Provost Tricia Serio said UW has a "good financial position," but unprecedented federal policy changes have increased the university's risk of funding cuts.

The University of Washington has frozen non-essential hiring and travel, effective immediately, amid federal and state funding uncertainty.

Facing a looming budget shortfall and recent federal policy changes possibly impacting higher education institutions in Washington state, UW introduced significant financial risk mitigation efforts to

There continues to be significant uncertainty about the full financial impact of the ongoing volatility of the national economic landscape,” university officials wrote in a letter on Thursday.

The Provost and Vice President announced a hiring freeze through the end of the 2025 fiscal year. I guess this was inevitable. The president received an awkward reminder, right to his face. Former Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte,