News
December 1, 1997
Athletics campaign
Early in the next century, the UW could see a renovated Hec Edmundson Pavilion, three new athletic facilities, a remodeled crew house and more scholarships for student-athletes.
Record enrollment
Records fell at all three UW campuses this fall, as Seattle’s new freshman class was the largest ever, and both Bothell and Tacoma reached the highest enrollments in their seven-year history.
Research rising
The University of Washington received $510 million in research grants during 1996-97, passing the half-billion-dollar milestone for the first time.
4 areas of change
The University of Washington must take responsibility for "facing and solving our own problems," said President Richard L. McCormick during his annual address to the University Oct. 7.
Passing grades
Despite the economic boom of the late 1990s, higher education is under the microscope. Business leaders, legislators and some educators feel our colleges and universities are just not efficient.
Cool car
UW Professor Abe Hertzberg and his colleagues set out to create a better alternative to grandma's gas-guzzling Gremlin.
September 1, 1997
Alumni giving reaches record heights
Alumni gifts rose 10 percent in 1996-7 compared to 1995-96.
Freshman class breaks record; dorms at capacity
The University of Washington expects 4,400 freshmen this fall, breaking the record of 4,373 set in 1965.
Construction prepares UW campus for 21st century learning
Alumni returning to campus for football games, arts events or conferences this fall will find new buildings and ongoing construction.
June 1, 1997
Columns wins 13 awards in writing, editing, design, photography
Columns Magazine won 10 of the awards in the 1996 Washington Press Association's Communicator of Excellence Competition.
Kincaid blaze destroys lab, burns evolution research
A zoologist's research went up in flames March 24 as a two-alarm fire caused more than $225,000 in structural damage to a fifth-floor laboratory in Kincaid Hall.
Tuition, faculty salaries to rise under state budget
The new two-year state budget has UW officials cautious about the future of the University.
Reverse discrimination suit aimed at UW law school
Katuria E. Smith, '94, filed a lawsuit against the UW law school, claiming that she was a victim of racial discrimination when she was denied admission.
18 UW programs get top ranking in U.S. News survey
The University of Washington School of Medicine claimed three No. 1 rankings in the U.S. News & World Report annual survey of graduate programs and professional schools.
Gift will carry Padelford family’s legacy into the next century
Philip Padelford made a million-dollar gift that will carry his family's legacy into the next century and beyond.
March 1, 1997
Lab mice stay thin on a fast-food diet
UW scientists have produced a genetic mutation that keeps laboratory mice thin even on a very high-fat diet.
Seahawks drop efforts to renovate Husky Stadium
Strong resistance and a zooming price tag prompted potential Seahawks owner Paul Allen in December to drop his bid to renovate Husky Stadium for the NFL football team.
Microsoft matches quarter-million in faculty giving
The Microsoft Challenge 2000 will provide $200,000 annually until the year 2000 to match faculty gifts supporting graduate and professional students.
Spending limits put squeeze on UW budget plans in Olympia
In past sessions the Legislature often had less money than it wanted to spend, but this session it has more money than it can spend, due to the Initiative 601 spending limit.
December 1, 1996
UW opens doors to its biggest freshman class since 1965
There are more freshmen at the University of Washington this fall than there have been since 1965.