Letters

March 6, 2018

Ana Mari Cauce

President's Letter: March 2018

During Women’s History Month the UW can be proud of our legacy in educating and empowering women.


January 5, 2018

President's Letter: December 2017

Marking milestones along our journey.


Your letters: December 2017

Readers write back.


December 14, 2017

Jon Marmor, Columns Magazine

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

Jon Marmor, Columns Magazine

A love affair with libraries

Last year, the UW Libraries were visited 6 million times in person.


Your letters: September 2017

Readers write back.


September 13, 2017

Ana Mari Cauce

President’s Letter: September 2017

Welcoming the class of 2021 and saying goodbye to an old friend.


June 7, 2017

Ana Mari Cauce

President's Letter: June 2017

Thanking those who have helped make this a momentous year.


Jon Marmor, Columns Magazine

Zigzagging to the stage

For nontraditional students, commencement comes with a feisty pride.


March 1, 2017

Think critically, not comfortably

Be a champion for critical thinking.


Ana Mari Cauce

President’s Letter: March 2017

At times like these of uncertainty and rapid change, our university’s role has never been more critical.


February 28, 2017

Guillermo William V. Castaneda

‘Ode to the Mexican Man’

An alum in Yakima Valley shares a poem.


December 29, 2016

Jon Marmor, Columns Magazine

Editor's Eye: Officer Friendly

The Seattle cop who impacted thousands of Washington's elementary school kids.


December 15, 2016

Ana Mari Cauce

President’s Letter: December 2016

Our ideals, passions and dreams can change the world.


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.


March 1, 2016

Jon Marmor, Columns Magazine

Editot's Eye: Grateful

Each name on the UW's World War II memorial tells a story of sacrifice.


December 1, 2015

Editor's Eye: Montlake memories

The parking lot known as E-1 holds a lot of memories in its pavement.


September 1, 2015

A new U-District

This is not a fuddy-duddy column about how great the old days were in the U District. It’s just that with every passing week, the area becomes a bit more unrecognizable.


June 1, 2015

Editor's Eye: Aha

The best teachers get under our skin, in a good way. They get us up in the morning when we would rather linger in bed after a late night because who would want to miss that infectious enthusiasm? Our favorite teachers make us think and grow and smile. And they push us.