Features
December 1, 2007
Home pride
For 65 years, Hill-Crest has been the home to 12 presidents. It has seen glittering parties, teenage sleepovers and even police protection during Vietnam War student unrest.
Business school renamed
The UW School of Business is being renamed in recognition of gifts from the Foster Foundation totaling $50 million.
Strong medicine
Some governments may shun his straight talk, but Chris Murray's prescriptions for global health could ultimately help all of us live better and longer.
Who stays, who goes?
If you think that job satisfaction is the only reason you haven't left your workplace, think again, say two UW business professors.
Soul searchers
If you kept changing your major and rethinking your career options while you were a UW student, you had lots of company, according to the first truly comprehensive study of undergraduate education in the nation—UW SOUL.
September 1, 2007
Star searcher
Finding the best time to buy plane tickets is just one of the amazing Web search breakthroughs created by Oren Etzioni.
Dining on tradition
UW archaeologists are digging up information about the traditional diets of Native Americans, in the hopes of helping their descendants eat better and beat diabetes.
First freshman
Surviving your first year of college is always an experience — especially if you are in the first freshman class ever admitted to your campus.
The right stuff
Once composites were just used for fishing rods and snowboards. Now they are a key component of the next generation of passenger airplanes. UW experts talk about the 787 and what’s next in the materials revolution.
June 1, 2007
Extra credit
A great university has great teachers. This year, the UW honors seven instructors from three campuses who have touched the lives of thousands.
Bad blood
As many as 3 million Americans are carrying the hepatitis C virus — but most don’t even know it. The UW is trying to crack its code before more potential carriers get the bad news.
Dan Evans, engineer of change
Fate and a fierce independent streak kept him out of the White House. But that may have been for the best, since it kept Dan Evans close to his home state — and his alma mater.
Ocean blues
Since the Industrial Revolution, Earth’s oceans have swallowed nearly half of all fossil-fuel carbon emissions. Damage could be reaching the tipping point.
March 1, 2007
The metal debate
A pioneering UW study confirms that metal dental fillings are safe, but critics still aren't satisfied.
Killer instincts
UW crime experts reflect on a bloody year that saw the murder of two UW graduates—and what it might mean for future homicide rates.
Team spirit
Religion is everywhere in American sports, but at a public university it's often out of bounds. UW coaches Lorenzo Romar and Tyrone Willingham share their approach.
House rules
After 30 years of waiting in the wings, Norm Dicks finally gets to set the agenda in the other Washington.
December 1, 2006
100 books by Huskies
To celebrate the literary achievements of our UW community, the editors of Columns asked 15 faculty, alumni and book publishing professionals to help choose 100 outstanding books by 100 UW authors.
New generation
UW scientists have made important first steps toward the day when they will be able to grow livers, hearts and other replacement tissue from stem cells.
Book report
For a long time we’ve wanted to celebrate the creative power of the University of Washington by presenting 100 top books by 100 UW authors. While the idea sounds great on paper, coming up with the final list was no easy task. What follows is an editor’s diary of the selection process.