Features
December 1, 2010
Rick Steves' worldview
Rick Steves, ’78, is an idealist. He doesn’t expect you to agree with him. But he’s not speaking his mind or advocating controversial legal reform to be popular.
September 1, 2010
Healthy smiles
There’s a war going on, with UW pediatric dentists on one side and childhood tooth decay and its related troubles—such as pain, speech and learning problems, and nutritional issues—on the other.
Beyond the gridiron
There is more to Jake Locker than just football. As he enters his final year at the UW and readies for a potentially lucrative career in the NFL, he remains a college student at heart.
Zen UW
Three UW alumni live at Shasta Abbey, home to nearly 30 monks, all westerners who entered monastic life as adults.
June 1, 2010
Mobile goes global
The Open Data Kit, a suite of tools developed by computer scientists and engineers at the University of Washington, makes it possible to use mobile devices for social change in the developing world.
Nordstrom's way
Bruce Nordstrom has been a force in civic activities, a leader in charitable giving and devoted alum to the University of Washington.
Top-notch teachers
The seven recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Award and one recipient of the Marsha L. Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award share the ability to inspire students to incredible heights.
March 1, 2010
A style for the elements
“Modern Views: A Conversation on Northwest Modern Architecture" highlights the region's distinctive style.
Life-saving loophole
Fifty years ago, UW doctors developed the Scribner shunt, a simple device that created a literal loophole in the death sentence doled out to those suffering with end-stage kidney disease.
Garbage tells a story
Lecturer Jason De Leon collects discarded items to better understand what's happening at the southern border of the United States.
December 1, 2009
New prescription
The practice of pharmacy is changing these days, thanks in large part to the innovations developed by the University of Washington School of Pharmacy, a national leader in health-care research and in meeting the needs of the community.
Peak cleanup
Brent Bishop, ’93, grew up in a climbing family and knew Mount Everest was dirty. At 27 years old, he was determined to do something about it.
The caretaker
Each Memorial Day, a friend of Bob Leisy from Queen Anne High School parks a can of beer and an affectionate note to the friend lost in war. Perhaps that tradition of messages began with Leisy himself.
September 1, 2009
Changing classroom
Some classrooms are equipped with banks of desktop computers, but even that is blasé nowadays, since most students bring laptops. The classroom experience at the UW is being transformed because of new, sophisticated technology.
Gift of nature
Long before it became fashionable to be green, Seattle was—and continues to be—a green city. And one of the most beloved public gardens in the city, if not the entire Pacific Northwest, is the Washington Park Arboretum.
Books of revelation
Marilynne Robinson, ’68, ’77, has authored three novels, each of which is regarded as a major contribution to American letters.
June 1, 2009
A fair to remember
One hundred years ago this summer, a young University of Washington campus hosted the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), a world’s fair showcasing the best of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
Teachers of the year, 2009
The seven recipients of this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards represent the broadest range of disciplines, from English to maxillofacial surgery. But they all have one thing in common: the ability to hold their students spellbound.
The first bioengineer
Wayne Quinton not only designed a laundry list of life-saving medical devices, but became the first practitioner of an entirely new field: bioengineering.
March 1, 2009
Evolution of art
Ellen Dissanayake came up with a paradigm-changing theory: Art-making evolved as a behavior that contained advantages for human survival-and those advantages went far beyond what Charles Darwin ever imagined.