Editing University of Washington (section)

==History==
[[File:Territorial University of Washington - c1870.jpg|left|thumb|The original University building, {{circa|1870}}]]

===Founding===
In 1854, territorial governor [[Isaac Stevens]] recommended the establishment of a university in the [[Washington Territory]]. Prominent Seattle-area residents, including [[Methodist]] preacher [[Daniel Bagley]], saw this as a chance to add to the city's potential and prestige. Bagley learned of a law that allowed United States territories to sell land to raise money in support of public schools. At the time, [[Arthur A. Denny]], one of the founders of Seattle and a member of the territorial legislature, aimed to increase the city's importance by moving the territory's capital from [[Olympia, Washington|Olympia]] to Seattle. However, Bagley ultimately persuaded Denny that founding a university would better contribute to the growth of Seattle's economy. Two universities were initially chartered, but later the decision was repealed in favor of a single university in [[Lewis County, Washington|Lewis County]] provided that locally donated land was available. When no site emerged, Denny successfully petitioned the legislature to reconsider Seattle as a location in 1858.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kuow.org/post/founding-university-washington-one-student-time |title=Founding The University Of Washington, One Student At A Time |last=Banel |first=Feliks |date=October 8, 2012 |website=KUOW.org |publisher=[[KUOW-FM]] |access-date=December 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101194300/http://kuow.org/post/founding-university-washington-one-student-time |archive-date=January 1, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Speidel-1967">{{cite book |last1=Speidel |first1=William |title=Sons of the Profits |date=1967 |publisher=Nettle Creek Publishing Company |location=Seattle |pages=81–103 }}</ref>
[[File:Territorial University students, Seattle, 1864 (PEISER 89).jpeg|thumb|Territorial University students in 1864]]

In 1861, scouting began for an appropriate {{convert|10|acre|ha|0}} site in Seattle to serve as a new university campus. Arthur and Mary Denny donated eight acres, while fellow pioneers Edward Lander, and Charlie and Mary Terry, donated two acres on Denny's Knoll in [[Downtown, Seattle, Washington|downtown Seattle]].<ref name="Bhatt-2013">{{citation |last=Bhatt |first=Sanjay |title=UW has big plans for its prime downtown Seattle real estate |date=October 3, 2013 |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2021960534_mettractxml.html |newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]] |access-date=October 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005022707/http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2021960534_mettractxml.html |archive-date=October 5, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> More specifically, this tract was bounded by 4th Avenue to the west, 6th Avenue to the east, Union Street to the north, and Seneca Streets to the south.

John Pike, for whom [[Pike Street (Seattle)|Pike Street]] is named, was the university's architect and builder.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2017/01/chs-retake-pikes-place-on-capitol-hill/ |title=CHS Re:Take – Pike's place on Capitol Hill |date=January 15, 2017 |access-date=October 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030205827/http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2017/01/chs-retake-pikes-place-on-capitol-hill/ |archive-date=October 30, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was opened on November 4, 1861, as the Territorial University of Washington. The legislature passed articles incorporating the university, and establishing its Board of Regents in 1862. The school initially struggled, closing three times: in 1863 for low enrollment, and again in 1867 and 1876 for shortage of funds. Washington awarded its first graduate [[Clara Antoinette McCarty Wilt]] in 1876, with a Bachelor of Science degree.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/222 |title=Clara McCarty becomes first person to graduate from the Territorial University (of Washington) in June 1876. |access-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602232108/https://www.historylink.org/File/222 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===19th century relocation===
By the time [[Washington (state)|Washington state]] entered the [[United States|Union]] in 1889, both Seattle and the university had grown substantially. Washington's total undergraduate enrollment increased from 30 to nearly 300 students, and the campus's relative isolation in downtown Seattle faced encroaching development. A special legislative committee, headed by UW graduate [[Edmond Meany]], was created to find a new campus to better serve the growing student population and faculty. The committee eventually selected a site on the northeast of [[Downtown, Seattle, Washington|downtown Seattle]] called [[Union Bay (Seattle, Washington)|Union Bay]], which was the land of the [[Duwamish people|Duwamish]], and the legislature appropriated funds for its purchase and construction.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/278 |title=University of Washington moves from downtown Seattle to present University District campus in 1895. |access-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602221328/https://www.historylink.org/File/278 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1895, the university relocated to the new campus by moving into the newly built [[Denny Hall]]. The University Regents tried and failed to sell the old campus, eventually settling with leasing the area. This later became one of the university's most valuable pieces of real estate in modern-day Seattle, generating millions in annual revenue with what is now called the [[Metropolitan Tract (Seattle)|Metropolitan Tract]]. The original Territorial University building was torn down in 1908, and its former site now houses the [[Fairmont Olympic Hotel]].

