University of Washington Daily

Dec 3, 2024 | dailyuw.com | Tianshi Xu

Students who work on-campus and off campus in Seattle will soon see a new pay increase in 2025, as the city is raising the minimum wage from $19.97 to $20.76 for all employees. Tips and employee medical benefits will no longer count toward the $2.72 minimum compensation requirement for small businesses with 500 or fewer employees. This wage increase, following the implementation of Seattle’s Minimum Wage Ordinance marks the city’s 10th consecutive annual raise.

Nov 28, 2024 | dailyuw.com | Jack Li

On a Thanksgiving matchup in the Acrisure Invitational, the Washington men’s basketball team hopes to shake off a shooting funk versus Colorado State. Shooting UW has shot under 50% from the field in all its games this season. The Huskies (4-1) have been even worse at range, having shot over 32% from 3-point range just once this season (against Seattle Pacific on Nov. 11), and have had two games shooting under 20% from deep.

Nov 18, 2024 | dailyuw.com | Tianshi Xu

The ASUW Senate elected first-year student senator Ven Lala into the HUB Board of Representatives and first-year student senator Simon Thompson into the Personnel Committee during the meeting Nov. 14. Additionally, the senate passed a resolution requesting that UW implement a 3-credit sustainability credit requirement for all new undergraduates. Lala was elected to the HUB Board of Representatives for the 2024-2025 school year. She ran against senator Grace Braidish and senator Bhaumik Mehta.

Nov 17, 2024 | dailyuw.com | John Williams

The Washington women's basketball team is off to a fantastic start this year. In their 4-0 start to the season, the Huskies (4-0) have beaten their opponents by an average of 37.5 points per game. Washington will look to continue its hot streak against Montana at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 17. Washington is coming off a 24-point win against Eastern Washington and has shown promise on both ends of the floor.

Nov 13, 2024 | dailyuw.com | Jack Li

Alonzo Plough, vice president of the research-evaluation-learning unit and chief science officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, spoke at a Nov. 7 installment of the UW department of health systems and the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health’s seminar series. Plough addressed approximately 25 members of population health and an additional 50 members were present virtually via Zoom in a lecture detailing the health science system.