Features
June 1, 2003
Gallery of distinction
Since 1970, the University of Washington has honored its best teachers for striving to bring knowledge to the next generation. This year the UW has given its Distinguished Teaching Award to seven faculty on three campuses. In addition, the UW is honoring TAs, public servants and staff.
Rag to riches
From ragtime ditties to grand opera, alumnus of the year William Bolcom has mixed pop tunes with classical music to become one of America's greatest living composers.
March 1, 2003
Disappearing act
Nursing shortages plague America's hospitals, and even faculty are threatened. Can the nation's top-ranked nursing school come to the rescue?
Prize catch
A leader of the Human Genome Project joins the UW to help unlock further secrets to the code of life.
Our crumbling campus
They may look good from the outside, but many campus buildings are slowly crumbling away. Will the state rescue its most valuable piece of property?
Faces of the millennium
Over the last three years, the University of Washington has been able to attract 90 Gates Millennium Scholars. Here are the stories of five recipients.
December 1, 2002
Lasting legacies
From winning the Nobel Prize to inventing the Wave; from circling the moon to inventing the disposable diaper. We list 101 outstanding UW achievements.
From the ashes
Four months before 9/11, terrorism struck the UW when arsonists burned down parts of the Center for Urban Horticulture. Today, a new center is about to rise in its place.
September 1, 2002
Light speed
By harnessing light instead of electricity to send information, Larry Dalton promises to change the way we work and live.
Paying the price
With state support dropping, the UW is looking for a way out of the financial maze, but could these new pathways alter the character of the university?
On the ball
They called him a classic underdog, but Lorenzo Romar's career as a basketball player—and coach—proves that nice guys finish first.
Jewel renewal
After a decade of planning and construction, a $47 million price tag and a 6.8 earthquake, Suzzallo Library returns to its rightful place as the soul of the university.
June 1, 2002
Top of their class
For more than four decades, the University of Washington has honored its best professors for bringing knowledge to new generations. This year the tradition continues as the UW bestows upon seven faculty its Distinguished Teaching Award.
The inside story
By perfecting ultrasound, Don Baker revolutionized the way doctors make their diagnoses, and put Seattle on the biotech map.
Reversal of fortune
For more and more workers, the American Dream is just a mirage, say the authors of a new book.
Fatal inheritance
After losing her mother and brother to pancreatic cancer, Sheri Mayer faced the difficult choice of having her pancreas removed or trying to beat the odds.
March 1, 2002
Rolling forward
He was a top defender on the field, but now Curtis Williams is tackling his greatest challenge: life after a devastating football injury.
Making it work
He transformed an obscure theater group into a legend; he nurtured three Pulitzer Prize-winning plays; he may even masquerade as a female playwright—but drama professor Jon Jory insists it's all in a day's work.
A place apart
Ten places—some famous, some obscure—that make the University of Washington one of the most beautiful—and best-loved—campuses in the nation.
December 1, 2001
Waterworld
Exploring the ocean floor by remote control could yield breakthroughs in weather forecasting, salmon migration and even earthquake prediction.