Each year, the UW conducts an official enrollment count after the start of the fall quarter. The total number of students across all three campuses is 63,727.

Enrollment increased 1.1% to 52,316 at the UW’s Seattle campus, up from 51,719 in 2024. Total enrollment at UW Bothell jumped to 6,361 students, up 4.7% from 2024. UW Tacoma’s enrollment climbed to 5,059, a 1.6% increase over last year.

This year’s incoming class had a total of 12,126 first-year and transfer students enrolled across all three campuses, with 7,129 first-year students at the UW in Seattle, 1,157 at UW Bothell and 737 enrolled at UW Tacoma.

There are 1,685 new transfer students at the UW in Seattle, 649 at UW Bothell and 769 at UW Tacoma. Transfer students include those from community colleges in Washington and other states as well as other four-year institutions.

Washington residents make up 74.1% of the incoming class across all three campuses, which is similar to recent years. Of these students, 5,875 of the incoming first-year and transfer students at the UW in Seattle are Washington residents. At UW Bothell, 1,709 incoming first-year and transfer students are Washington residents. There are 1,403 Washington residents among the incoming first-year and transfer students at UW Tacoma.

The number of Washington community college transfer students entering the UW across all three campuses this fall was 2,517, an increase on all three campuses: 1,399 in Seattle, 505 in Bothell and 613 in Tacoma.

There are 7,893 international students enrolled across the three campuses, an approximate 7% drop from last year. Of those, 7,439 are in Seattle, 258�� are at UW Bothell and 197 are at UW Tacoma. The decline is similar to the trend seen across the country this year.

Of the 63,727 enrolled students across all three campuses, 46,079 are undergraduates and 17,648 are pursuing graduate or professional degrees.

The enrollment count — a snapshot in time — will later be presented to the UW Board of Regents.

The gift, which will be realized over the next 10 years, cements the School of Law’s global reputation in the fields of technology and intellectual property (IP) law.��

“Our��students and faculty are enriched by the generosity of Jay Shidler and his commitment to��supporting innovations in the area of��technology��and��intellectual property��law,”��said Tamara��F.��Lawson,��the Toni��Rembe��Dean��of the��School of Law.��“UW Law is uniquely situated��in a region known throughout the world for��technology and innovation.��These resources will support our community��and keep us��competitive��in this��environment.”����

With this gift,��Shidler��— a philanthropist and��investor in educational infrastructure��who has��owned��interests in��more than 2,000 properties worldwide��—��continues a tradition��he’s established��of��honoring��his uncle,��Roger Shidler, a 1924 graduate of the UW School of Law��who��was��an early��trailblazer��in technology law��alongside��William Gates, Sr.��

The gift will allow the School of Law to:��

• Establish a Shidler Endowed Chair who will lead the��Technology and Intellectual��Property��Law programs, while also covering adjacent needs including torts and contracts.����

• Recruit a full-time scholar-in-residence to manage and��grow��the existing Shidler Lecture Series.��

• Support scholarships and fellowships awarded to students focused on Technology and Intellectual Property Law. The first year will support three students in the J.D. program with a $50,000 award for each. ��

“We are honored to steward Jay Shidler’s transformative investment in the critical intersection of technology and law,” said UW President Robert J. Jones. “His generous gift will help the UW School of Law attract the most talented faculty and students at a moment when expertise in IP and Technology law is urgently needed. We are thrilled to be able to expand our global reach in this important field.” ��

“I am very fortunate to be able to financially support universities and colleges on the West Coast and in Hawaii. UW Law has had a special place in my family’s lore for almost 100 years,” Shidler said.��

The��gift builds��upon��previous��gifts from Jay Shidler��to the UW, including��an��ownership interest in��a 2.6-acre property in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood,��which was celebrated��in 2018.��Half��of the ownership of the land and buildings will be transferred to the UW��in 2115��to be divided equally between UW Medicine and the UW School of Law. The other half goes to Shidler’s alma mater, now called the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.����

Shidler also contributed��$600,000��to the School of Law in��2016��for the creation of the��lecture series honoring Roger Shidler.����

The UW recognized Jay Shidler and his wife, Wallette, as Presidential Laureates upon having generously contributed more than $10 million to the UW in 2017.

