The mayor and Seattle City Council recently announced the initial 13 appointees selected to serve on the City of Seattle’s new Community Involvement Commission (CIC). One of the appointees is […]
2017 A&S Graduate Medalists
Shuxuan Zhou and Jane Wong received the University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) Graduate Medals in Social Sciences and Humanities, respectively. The medal is awarded to exceptional […]
MiMi Globe Goods wins award
MiMi Globe Goods took home the Baylor Social Innovation Award on May 23, at the 2017 Seattle University Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center (IEC)’s 19th Annual Harriet Stephenson Business Plan Competition. […]
Vanita Gupta is new Leadership Conference president
Vanita Gupta began her tenure on June 1 as president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. She served previously as Acting Assistant Attorney General and […]
Frances Walton Competition winners
On June 3, 15 aspiring classical artists, ages 20-35, from all over the world participated in the annual Ladies Musical Club (LMC)’s day-long Frances Walton Competition, at Magnolia Lutheran Church […]
3 giant pandas return to China from Japan under agreement
BEIJING (AP) — Three giant pandas born and raised in Japan have returned to China under a standard agreement to improve the breeding success of the rare animals. The 6-year-old […]
Giant panda born in Tokyo zoo, survival uncertain
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A giant panda cub was born in a Tokyo zoo on June 12, but its gender, weight and even whether it will […]
Doctor pleads no contest to killing Yale physician
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A doctor charged with killing a Yale University physician over a workplace dispute pleaded no contest on June 9 to lesser […]
Red Sox announcer Remy says Tanaka shouldn’t get translator
By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Boston Red Sox broadcaster Jerry Remy says pitchers such as Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka shouldn’t be allowed translators on the […]
Another US appeals court keeps Trump’s travel ban blocked
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Another U.S. appeals court upheld a decision blocking President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban on June 12, dealing the administration another legal […]