Editing University of Washington (section)

==Administration==
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=== Board of Regents===
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| agency_name  = The University of Washington<br>Board of Regents
| type         = Governing board
| seal         = University of Washington seal.svg
| seal_width   = 160px
| seal_caption = Seal of the University of Washington
| formed       = 1861
| jurisdiction = University of Washington
| headquarters = [[Seattle]], Washington, U.S.
| region_code  = US-WA
| website      = {{URL|https://washington.edu/regents/}}
| agency_type  = [[Public university]] [[Governing boards of colleges and universities in the United States|governing board]]
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'''The University of Washington Board of Regents''' governs the University of Washington per the [[Revised Code of Washington]] 28B.20.130 statute.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RCW 28B.20.130: Powers and duties of regents—General. |url=https://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=28B.20.130 |access-date=September 11, 2024 |website=Washington State Legislature |archive-date=September 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911234315/https://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=28B.20.130 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Board is responsible for selecting, overseeing, and assessing the [[President of the University of Washington|University President]]. Generally, the Board of Regents entrusts the President with the daily operations of the University, in collaboration with the faculty and in line with legal provisions.<ref name="Board of Regents">{{Cite web |title=UW Board of Regents |url=https://www.washington.edu/regents/ |access-date=September 11, 2024 |website=Board of Regents |language=en |archive-date=September 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913122237/https://www.washington.edu/regents/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Board of Regents is made up of eleven members, including one student member and one faculty member. Regents are appointed by the [[List of governors of Washington|Governor of the State of Washington]] for six-year terms, except for the Student Regent (who serves for one year) and the Faculty Regent (who serves for three years).<ref name="Board of Regents" /> Regents continue to serve after their terms have ended until either they resign or the Governor appoints a successor. Officers of the Board are elected annually at the September meeting.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Current Board Members |url=https://www.washington.edu/regents/officers/ |access-date=September 11, 2024 |website=Board of Regents |language=en |archive-date=September 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913232017/https://www.washington.edu/regents/officers/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

One of the most notable former regents is [[Bill Gates Sr.|William Henry Gates II]], the father of [[Bill Gates]]. William Henry Gates II served as a Regent from 1997 to 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Regents: 1861–Present |url=https://www.washington.edu/regents/officers/all-regents/ |access-date=September 11, 2024 |website=The University of Washington Board of Regents |language=en |archive-date=December 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208122735/https://www.washington.edu/regents/officers/all-regents/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== President===
{{See also|List of presidents of the University of Washington}}[[File:Gerberding Hall, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.jpg|thumb|The Gothic-revival [[Gerberding Hall]] houses offices, including that of the President and Provost]]

The president of the University of Washington, [[Ana Mari Cauce]], was selected by the Board of Regents, effective October 13, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Office of the President |url=http://www.washington.edu/president/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151110150750/http://www.washington.edu/president/ |archive-date=November 10, 2015 |access-date=November 2, 2015 |website=www.washington.edu }}</ref> On November 12, 2015, the Board of Regents approved a five-year contract for Cauce, awarding her yearly compensation of $910,000. Cauce's compensation package includes an annual salary of $697,500, $150,000 per year in deferred compensation, an annual $50,500 contribution into a retirement account, and a $12,000 annual automobile allowance.<ref>{{Cite news |title=UW Regents approve contract for President Ana Mari Cauce |url=https://www.washington.edu/news/2015/11/12/uw-regents-approve-contract-for-president-ana-mari-cauce/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525181128/https://www.washington.edu/news/2015/11/12/uw-regents-approve-contract-for-president-ana-mari-cauce/ |archive-date=May 25, 2018 |access-date=May 10, 2018 |work=UW News |language=en }}</ref> She was the Interim President before her appointment, fulfilling the position left vacant by the previous President [[Michael K. Young]] when he was announced to be [[Texas A&M University]]'s next President on February 3, 2015.<ref name="Regents-2015">{{cite news |date=February 3, 2015 |title=Regents: Two-time university president expected to serve at helm of Texas A&M |url=http://www.theeagle.com/news/regents-two-time-university-president-expected-to-serve-at-helm/article_e8cca324-abd7-11e4-97cb-f704a6d2f049.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425011823/https://theeagle.com/news/regents-two-time-university-president-expected-to-serve-at-helm/article_e8cca324-abd7-11e4-97cb-f704a6d2f049.html |archive-date=April 25, 2021 |access-date=February 3, 2015 |publisher=theeagle.com }}</ref> [[Phyllis Wise]], who had served at UW as Provost and Executive Vice President, and as Interim President for a year, was named the Chancellor of the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]] in August 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography – Phyllis Wise |url=http://oc.illinois.edu/bio.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028030550/http://oc.illinois.edu/bio.html |archive-date=October 28, 2012 |access-date=October 7, 2012 |publisher=University of Illinois }}</ref> Cauce has announced she plans to step down after her second term is complete in 2025. On February 3, 2025 The Board of Regents announced that [[Robert J. Jones]] will be taking her place being the 34th UW president.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert J. Jones named 34th president of the University of Washington |url=https://www.washington.edu/news/2025/02/03/34th-uw-president/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=UW News |language=en}}</ref>