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More than 100��doctoral��students across the country are eligible based on their pursuit of research on core AI disciplines such as machine learning, computer��vision��and natural-language processing.����

The program’s goal is to support��innovations that will underwrite the next step in the evolution of practical AI.��The $10 million in student funding will be awarded annually for each of the two academic years,��2024–2025 and 2025–2026.��Another $24 million��will be��given��annually��in��Amazon Web Services��(AWS)��cloud-computing credits, bringing the program’s total��value��to��$68 million over two years.������

Each��doctoral��fellow��will be��paired with an Amazon research liaison, a senior scientist working��on a topic related to the��fellow’s��work. Liaisons will meet regularly with��fellows to��offer��guidance and��discuss��real-world implications of their��research. Fellows will also��have opportunities to��pursue their projects��over the summers��as Amazon interns.��

“We’re proud to be part of this impactful initiative and deeply grateful to Amazon for its investment in the next generation of AI leaders,” said Nancy Allbritton,��Frank & Julie��Jungers��Dean of Engineering at the ��������. “Having nine of our students selected — seven from the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering — is a testament to the strength of our AI research community and the caliber of our��doctoral��programs. This fellowship will accelerate their work on real-world challenges and deepen our collaborative ties with Amazon. Together��we’ll��shape the future of AI to solve real-world challenges and advance technologies that��benefit��society.”��

Universities��selected��fellows��by following guidance��from Amazon to prioritize work that promises to make an impact on practical AI problems.����A complete list of UW fellows will be announced��at a later date.��

Funding is intended to cover tuition,��stipends��and fees. Each university receives $1.1 million per year, and the number of fellows funded varies according to the universities’ financial arrangements��with��students.��

Other��participating universities��are:��Carnegie Mellon University; Johns Hopkins University; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Stanford University; the University of California, Berkeley; the University of California, Los Angeles; the University of Texas at Austin; and the University of Illinois–Urbana Champaign.��

The ����������enjoys existing research collaborations with Amazon, through the Amazon Hubs program, the Amazon Scholar program,��Amazon��Research��Awards��and other initiatives.��

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Neurodivergent adults, such as those on the autism spectrum, or with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, or other cognitive differences, experience significant barriers to inclusion in education and employment due to disabilities that often aren’t obvious. Research shows��that remain consistently employed over time, and just are employed, compared to 87% employment among adults without ADHD. Studies suggest that is neurodivergent. Accordingly, efforts to improve the neuroinclusivity of academic institutions and workplaces have significant potential for impact on individuals, families and the U.S. economy.

“The lower education and employment outcomes are largely attributed to education and workplace environments that were designed to reinforce normative expectations,” said , UW associate professor in the Information School and founding director of the Institute. “When learning and work environments are designed for neurodiversity — and managers and teachers are trained to be neuroinclusive — neurodivergent individuals achieve far better outcomes.”

Annabi is a leading scholar on neurodiversity and employment. Her work in this space includes the publication of a series of Neurodiversity @ Work Playbooks that make a case for hiring neurodivergent people and offer concrete instructions for supporting their growth and career development.

“The Institute for Neurodiversity and Employment is set up to make a significant difference — not just at the ��������, but for communities all over our state,” said , executive director of the Canopy Neurodiversity Foundation. “This institute will build on Canopy’s vision for a truly neuroinclusive workforce, dramatically expanding what’s possible in our state.”

Housed in the Information School, the Institute will integrate faculty, research and support from the and the , with additional collaboration from UW Medicine and the School of Social Work.

“The new institute will build upon the outstanding neurodiversity work of Dr. Annabi at the Information School,” said , dean of the UW Information School. “Adding the deep expertise of our cross-campus collaborators, along with Canopy and other community partners, we will create truly multidisciplinary, innovative and impactful solutions that will transform Washington’s education and employment spaces — including here at the UW.”

“At present, research addressing lifespan issues such as employment is happening in silos across various disciplines, limiting our ability to develop comprehensive solutions,” said Annabi. “By convening a broad coalition of partners across the neurodiversity, employment and academic communities, we can move beyond isolated efforts toward innovative, systems-level change — driven by those with lived experience and deep expertise.”

The Institute’s work will focus on five pillars: translational research on neurodiversity and employment, applied professional education and training, community empowerment across Washington state, advocacy efforts to create and strengthen neuroinclusive policies and practices statewide, and direct engagement with UW leadership to make the university a premier destination for neurodivergent faculty, staff, clinicians and students.

Annabi is particularly enthusiastic about the UW’s commitment to ‘walk the talk’ by committing, through the Institute, to neuroinclusive employment practices.

“The UW recognizes that employment is an important component of a person’s quality of life and the equitable distribution of societal resources and power,” said UW Provost Tricia Serio.�� “As one of the state’s largest employers, we have a vital role to play in modeling ways to increase support for neurodivergent people and break down the persistence of barriers in post-secondary education and the workplace that they face. We are thrilled to channel this work through the Institute for Neurodiversity and Employment.”

