Howard Frumkin

Joel Kaufman and Howard Frumkin from the University of Washington School of Public Health were elected in August to the Washington State Academy of Sciences for their outstanding record of scientific achievement.

Dean Howard Frumkin announced he is stepping down after “six wonderful and rewarding years” at the helm of the University of Washington School of Public Health. He plans to resume his research, teaching and writing in his home department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, effective Sept. 23.

SEATTLE – The UW School of Public Health issued a statement calling for the University of Washington to disengage from the prison industry, citing mass incarceration as a public health and moral crisis.