Features
December 1, 1998
Call of the wild
He wanted to be a painter. Instead, Art Wolfe broke the boundaries of nature photography, turning it into an art form.
September 1, 1998
Country doctors
From the Alaskan bush to the Wyoming range, the UW trains doctors in the rural Northwest—and many decide to stay there.
The big chill
By freezing a ship in the Arctic ice cap, scientists may get hot leads on global warming.
June 1, 1998
Columns turns 90
A comprehensive look at the history of the UW through the eyes of its alumni magazine as we celebrate 90 years of publishing.
Best of 1998
The UW is honoring the best teachers, staff members and volunteers in an expanded awards program for 1998.
Off the bench
Minorities and women are often left out of the science talent pool, says the UW's alumna of the year. It's time for a different game plan.
The world of 2088
Looking ahead, UW experts envision internet implants, a colony on Mars, obsolete books and the end of the United States.
March 1, 1998
Bonded by research
While research expands knowledge, it also forges bonds between professors and students that can't be broken by fires, disabilities or even death.
New age medicine
They swim; they walk; they even pump iron. Elderly Americans find a new lease on life, thanks to a UW research center.
December 1, 1997
Seeing red
Fifty years ago, a hearing on “un-American” activities tore the UW campus apart, setting a precedent for faculty firings across academe.
Writers’ bloc
With its top ten ranking and its core of prize-winning faculty, the UW creative writing program is a rising star of literary America.
Cool car
UW Professor Abe Hertzberg and his colleagues set out to create a better alternative to grandma's gas-guzzling Gremlin.
September 1, 1997
Reading the skies
UW professors track data that may reveal future droughts, bountiful harvests and even global warming.
Living in history
The UW opens its first campus in 102 years as UW Tacoma transforms the city’s historic Warehouse District.
June 1, 1997
At research center, patients take on risk for the sake of a cure
From bone marrow transplants to cancer vaccines, patients in the Clinical Research Center opt for experiments that could save lives, maybe even their own.
Art and resilience
The 1997 UW Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus and pioneer in photorealism survived a spinal blood clot to paint again.
March 1, 1997
Artistic expansion
The Henry will take a major step forward as the familiar red brick building is joined with a new, modernist three-level structure.
Crime rates are down; UW sociologists try to explain why
UW sociology professors say there are no easy answers to the mystery behind the falling crime rate.