The sole-surviving remnants of Washington's first building are four {{convert|24|ft|adj=on}}, white, hand-fluted cedar, Ionic columns. They were salvaged by [[Edmond S. Meany]], one of the university's first graduates and former head of its history department. Meany and his colleague, Dean Herbert T. Condon, dubbed the columns as "Loyalty," "Industry," "Faith", and "Efficiency", or "LIFE." The columns now stand in the [[Sylvan Grove Theater and Columns|Sylvan Grove Theater]].<ref>{{cite book |chapter=The University of Washington's Early Years |title=No Finer Site: The University of Washington's Early Years On Union Bay |chapter-url=http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/collections/exhibits/site/early |publisher=University of Washington |access-date=April 29, 2015 |archive-date=February 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204022757/http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/collections/exhibits/site/early |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition - Rainier Vista.jpg|thumb|Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition on the UW campus toward [[Mount Rainier]] in 1909]]

===20th century expansion===
Organizers of the 1909 [[Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition]] eyed the still largely undeveloped campus as a prime setting for their [[World's Fair|world's fair]]. They came to an agreement with Washington's [[Board of Regents]] that allowed them to use the campus grounds for the exposition, surrounding today's [[Drumheller Fountain]] facing towards [[Mount Rainier]]. In exchange, organizers agreed Washington would take over the campus and its development after the fair's conclusion. This arrangement led to a detailed site plan and several new buildings, prepared in part by [[John Charles Olmsted]]. The plan was later incorporated into the overall UW campus master plan, permanently affecting the campus layout.

Both [[World War]]s brought the military to campus, with certain facilities temporarily lent to the federal government. In spite of this, subsequent post-war periods were times of dramatic growth for the university.<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Washington |url=http://depts.washington.edu/depress/university_washington.shtml |publisher=Great Depression in Washington State Project |access-date=August 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925014239/http://depts.washington.edu/depress/university_washington.shtml |archive-date=September 25, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Interwar period|period between the wars]] saw a significant expansion of the upper campus. Construction of the [[Liberal Arts Quadrangle]], known to students as "The Quad," began in 1916 and continued to 1939. The university's architectural centerpiece, [[Suzzallo Library]], was built in 1926 and expanded in 1935.

In 1942, all [[Japanese Americans|persons of Japanese ancestry]] in the Seattle area were forced into inland [[Internment of Japanese Americans|internment camps]] as part of [[Executive Order 9066]] following the attack on [[Pearl Harbor]]. During this difficult time, university president [[Lee Paul Sieg]] took an active and sympathetic leadership role in advocating for and facilitating the transfer of Japanese American students to universities and colleges away from the Pacific Coast to help them avoid the mass incarceration.<ref name="Phase II">{{cite web |title=Phase II — A Place for Some of Our Best Students |url=https://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/collections/exhibits/harmony/interrupted/phase2 |access-date=May 17, 2020 |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027042739/https://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/collections/exhibits/harmony/interrupted/phase2 |url-status=live }}</ref> Nevertheless, many Japanese American students and "soon-to-be" graduates were unable to transfer successfully in the short time window or receive diplomas before being incarcerated. It was only many years later that they were recognized for their accomplishments, during the University of Washington's [[The Long Journey Home (ceremonial event)|Long Journey Home]] ceremonial event that was held in May 2008.

