
Our staff of media officers is available to help you find faculty experts or to connect with newsmakers at the UW. See the list below for the subject areas represented by the Office of News and Information and the media officers who cover those beats.


Robert Roseth    
roseth@u.washington.edu
(206) 543-2580
Director, UW News and Information
Contact for: central-administration issues, budgeting, human rights, student affairs, regents, community relations, legislative relations, branch campuses, commencement

RECENT NEWS RELEASES BY ROBERT ROSETH
Charles Mitchell wins award for leadership in diversity    April 17, 2006
UW extends search for new chancellor at UW, Bothell    April 14, 2006
UW tops national primary care medical school rankings for 13th straight year    April 2, 2006
Sariah Khormaee receives biomedical scholarship to study at Cambridge University in England    March 28, 2006
UW introducing new specialty license plates    March 22, 2006
Expert in children's literature to discuss the role of libraries    March 20, 2006
Report finds growing inequality across global information society    March 20, 2006

     + show all news releases by Robert Roseth

Sandra Hines    
shines@u.washington.edu
(206) 543-2580
Assistant Director, UW News and Information
Contact for forestry, wildlife, wood products/international trade, fisheries, watershed/streamside studies, marine policy, oceanography, ocean engineering, botany, urban horticulture, climate change, astrobiology

RECENT NEWS RELEASES BY SANDRA HINES
Current understanding, emerging issues of coastal rivers is topic Wednesday    April 11, 2006
Greenland's glaciers pick up pace in surge toward the sea    March 23, 2006
Leave it to salmon to leave no stone unturned    March 9, 2006
Devices tease out individual sounds from underwater racket    February 24, 2006
Shopping list gets longer -- not less choosy -- in some of world's largest fisheries    February 14, 2006
Silver-LEED winning Merrill Hall exemplifies energy-conservation efforts    February 8, 2006
Flap over fishes: Who's the smallest of them all?    January 27, 2006

     + show all news releases by Sandra Hines

Nancy Gardner    
nancylou@u.washington.edu
(206) 543-2580
Media Relations Officer, UW Business School
Contact for the Business School, including entrepreneurship, e-business, trade and international business, marketing, retail, taxation and business ethics

RECENT NEWS RELEASES BY NANCY GARDNER
Real-world business case challenges undergrads from around the globe    April 3, 2006
New class blends social welfare, employee relations and business ethics issues    March 28, 2006
University students tackle poverty in socially responsible business plan challenge    February 22, 2006
Profit-driven corporations can make management blind to ethics, study says    January 9, 2006
Celebrity voice-overs: that not-too familiar voice could be selling you something    December 20, 2005
Washington's financial institutions post greater returns than national average    December 5, 2005
Washington's financial institutions post greater returns than national average    December 5, 2005

     + show all news releases by Nancy Gardner

Rob Harrill    
rharrill@u.washington.edu
(206) 543-2580
Engineering Writer, UW Office of News and Information
Contact for the College of Engineering, math, applied math and statistics.

RECENT NEWS RELEASES BY ROB HARRILL
Levy appointed new Department of Computer Science & Engineering chair    March 27, 2006
UW leads national effort to bring people with disabilities into computing    March 27, 2006
Michigan biomedical engineer Matthew O'Donnell to lead UW engineering    March 16, 2006
UW's Eggers elected to National Academy of Engineering    February 13, 2006
Spyware poses a significant threat on the Net, according to new study    February 2, 2006
New study scientifically links dancing to attraction, genetic advantage    December 21, 2005
Ancient Chinese remedy shows potential in preventing breast cancer    December 19, 2005

     + show all news releases by Rob Harrill

Joel Schwarz    
joels@u.washington.edu
(206) 543-2580
Science Writer, UW Office of News and Information
Contact for psychology, sociology, social work, speech and hearing science, anthropology, geography, history, American ethnic studies, women's studies, American Indian studies and early entrance and gifted programs.

RECENT NEWS RELEASES BY JOEL SCHWARZ
UW honored nearly 700 local students for outstanding academic abilities    April 4, 2006
Taking a bite out of a fellow worker helps wasps recruit new foragers    March 27, 2006
There's more than meets the eye in judging the size of an object    March 8, 2006
Edwina Uehara named dean of UW School of Social Work    February 17, 2006
Brain images show individual dyslexic children respond to spelling treatment    February 8, 2006
Self-knowledge can be a sweetheart of a Valentine's Day gift    January 26, 2006
100 families with two or more children with autism sought for genetics study    January 3, 2006

     + show all news releases by Joel Schwarz

Vince Stricherz    
vinces@u.washington.edu
(206) 543-2580
Science Writer, UW Office of News and Information
Contact for astronomy, physics, atmospheric sciences, biology, chemistry, and earth and space sciences (including the seismology laboratory). Also covers astrobiology and climate change research, including both the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO) and the Pacific Northwest Climate Impacts Group.

RECENT NEWS RELEASES BY VINCE STRICHERZ
Novel newborn screening can open door to treating rare but devastating diseases     March 28, 2006
Comet from coldest spot in solar system has material from hottest places    March 13, 2006
Chronic oil pollution takes toll on seabirds along South American coast     January 31, 2006
Sediment could be a major factor in biggest subduction zone earthquakes     January 30, 2006
UW astronomer hits cosmic paydirt with Stardust    January 18, 2006
Stardust parachutes to soft landing in Utah with dust samples from comet    January 15, 2006
Stardust nears end of epic journey; researchers await its treasure     January 3, 2006

     + show all news releases by Vince Stricherz


University Week
Nancy  Wick   
writenow@u.washington.edu
(206) 543-2580
Editor, University Week
 

Peter Kelley   
kellep@u.washington.edu
(206) 543-2580
Assistant Editor, University Week
Contact for: College of Education, Department of Communications.
 


Web Development and Graphic Design
Ken Fine      
http://ideapod.org  (Ken Fine's website and blog)
kenfine@u.washington.edu
Webmaster and Developer
Web application programming, database development, information design, server administration, and graphics.


N&I Photographers
Mary Levin    
mlevin@u.washington.edu

Kathy Sauber    
ksauber@u.washington.edu

Office Staff
Tricia Kenealy      
tricia@u.washington.edu
(206) 543-2580


 





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