Editor’s Eye
December 1, 2010
Under the radar
A question we hear a lot at the University of Washington is: What does the state get in return for its investment in the UW? The answer: more than you know.
September 1, 2010
Learning without end
When you hear questions posed by people outside our campus about the UW, you realize just what an impact this institution has. It fuels the economy, helps us get jobs, provides health care.
June 1, 2010
UW endures
The President is leaving, the state government doled out yet another discouraging budget cut, and there’s a bit of uncertainty in the air at the University of Washington. But the truth is, that’s only part of the story.
March 1, 2010
Ingenuity reigns
The UW I find myself returning to is innovative, entrepreneurial, alive. I am lucky to be here, helping tell its stories.
December 1, 2009
Editor's Eye: Everyday heroes
Devotion to making this world a better place seems to be in the DNA of alumni, staff and faculty at the UW.
September 1, 2009
Words touch our hearts
One of the things I particularly admire about a place as big and complex as the University of Washington is how it can touch us on an intimate manner: through the written word.
June 1, 2009
Genius abounds
Working at the UW, particularly, it's easy to forget how much of the day one spends surrounded by geniuses.
March 1, 2009
Just call her a scholar
Ellen Dissanayake is working in a field she invented: evolutionary aesthetics, the study of art-making as an innate human behavior that helps us survive.
December 1, 2008
Bold moves
A pair of stories are a humbling reminder of just how much people will sacrifice for freedom, whether from an oppressive government or an intolerant culture.
September 1, 2008
Ramona's world and ours
Small wonder we use the same word to describe generosity that we use to describe Beverly Cleary’s imagination: It’s a gift.
June 1, 2008
‘Legend’ has it
With this issue, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the UW's alumni magazine by celebrating the living legends among us.
March 1, 2008
Part of the story
Luis Sinco doesn’t hold back, whether it’s getting the best picture possible in the middle of a war zone or telling the story of how post-traumatic stress disorder has crushed the life of a 23-year-old former Marine.
December 1, 2007
One for the Rhodes
DeLaine Emmert, wife of President Mark A. Emmert, '75, asked a simple question: How many Rhodes Scholars does the UW have? No one knew the answer.
September 1, 2007
$1 billion for research
Word came in August that the University of Washington finally had hit an elusive target—last fiscal year, more than one billion dollars in research funding poured into the University.
June 1, 2007
Call and response
While the University of Washington is a leader in researching this and other aspects of carbon emissions, it is doing more than just studying this problem.
March 1, 2007
Senseless losses
To dwell on anger would be to deny the legacies of Mary Cooper and Pamela Waechter, who had devoted their lives to community service and to education.
June 1, 2006
Starting over
Education is not a manufacturing process. It can seem messy and wasteful, but it also transforms lives. The system forgives false starts and changes in direction.
March 1, 2006
Long memory
"I don't think the majority of Americans are aware of the internment camps," Ruth Purkaple says. "Some have learned about it in school, but it's still pretty unknown."
December 1, 2005
Detective story
The assignment was straightforward, but it felt like mission impossible: Find out what happened to more than 400 students forced to leave the University of Washington when the federal government incarcerated Japanese Americans in 1942.
September 1, 2005
Trophies pile up
We call our awards section “Milestones,” but there is always a problem with that page, even though readers don’t know it. There isn’t enough room to list all the awards—or even to give many details on the achievements listed.