Features

March 1, 2008

Shade crusade

It's time to abandon the hard-edged urban landscape, says Kathleen Wolf. Trees, shrubs and plants not only help the environment, they also make us feel — and behave — better.

No ceiling

Too many players, fans and coaches have underestimated Brandon Roy in the past, but this NBA All-Star continues to show them that’s a costly mistake.

December 1, 2007

Treasure hunt

It's a maze of statistics, multipliers and matrices, as one intrepid reporter strives to make sense of the UW's economic impact on our region.

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.