Ruth Grant Pearson: foundational faculty, incidental historian
Ruth Grant Pearson (BA 1925, MBA 1928) wasn’t the first woman to serve on the faculty of the UW College of Economics and Business Administration... Read More
Honor Roll: Foster faculty recognized for outstanding achievements in 2021
Faculty of the UW Foster School of Business have earned numerous awards, accolades and appointments for excellence in research, teaching and leadership in 2021. Here... Read More
Class of 2021: Meet the Foster School’s new full-time faculty
The Foster School of Business welcomed six new faculty members this fall: Charlie Donovan, Jennifer DeWhitt Graves, Lee Hochberg, Jordan Nickerson, Esther Uduehi and Matthew... Read More
City of Seattle proclaims September 28 “Thaddeus H. Spratlen Day”
Mayor Jenny Durkan and the Seattle City Council issued a proclamation naming September 28, 2021, “Thaddeus H. Spratlen Day.” The honor arrived in concert with... Read More
How to Succeed in Product Management: a new Foster faculty podcast
No one could have predicted what an impact one phone call in February would have on the product management community. Red Russak, a founding team... Read More
The 2021 Foster Awards: recognizing extraordinary faculty and staff achievement
Announcing The Fosters for 2021. This package of annual awards honors the best and brightest achievements during a most extraordinary academic year by faculty and... Read More
Foster the Product: the dos and don’ts of engaging with engineering
Engaging with engineering teams can be fraught for product managers—and the more technical the business the tricker the relationship can be. There is perhaps no... Read More
Foster the Product: How to implement OKRs in your organization
The OKR method—using “objectives and key results” to align organization, team and employee goals—is becoming increasingly prevalent in the product management world. The March edition... Read More
Foster the Product: Cracking the PM career
In a bonus edition of the UW Foster School’s monthly “Foster the Product” series, noted author and product leader Jackie Bavaro shared some of the... Read More
Foster ranked #4 in the world for research productivity by Financial Times
Financial Times has ranked the UW Foster School of Business faculty #4 in the world, #3 in the United States and #1 among public business... Read More