Campus Life

September 1, 2005

CLUE is the answer

“Professor Chernicoff … in the hall … with the candlestick …” Nightly study sessions solve the puzzle of how to shrink the University.


March 1, 2004

Trail of success

Every day for the past 25 years, thousands of people stroll along the Burke-Gilman trail on their bicycles, running shoes, or inline skates. Merely one generation ago, the trail conveyed coal-carrying trains instead of bikers and pedestrians.


September 1, 2003

Slippery elm

The Washington Elm started from a cutting from a majestic tree in Cambridge, Mass., under which Gen. George Washington took command of the Continental Army on July 3, 1775.


March 1, 2002

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.


June 1, 1998

Bigger stage for grads

Breaking tradition and defying Seattle's reputation for wet weather, the University of Washington will hold its 123rd Commencement ceremonies outdoors in Husky Stadium.


December 1, 1993

Pool for pranks

From the moment the UW inherited the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exhibition's "Geyser Basin," the pool on Rainier Vista has been the site of sanctioned exhibits and unsanctioned spectacles.


June 1, 1993

Guest at Commencement

Astronaut Bonnie Dunbar, '71, '75, will be the guest speaker at the University of Washington's 118th Commencement ceremonies.


December 1, 1989

A vexing motto

A campus mystery has been solved. We now know who inscribed a whimsical motto on a portrait at the South Campus Center.


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