===Finance===
In 2017 the university reported $4.893 billion in revenues and $5.666 billion in expenses, resulting in an operating loss of $774 million. This loss was offset by $342 million in state appropriations, $443 million in investment income, $166 million in gifts, and $185 million of other non-operating revenues.<ref name="2017 Bondholder Report">{{Cite web |url=https://finance.uw.edu/treasury/sites/default/files/2017%20Bondholders%20Report.pdf |title=2017 Bondholder Report |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511012734/https://finance.uw.edu/treasury/sites/default/files/2017%20Bondholders%20Report.pdf |archive-date=May 11, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Thus, the university's net position increased by $363 million in 2017.<ref name="2017 Bondholder Report" />

==== Donors====
The university is funded in part by donations from [[philanthropists]], foundations, and corporations, as well as individual donors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Recognition |url=https://www.washington.edu/giving/recognition/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610172724/https://www.washington.edu/giving/recognition/ |archive-date=June 10, 2022 |access-date=June 10, 2022 |website=University of Washington |language=en }}</ref> [[Bill Gates Sr.]] and his son [[Bill Gates]], as well as [[Melinda French Gates]] and the [[Gates Foundation]], are described as having an "unmatched" impact across the entire university.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the Gates family |url=https://www.washington.edu/giving/recognition/gates-volunteer-service-award/about-the-gates-family/ |url-status=live |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 |access-date=June 10, 2022 |website=University of Washington |language=en }}</ref>

As of 2020, the university's Honor Roll of Donors recognized top contributors as including Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, [[Microsoft]], the [[Robert Wood Johnson Foundation]], and the late [[Paul G. Allen]].<ref name="University of Washington; Amazon Web Services-2020">{{Cite web |date=October 2020 |title=Honor Roll of Donors |url=https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/83/2020/10/29094302/RTC_HonorRoll_2020.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610164520/https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/83/2020/10/29094302/RTC_HonorRoll_2020.pdf |archive-date=June 10, 2022 |access-date=June 10, 2022 |website=University of Washington; [[Amazon Web Services]] }}</ref> Additional notable donors include [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], [[AstraZeneca]], [[Bayer]], [[BlackRock]], [[Boeing]], [[Burroughs Wellcome Fund]], [[Carnegie Corporation of New York]], [[Chan Zuckerberg Initiative]], [[China Medical Board]], [[Eli Lilly and Company]], [[Gilead Sciences]], [[GlaxoSmithKline]], [[Merck & Co.|Merck]], [[Monsanto]], [[Novartis]], [[Open Philanthropy (organization)|Open Philanthropy]], [[Open Society Foundations]], [[Pfizer]], [[Rockefeller Foundation]], and [[Wellcome Trust]].<ref name="University of Washington; Amazon Web Services-2020"/>

