Letters
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.
June 1, 2005
Magic carpet
When Meany Hall opened its doors in 1996, there was plenty of drama in the lobby as well as on stage. The carpet was extraordinarily beautiful.
March 1, 2005
Making waves
On Dec. 21, UW Bioengineering Professor Henry Lai could be found with a big smile across his face. Research into cell phone radiation that he and N.P. Singh had pioneered 10 years ago at the UW was finally being corroborated.
June 1, 2004
High gear
Three decades after he said good-bye to his Sprite, Mark Emmert will be taking the wheel of a huge educational enterprise that has hit some potholes recently in its sports program and academic medical center.
March 1, 2004
One student at a time
With luck and perseverance, I was able to interview 11 of the living UW Rhodes Scholars.