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U. Washington
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University of Washington (U-Dub) was founded in 1861 and is a public research university in Western Washington.
UW is the largest university in the northwestern United States, one of the oldest universities on the west coast and
is one of the preeminent research universities in the world.
The university has three campuses, with its largest campus
in Seattle's University District where it occupies over 500 buildings.
In 2009, the school placed 16th in the world's
top universities, according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities, and is also considered a Public Ivy.
The University of Washington, Seattle campus which hosts over 40,000 students is situated on the shores of Union and
Portage Bays, with views of the Cascade Range to the east and the Olympic Mountains to the west. Its most popular views
are from Suzzallo Library, which has a vista of Mount Rainier to the southeast, the Quad and its Yoshino cherry trees that
bloom spectacularly each spring to the north, and Red Square spreading out in front of it to the west.
The UW Husky sports teams participate in the NCAA Division I-A in the Pacific-10 Conference. The football and basketball teams
have been traditionally competitive specially when playing in front of the home crowd. Other sports teams such as rowing, softball,
cross country, track and field and volleyball also have a rich history and have won conference and national titles in recent years.
This is Husky Nation! Go Dawgs!
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