====Endowment====
Endowed gifts are commingled in the university's Consolidated Endowment Fund, managed by an internal investment company at an annual cost of approximately $6.2 million.<ref name="2017 Bondholder Report" /> The university reported $443.383 million of investment income in fiscal year 2017.<ref name="2017 Bondholder Report" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://finance.uw.edu/treasury/sites/default/files/Quarterly%20Investment%20Performance%20Report%20as%20of%20December%2031%2C%202017.pdf |title=University of Washington Quarterly Investment Performance Report |last=University of Washington Investment Management Company |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511013316/http://finance.uw.edu/treasury/sites/default/files/Quarterly%20Investment%20Performance%20Report%20as%20of%20December%2031%2C%202017.pdf |archive-date=May 11, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====Major projects====
In 2018, the university claimed to have nearly $1 billion in new construction underway.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/uw-has-1-billion-in-buildings-going-up-or-planned-in-seattle/ |title=UW has $1 billion in buildings going up or planned in Seattle |date=April 29, 2018 |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=May 10, 2018 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511013741/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/uw-has-1-billion-in-buildings-going-up-or-planned-in-seattle/ |archive-date=May 11, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Sustainability===
[[Environmental sustainability]] has long been a major focus of the university's Board of Regents and Presidents. In February 2006, UW joined a partnership with [[Seattle City Light]] as part of their Green Up Program, ensuring that all of Seattle campus' electricity is supplied by and purchased from renewable sources.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seattle.gov/news/detail.asp?ID=5867&Dept=40 |title=Mayor Announces UW Green Energy Purchase |date=February 2006 |publisher=City of Seattle |access-date=February 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070116004704/http://www.seattle.gov/news/detail.asp?ID=5867&Dept=40 |archive-date=January 16, 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2010, then UW President Emmert furthered the university's efforts with a host of other universities across the U.S., and signed the [[American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/html/signatories.php |title=Who's Who |work=American College & University |publisher=Presidentsclimatecommitment.org |access-date=September 16, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726041616/http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/html/signatories.php |archive-date=July 26, 2009 }}</ref> UW created a Climate Action Team,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washington.edu/news/archive/id/46996 |title=UW seeks to deepen its commitment to sustainability |last=Roseth |first=Robert |date=February 5, 2009 |access-date=September 16, 2010 |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515233156/https://www.washington.edu/news/2009/02/05/uw-seeks-to-deepen-its-commitment-to-sustainability/ |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as an Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee (ESAC) which keeps track of UW's greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprint.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washington.edu/about/environmentalstewardship/UW_GHG_inventory_2005.pdf |title=About the Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee (ESAC) |date=August 10, 2004 |publisher=Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee |access-date=September 16, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305002357/http://www.washington.edu/about/environmentalstewardship/UW_GHG_inventory_2005.pdf |archive-date=March 5, 2009 }}</ref> Policies were enacted with environmental stewardship in mind, and institutional support was provided to assist with campus sustainability.<ref name="University of Washington-3">{{cite web |url=http://www.washington.edu/about/environmentalstewardship/ |title=Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee |publisher=University of Washington |access-date=May 21, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517051607/http://www.washington.edu/about/environmentalstewardship/ |archive-date=May 17, 2008 }}</ref>

Overall, the University of Washington was one of several universities to receive the highest grade, "A−", on the Sustainable Endowments Institute's College Sustainability Report Card in 2011.<ref name="Sustainable Endowments Institute">{{cite web |url=http://www.endowmentinstitute.org/ |title=College Sustainability Report Card 2008 |publisher=Sustainable Endowments Institute |access-date=May 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080717115307/http://www.endowmentinstitute.org/ |archive-date=July 17, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== International collaboration ===
The University of Washington is an active member of the [[University of the Arctic]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members |url=https://www.uarctic.org/members/member-profiles/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=UArctic |language=en-US}}</ref> UArctic is an international cooperative network based in the Circumpolar Arctic region, consisting of more than 200 universities, colleges, and other organizations with an interest in promoting education and research in the Arctic region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.uarctic.org/about-us/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=UArctic - University of the Arctic |language=en-US}}</ref>

The university also participates in UArctic's mobility program north2north. The aim of that program is to enable students of member institutions to study in different parts of the North.<ref>{{Cite web |title=north2north |url=https://www.uarctic.org/activities/north2north/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=UArctic - University of the Arctic |language=en-US}}</ref>