Editor’s Eye
June 14, 2021
Fond farewells
As we celebrate 12,000 new University of Washington graduates, we also have the special opportunity to honor three academic leaders who are retiring.
March 11, 2021
Is normal near?
A year after COVID-19 arrived, there are promising signs that we’ll be back on campus soon.
December 9, 2020
He taught us how to care
The impact of Bill Gates Sr. will continue to be felt throughout Western Washington, and that is a tribute to his ambition to make this a better world.
September 16, 2020
The power of community
With the world turned upside-down, the bond between the University of Washington and its community has never been stronger.
June 24, 2020
Stories of resilience
In the face of the COVID-19 crisis, our June 2020 issue tells stories of hope and resilience that are at the core of our UW community.
September 6, 2019
The agony of September 12
Our editor reflects on the lives lost on 9/12/2001, the day a sightseeing plane full of Husky football fans crashed in Mexico.
August 21, 2019
25 years of Columns
As our publication evolves into University of Washington Magazine, our editor looks back on a quarter century with Columns.
June 3, 2019
Change is afoot
The name Columns will soon be retired and the magazine's look will be completely refreshed.
March 7, 2019
Editor’s Eye: Unease
I fear that part of the University is in peril—the humanities, arts, social sciences, museums, libraries.
October 3, 2018
Editor’s Eye: Moonshot
More than 8,000 first year and transfer students starting at the University this fall. How in the world will they decide what to do?
June 6, 2018
The story of Thomas Peter Lantos
Lantos, the first and only Holocaust survivor ever elected to Congress, was perhaps the unlikeliest UW graduate of them all.
March 7, 2018
A Rather uplifting experience
Our editor reflects on meeting one of his journalism heroes, Dan Rather, during the legendary newsman's visit to the UW.
December 14, 2017
Farewell to the Boeing 747
The Boeing 747, once the Queen of the Skies, is a winged monument to the University of Washington.
September 14, 2017
A love affair with libraries
Last year, the UW Libraries were visited 6 million times in person.
June 7, 2017
Zigzagging to the stage
For nontraditional students, commencement comes with a feisty pride.
September 1, 2016
Nourish
In a world gone mad with terrorist attacks, mass shootings, racial profiling, police assassinations and baffling presidential election rhetoric, thank goodness there’s an oasis of sanity in the University District that will renew your faith in humankind. At least it does for me.
June 1, 2016
Editor's Eye: Quandary
When quitting school was the easiest path, it wasn't the right one.