Mail and freight are delivered to the LSB loading dock. Mail is distributed to faculty, staff, and lab mailboxes in the three building mail rooms (HCK 417, JHN 200M.2, and LSB 124) by departmental staff. Outgoing mail may be left in any of the mail rooms to be taken to the LSB loading dock mail credenza.
The UW Biology letterhead template is online. Envelopes are available in the copy/office supply rooms or cabinets.
Campus Mail
Address:
<name> c/o <lab name>
Box 351800
Recipients without a departmental mailbox must include the name of who their mail should be routed through.
Each mail room has a posted list of departmental mailboxes and a place to leave outgoing mail for pickup.
US Postal Service Mail
Address:
<name> c/o <lab name>
UW Biology
Box 351800
Seattle, WA 98195-1800
Recipients without a departmental mailbox must include the name of who their mail should be routed through.
Outgoing mail should be stamped or have a university barcode label. Barcodes are placed under the return address. To order barcodes, please create a postage account number (UW Creative Communications PAN Form). Once you have the PAN, please email biopurch@uw.edu to place the barcode label order. Barcodes will be delivered to KIN 150.
UPS & FedEx Shipping
Address:
<name> c/o <lab name>UW Biology Life Sciences Bldg Rm B147A 4000 15th Ave NE Seattle, WA 98195
To send out DHL, UPS, or FedEx packages through the Biology account, email biopurch@uw.edu before noon. Information required: recipient's address/phone number, package dimensions/weight, appropriate worktags, and desired shipping speed. FedEx and UPS shipping supplies are available in the stockroom.
If you are shipping a package on your own, you must notify Eddie or Sarah to call the courier to schedule a pickup.
If you are shipping dry ice, you are REQUIRED to take the online training through EH&S. Print out your certificate and bring it to the stockroom to remain on file.
If you are receiving a FedEx or UPS package as well as being billed for it, have the sender reference the appropriate worktag(s) in the reference field. If a bill comes in without this, the charge will be paid from your indirect costs or start-up budget by default.
If you are shipping equipment, it is recommended you insure it through the UW, return an insurance request to biopurch@uw.edu. If you are taking equipment abroad contact biopurch@uw.edu for a customs letter.
FHL Courier
As of September 2021, there is no regularly scheduled FHL courier.
Send personal mail/items via USPS to: FHL, 620 University Road, Friday Harbor, WA 98250.
Phones & Fax
Hitchcock Hall
Phone (Undergraduate Academic Services Office): 206-543-9120
Fax (4th floor mailroom): 206-685-1728 [cover sheet]
Fax (office): 206-543-4649 [cover sheet]
Life Sciences Building
Phone (Administrative Office in Kincaid): 206-543-1620
Fax (mailroom): 206-543-3041 [cover sheet]
Johnson Hall
Fax (office vestibule): 206-221-5253 [cover sheet]
Dialing instructions:
On-campus: last 5 digits of phone number.
Local: 9 + area code and phone number.
Long distance: 9 + 1 + area code and phone number (UWATTS code no longer needed).
International: 9 + 011 + country code and phone number (pause) UWATTS code.
International faxing: 9 (pause) 011 + country code and phone number (pause) UWATTS code.
Long distance phone codes (UWATTS) are only needed for faxing. UW-IT deleted all the UWATTS codes that hadn't been used in a while, so if your code isn't working, you will need to request a new one from biopurch@uw.edu.
Phone tech support is provided by UW IT Connect.