The UW Institute for Neurodiversity and Employment will launch activities and programming in 2026.

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For questions, please contact: neurodiversity@uw.edu.

The Katherine and John Simpson Endowed Deanship in the College of Arts & Sciences provides flexible funding to promote interdisciplinary teaching and research across the College. These critical resources will enable current and future leadership to act with urgency, take calculated risks and lead with vision.

“This generous gift from the Simpson family comes at a pivotal moment for the �������� and for the College of Arts & Sciences,” said UW President Robert J. Jones.�� “The deanship will expand opportunities for collaboration across disciplines, promote innovation and discovery, and prepare thoughtful, creative leaders ready to make an impact on the world.”

“We are so grateful to the Simpson family for supporting an institution they have already contributed so much of their lives to — John, who was on the faculty and led the College as dean from 1994 to 1998, and Katherine, a Husky alumna and professional staff member, who devoted countless hours to supporting arts education and leadership,” said Dianne Harris, current dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. “This generous gift firmly cements the Simpson family’s connection to the UW and builds on earlier Simpson family gifts to name and support the UW’s Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities. At a critical time in higher education, this gift allows the College to continue the impactful work we are doing across campus, throughout the state and around the world.”

The Simpson family’s connection to higher education, the arts and the UW spans four generations.

John Simpson’s grandparents, Walter and Jessie Simpson, were both college graduates who believed in the importance of a humanistic education and passed on those values to their son, Barclay. It was Barclay who grew the family business, the Simpson Screen Company, that’s still operating as Simpson Strong-Tie. The Simpson family has long believed in the power of philanthropy and have generously supported the ��������.

Barclay Simpson’s son, John, was on the psychology faculty at the UW for more than two decades and served as dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. John’s children hold advanced degrees from the UW, and his granddaughter is currently a UW undergraduate in the humanities.

After leaving the UW, John Simpson continued his career in academia as executive vice chancellor and provost at the University of California, Santa Cruz (1998-2003), and as president of the University of Buffalo (2004-2011). Katherine joined him for the Buffalo adventure as the university’s “first lady.”

“This deanship reflects the values and aspirations that guided my career – values that the Simpson family has long lived,” said John Simpson. “It is my earnest hope that this gift empowers a vibrant College community where disciplines do not exist in isolation but instead inform and inspire each other. I envision a College and UW that encourages students and faculty to collaborate across boundaries, to infuse art and science into their work, and to address the challenges of the future with flexibility and dynamism.”

“The Simpson deanship will catalyze new pathways at the UW as the arts are infused seamlessly into the sciences, the sciences into the arts, equipping the next generations of scholars, creators and leaders to contribute to the public good,” said Harris. “The UW College of Arts & Sciences already offers nationally recognized programs in numerous disciplines. This gift will establish the College as a model for modern, interdisciplinary education, research and artistic practice.”

The College of Arts & Sciences is the largest college at the UW, educating about 90% of UW students and offering more than 4,000 courses every year. The College is central to the vitality of the entire university, as all other schools and colleges rely on Arts & Sciences for the foundational education of their students. Learn more about the .

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For more information, contact Lance Kissler at lkissler@uw.edu.

The ��������’s incoming classes were welcomed Sunday at the University’s 42nd annual New Student Convocation inside Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion.�� The ceremony was attended by thousands of students, family and friends.

Welcome, Huskies! Thousands of incoming @uofwa.bsky.social students gathered for an annual 'W' formation today after kicking off the school year with a convocation ceremony. #newhuskies2025 #uwdawgdazeMedia assets: drive.google.com/drive/folder…

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Preliminary figures show the incoming freshman class will be about 7,175 students, with around 4,550 from Washington.�� An additional 1,650 transfer students are expected to arrive this fall, including 1,375 of whom will be from Washington community colleges, according to preliminary university data. All figures are approximate. Official census information is announced later in the quarter.

New Student Convocation is one of two landmark occasions where the University president, the Board of Regents, the deans of the schools and colleges and the faculty gather for an academic ceremony focused on students. The other, of course, is the graduation ceremony, Commencement. These two events are the seminal “bookend” events of a college career.

Following the early morning ceremony, incoming students formed a giant block “W” on the field inside Husky stadium.

Preliminary figures show the incoming freshman class will be about 7,175 students, with around 4,550 from Washington.�� An additional 1,650 transfer students are expected to arrive this fall, including 1,375 of whom will be from Washington community colleges, according to preliminary university data. All figures are approximate. Official census information is announced later in the quarter.

