Features
March 1, 1995
Meet Pepper Schwartz
A conversation with the UW sociologist, known for her frank talk about sex and relationships.
December 1, 1994
Into the fish fray
Researchers have come up with numbers that disturb long-held conclusions about what's needed to help speed young fish down river.
What if they sold the ‘U’?
Imagine the state without its flagship university. Like a bad dream, it's a scenario with symbolic value.
Worth the hardship
Despite the financial hardship, incredibly long days and stiff competition for funding, graduate school has never been more popular.
September 1, 1994
Good sports
Two UW psychologists are teaching players and coaches how to play the game, no matter who wins or loses.
Shrine for science
A landmark building ties high-tech science to traditional architecture, forging a link to the southwest campus.
Freshman connection
A group of professors and administrators is working hard to transform the first year at the University of Washington from lonely to inspiring.
Eye-catching tech
Take a good long look at your laptop computer screen. It soon could become a collector's item. And it will have company.
June 1, 1994
In the crossfire
In the roaring political debate about how to curtail rampant violence, Harborview Medical Center is in the line of fire.
Being black at UW
To preserve the memories of other African-American students, we interviewed black alumni who went here during the '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s.
The best of 1994
Faculty, students and alumni met to decide who are the best teachers, public servants and volunteers of the year.
Calling the shots
William Foege, a 1961 graduate of the UW School of Medicine, has been named the 1994 UW Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus.
March 1, 1994
Journalism's debate
UW Communications Professor Doug Underwood describes the clash in American journalism in his new book, “When M.B.A.s Rule the Newsroom.”
Out of the classroom
Educators say volunteer service hones such important skills as critical thinking.
Spineless friends
The Smithsonian Press calls UW zoology professor Alan Kohn the world's leading authority on marine cone snails.
Life-saving research
Through their discoveries about yeast, researchers have already saved millions of lives.
December 1, 1993
The human factor
Without human volunteers, vital UW research and the possible cures it generates wouldn't take place.
After the sanctions
Can anything good come out of the Pac-10 sanctions and subsequent retirement of Don James?