In October 2, 1946, the University of Washington formally opened a medical school as part of a School of Health Sciences against the Washington State Medical Association's oppositions, who did not wish to create a competitive surplus of physicians. The operation was spearheaded by President [[Henry Suzzallo]] based on plans created by [[Gideon A. Weed|Gideon Weed]], [[Rufus Willard]], and [[Thomas Minor]] earlier in 1884. The [[G.I. Bill of Rights|G.I. Bill]] was later created and passed, establishing the School of Health Sciences while providing $3.75 million for buildings and $450,000 for salaries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/3332 |title=University of Washington opens its medical school on October 2, 1946. |access-date=June 1, 2023 |archive-date=September 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913231904/https://www.historylink.org/File/3332 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/10177 |title=University of Washington Health Sciences Building is dedicated on October 9, 1949. |access-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602221325/https://www.historylink.org/File/10177 |url-status=live }}</ref> This was the foundation for the [[University of Washington Medical Center]], ranked by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' as one of the top ten hospitals in the nation. The School of Health Sciences was later renamed the [[University of Washington School of Medicine|School of Medicine]] in 1946, which is now consistently ranked as the top medical school in the United States. The University of Washington's role as a medical school sharply drew more attention after the [[World War II]] boom in wartime industry and economics.

[[J. Robert Oppenheimer]] was nominated in 1954 by the University of Washington's Physics Department to lecture physics students for one week, but was unable to attend because of loyalty checks asked for by the [[US Federal Government]]. Oppenheimer never accepted the invitations, and [[Henry Schmitz|President Dr. Henry Schmitz]] disapproved of his nomination.<ref name="University of Washington President Henry Schmitz disapproves nomination of J">{{Cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/3701 |title=University of Washington President Henry Schmitz disapproves nomination of J. Robert Oppenheimer as Walker-Ames Lecturer on December 10, 1954. |access-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602221325/https://www.historylink.org/File/3701 |url-status=live }}</ref>

From 1958 to 1973, the University of Washington saw a tremendous growth in student enrollment, its faculties and operating budget, and also its prestige under the leadership of [[Charles Odegaard]]. During this period, the faculty was sharply divided over the issues of the role of the faculty in faculty appointments, and the conflict of who should run the University, the faculty or the parents and taxpayers. Henry Schmitz characterized the matter as "an internal power struggle."<ref name="University of Washington President Henry Schmitz disapproves nomination of J" /> UW student enrollment had more than doubled to 34,000 as the [[post-World War II baby boom|baby boom]] generation came of age.

The University of Washington has a long history with civil rights starting from 1874,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/1606 |title=African American student at the UW stirs racism and a defense of civil rights in January 1874. |access-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603042745/https://www.historylink.org/File/1606 |url-status=live }}</ref> through 1899<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/261 |title=University of Washington School of Law admits its first Black graduate in 1899. |access-date=June 2, 2023 }}</ref> with civil activism and through 1968<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/1452 |title=Black Student Union presents additional demands to University of Washington on May 17, 1968. |access-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603042741/https://www.historylink.org/File/1452 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/1454 |title=Black Student Union stages sit-in at University of Washington on May 20, 1968. |access-date=June 2, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/1455 |title=University of Washington endorses Black Studies curriculum on May 23, 1968. |access-date=June 2, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/BSU_intro.htm |title=The Black Student Union at UW: Black Power on Campus |publisher=Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project |access-date=August 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007071347/http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/BSU_intro.htm |archive-date=October 7, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> to 1975. This era was also marked by high levels of [[student activism]], as was the case at many American universities. Much of the unrest focused around [[civil rights]], actively seen when football coach Jim Owens suspended four Black football players on October 30, 1969, for "[a] lack of commitment to the team," after which activists demanded Owen's resignation and the rest of the black football players on the team refused to play.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/3645 |title=University of Washington coach Jim Owens suspends four Black football players on October 30, 1969. |access-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603042734/https://www.historylink.org/File/3645 |url-status=live }}</ref> For a time, activists had been passionate as to incite a response from school administration to occupy the campus after the activists harmed 17 persons.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/2194 |title=Police from Seattle and King County occupy University of Washington on March 12, 1970, after demonstrations injure 17 persons. |access-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603042740/https://www.historylink.org/File/2194 |url-status=live }}</ref> African American Dr. Robert Flennaugh was appointed to the UW Board of Regents on March 25, 1970<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/2202 |title=Governor Dan Evans appoints Dr. Robert Flennaugh, first African American to serve on UW Board of Regents, on March 25, 1970. |access-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603042744/https://www.historylink.org/File/2202 |url-status=live }}</ref> and later on June 22 the ''University of Washington Daily'' eliminated gender-based help ads.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/1285 |title=University of Washington Daily eliminates gender-based help wanted ads on June 22, 1970. |access-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603042743/https://www.historylink.org/File/1285 |url-status=live }}</ref> Activism peaked in 1975 when 2,000 students protested university hiring practices on the campus through May 13 and 14.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/8301 |title=Some 2,000 students protest university hiring practices in front of the University of Washington Administration Building on May 13 and 14, 1975. |access-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-date=September 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913231904/https://www.historylink.org/File/8301 |url-status=live }}</ref> Further opposition to the [[Vietnam War]] occurred,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://depts.washington.edu/antiwar/vietnam_student.shtml |title=Student Activism at UW, 1948–1970 |last=Kindig |first=Jesse |publisher=Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project |access-date=August 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424200237/http://depts.washington.edu/antiwar/vietnam_student.shtml |archive-date=April 24, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> and in response to anti-Vietnam War protests by the late 1960s, the University Safety and Security Division became the University of Washington Police Department.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washington.edu/admin/police/about/history.html |title=UW Police Department: History |access-date=August 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101112410/http://www.washington.edu/admin/police/about/history.html |archive-date=November 1, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> On June 29, 1969, a bomb detonated on campus, causing $100,000 damages and no injuries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/1248 |title=Bomb explodes at UW on June 29, 1969. |access-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602231742/https://www.historylink.org/File/1248 |url-status=live }}</ref> No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

Odegaard instituted a vision of building a "community of scholars", convincing the Washington State legislatures to increase investment in the university. Washington [[United States Senate|senators]], such as [[Henry M. Jackson]] and [[Warren G. Magnuson]], also used their political clout to gather research funds for UW. The results included an increase in the operating budget from $37 million in 1958 to over $400 million in 1973, solidifying UW as a top recipient of federal research funds in the United States. The establishment of technology giants such as [[Microsoft]], [[Boeing]] and [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] in the local area also proved to be highly influential in the UW's fortunes, not only improving graduate prospects<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.paysa.com/blog/2017/06/05/top-colleges-in-tech/ |title=Top Colleges in Tech {{!}} Paysa Blog |website=www.paysa.com |language=en-US |access-date=August 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803132603/https://www.paysa.com/blog/2017/06/05/top-colleges-in-tech/ |archive-date=August 3, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/26/how-long-youll-need-to-go-to-school-to-work-at-top-tech-companies.html |title=Here's how much education you need to work at top tech companies |last=Hess |first=Abigail |website=[[CNBC]] |date=July 26, 2017 |access-date=August 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803134340/https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/26/how-long-youll-need-to-go-to-school-to-work-at-top-tech-companies.html |archive-date=August 3, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> but also helping to attract millions of dollars in university and research funding through its distinguished faculty and extensive alumni network.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.washington.edu/giving/recognition/gates-volunteer-service-award/about-the-gates-family/ |title=About the Gates family {{!}} Give to the UW |website=www.washington.edu |language=en |access-date=August 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801231844/https://www.washington.edu/giving/recognition/gates-volunteer-service-award/about-the-gates-family/ |archive-date=August 1, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>[[File:Drumhellerfountain.jpg|thumb|[[Mount Rainier]] viewed from [[Drumheller Fountain]]]]

===21st century===
In 1990, the University of Washington opened its additional campuses in [[University of Washington Bothell|Bothell]] and [[University of Washington Tacoma|Tacoma]]. Originally designed for students who had completed two years of higher education, both schools have since evolved into four-year universities with the authority to award degrees. The first freshman classes were admitted in the fall of 2006. Today, both the Bothell and Tacoma campuses also offer a range of master's degree programs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Graduate Degree Programs {{!}} Graduate Admissions |url=https://www.tacoma.uw.edu/graduate-admissions/graduate-degree-programs |access-date=November 12, 2024 |website=University of Washington Tacoma |language=en }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Degree Programs |url=https://www.uwb.edu/degrees |access-date=November 12, 2024 |website=The University of Washington Bothell |language=en-US }}</ref>