The ceremony will serve as the University’s official welcoming ceremony for entering students, their families and friends. For undergraduates, this event will precede your undergraduate Connection Meetings and Husky Kickoff.��

New Student Convocation is one of two landmark occasions where the University president, the Board of Regents, the deans of the schools and colleges and the faculty gather for an academic ceremony focused on students. The other, of course, is the graduation ceremony, Commencement. These two events are the seminal “bookend” events of a college career.

Following the early morning ceremony, incoming students will form a giant block “W” on the field inside Husky stadium.

For journalists:�� Downloadable soundbites and b-roll and the “W” formation .��

Spanning approximately 12,000 square feet, the historic ASUW Shell House is located just feet from the northeast edge of the Montlake Cut and stands as a testament to UW’s enduring spirit of community, achievement and perseverance. The renovation of the 107-year-old building, preserving its open, hangar-style layout, is made possible by public funding and private philanthropic support. The building will seat up to 250 people, be available for both student and public use — the culmination of eight years of work and $22.5 million in funds raised in order to prepare the iconic structure for its next century.

The Shell House has served many purposes over the years, most famously as the site of the workshop of legendary boat-builder George Pocock, who crafted racing shells that carried Washington Rowing through eight national championship wins, including the legendary team that captured Olympic gold in 1936. It served as the inspiration behind Brown’s bestselling book and the movie, “The Boys in the Boat.”��Originally built as a WWI seaplane hangar, it most recently has been used as a place to store shells and boats. The location is known as “Carry a Canoe” in Lushootseed, stəx̌ʷugʷit (stukh-ug-weelth) which for many years served as a natural portage used by families and tribes.

After the war, the Navy’s buildings were turned over to UW. In August 1919 it was announced that most would be sold and removed. Since hangars of this type were considered temporary structures to support the Navy’s war effort, most were demolished. Student volunteers and crew members dug a 1,000-foot trench to carry steam pipes from Lander Hall to heat the cavernous space, and when all was ready, large letters painted above the huge doors spelled out “A.S.U.W. Shell House.” Today, it remains one of only two such wooden hangars still standing and has become an icon of rowing and UW’s history.��

“Buildings, like people, have stories to tell,” Brown said. “In these fractured times, we all crave examples of people pulling together for some kind of common goal. And that is really what the story of ‘The Boys In the Boat’ and this building are all about.”

“Because of your support, our campus and community can unite on the water’s edge, honor our shared legacy and launch a bold future together,” said Denzil Suite, UW’s vice president of student life, whose division oversees the building’s operations.��

Planning for the renovation project began in 2016. From the beginning, the goal has been for members of the community to contribute ideas for preserving the building’s historic identity, while adapting it for modern use and ensuring its structural integrity of its facilities — making it an ideal space for events, programs and community gatherings. An exhibit honoring the historic Pocock shop and rowing legacy of the UW and the Seattle region, together with the restoration of the historic wood interior and hangar doors are key features.

Many aspects of the historic preservation were considered, including legacy, community impact, budget, adaptation to modern building codes, shoreline improvements and legal requirements.����

“We are deeply grateful to every member of our community who shared their input, passion and perspective,” Jones said. “Together, we are not only honoring the remarkable history of the ASUW Shell House, but also shaping a welcoming, functional space that will serve generations to come and ensure its long-term vitality.”

The University established a large and diverse advisory committee to represent the building’s many different histories as well as its variety of future users. Over the past several years, the committee has provided valuable perspectives surrounding the project. These perspectives will ensure that the finished building incorporates a wide array of viewpoints from individuals who care deeply about the story that inspired a nation.����

“Rooted in a rich history of gathering and purpose, the iconic space has long brought students, athletes and the broader community together,” UW Foundation Board member Brooks Simpson said. “It will truly be the ‘front dock’ to the UW campus — greeting students and welcoming the public to experience our rich and complex waterfront history.”

��“Just as with any good crew, we are unique individuals who have learned to row together. Our common cause and careful process have led to the plan that we now embark on,” former State Sen. Mark Mullet said. Mullet, who previously served on the Senate Ways & Means (budget) committee and as vice chair of the capital budget, helped to secure $3 million in state funding investment for the renovation and adaptive use. “Together, we will ensure that the building — its beams, its rafters and its authentic voice — remain the first and most important storyteller.”

The ASUW Shell House was the first UW building to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places (1975 as the Old Canoe House), and the first UW building to become a Seattle Landmark (2018). Today, it continues to sit atop a culturally significant site — a place of gathering and movement for generations past, present and future.����

Learn more about the history of the ASUW Shell House.

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Editor’s NOTE:�� The credit: Plomp for Mithun | Sellen) are also available online. Photos from the event are courtesy of Tara Brown Photography.��