Features

March 1, 1990

Revolution on film

“Communism in Crisis: The Second Revolution” is the brainchild of UW International Studies Professor Herbert Ellison.

Grad student gambit

They’re the best and the brightest: the graduate school applicants whom everyone wants. But the supply may be dwindling.

Our aching backs

A UW team received a $5 million grant to study the diagnosis and treatment of back problems.

December 1, 1989

Gorbachev as reformer

A UW expert assesses the historic changes Mikhail Gorbachev has brought to the Soviet Union.

September 1, 1989

Chinese students anxious

Students from China studying at the UW were living in limbo long before the Chinese government's June 4 crackdown in Beijing. Now they live in fear as well.

Atronaut tackles tech at UW

George "Pinky" Nelson spent 11 years as a shuttle astronaut before joining the UW as assistant provost and professor.

Birth control breakthrough?

UW professors are testing an injectable contraceptive that gives men the same kind of contraceptive freedom—and responsibility—now generally available only to women.

UW to branch out

Institutions in Tacoma and the Bothell-Woodinville will offer students places to complete their last two years of college and, in future years, an applied master's degree.