In 2012, the university began exploring plans and governmental approval to expand the main [[Seattle]] campus, including significant increases in student housing, teaching facilities for the growing student body and faculty, as well as expanded public transit options. The [[University of Washington light rail station]] was completed in March 2016,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/university-link-light-rail-service-starts-march-19/ |title=University Link light-rail service starts March 19 |date=January 26, 2016 |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=August 1, 2017 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713045342/http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/university-link-light-rail-service-starts-march-19/ |archive-date=July 13, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> connecting Seattle's [[Capitol Hill (Seattle)|Capitol Hill]] neighborhood to the UW Husky Stadium within five minutes of rail travel time.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://seattle.curbed.com/2016/3/17/11251862/uw-capitol-hill-light-rail-stations-open-on-saturday |title=UW & Capitol Hill Light Rail Stations Are Ready |last=Keeley |first=Sean |date=March 17, 2016 |website=Curbed Seattle |access-date=August 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801233448/https://seattle.curbed.com/2016/3/17/11251862/uw-capitol-hill-light-rail-stations-open-on-saturday |archive-date=August 1, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> It offers a previously unavailable option of transportation into and out of the campus, designed specifically to reduce dependence on private vehicles, bicycles and local [[King County, Washington|King County]] buses.
[[File:University of Washington Quad, Spring 2007.jpg|thumb|The [[University of Washington Quad|UW Quad]] pictured in 2007]]

===Controversies===
In January 23, 1939, the University of Washington was criticized for hiring Economics Professor [[Harold Laski|Harold J. Laski]], a British [[Marxian economics|Marxist]], as a visiting lecturer<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/2083 |title=State Representative criticizes UW for hiring Marxist Harold Laski as visiting lecturer on January 23, 1939. |access-date=June 1, 2023 |archive-date=June 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601173620/https://www.historylink.org/File/2083 |url-status=live }}</ref> in between the [[First Red Scare]] and [[McCarthyism|Second Red Scare]]. The University of Washington was highly suspect by the [[Presidency of Harry S. Truman|Truman Administration]] in 1948 and 1949. [[Thomas Bienz|Thomas H. Bienz]], a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[State senator]], declared that "At least 150 [University faculty members] are [[Communism|Communists]]" and soon thereafter two investigations were started by the [[Canwell Committee]] and the University. Professor of philosophy [[Herbert Phillips (professot)|Herbert Phillips]], professor of [[old English literature]] [[Joe Butterworth]] and professor of [[social psychology]] [[Ralph Gundlach]] were dismissed after the investigations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/1483 |title=University of Washington is said on March 24, 1948, to have more than 150 Communists or sympathizers. |access-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-date=September 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913231905/https://www.historylink.org/File/1483 |url-status=live }}</ref> A year after, another second investigation was commenced by the [[Canwell Committee|Joint Legislative Fact-finding Committee on Un-American Activities]] in the State of Washington, leading to investigations into other professors with a response of "One hundred and three professors [signing] an open letter to the University of Washington Board of Regents that stated the firings were based on guilt by association. The letter also declared that faculty morale and the University's reputation was damaged."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/1482 |title=University of Washington sees Red and fires three faculty members on January 22, 1949. |access-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-date=May 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519180613/https://www.historylink.org/File/1482 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The original proposal of the University included increases for research scientists of about 10% over three years plus changes in the pay structure and a catch-up increase of 3.25% for those who did not get a merit raise last year. For postdocs, the original UW offer was an average 15% total wage increase in 2023, including 13% in January when new minimums were introduced, plus higher minimum salaries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.washington.edu/news/2023/06/07/uw-statement-regarding-ongoing-contract-negotiations-with-postdocs-research-scientists-june-7-2023/ |title=UW statement regarding ongoing contract negotiations with postdocs, research scientists — June 7, 2023 |access-date=June 21, 2023 |archive-date=June 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621154704/https://www.washington.edu/news/2023/06/07/uw-statement-regarding-ongoing-contract-negotiations-with-postdocs-research-scientists-june-7-2023/ |url-status=live }}</ref>