September 1, 1997
Alumni returning to campus for football games, arts events or conferences this fall will find new buildings and ongoing construction.
June 1, 1997
Columns Magazine won 10 of the awards in the 1996 Washington Press Association's Communicator of Excellence Competition.
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.
The new two-year state budget has UW officials cautious about the future of the University.
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.
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.
Philip Padelford made a million-dollar gift that will carry his family's legacy into the next century and beyond.
March 1, 1997
UW scientists have produced a genetic mutation that keeps laboratory mice thin even on a very high-fat diet.
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.
The Microsoft Challenge 2000 will provide $200,000 annually until the year 2000 to match faculty gifts supporting graduate and professional students.
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
There are more freshmen at the University of Washington this fall than there have been since 1965.
The history of a Seattle family is honored through a bequest to the University from John Brace Scurry.
The Fialkows had been vacationing in Nepal on a trek with six guides to visit the 800-year-old Tse Gomba Buddhist monastery.
U.S. News & World Report put the University of Washington 10th among all public universities.
The UW goes to the 1997 Legislature with an $814 million budget request, about $75 million over current levels.
President Richard L. McCormick told the UW community it must consider new approaches.
September 1, 1996
UW officials anticipate the largest class of new freshmen in 31 years when about 4,090 start classes.
UW Zoology Professor Thomas Daniel was one of 21 people namedas 1996 fellows of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Private support for the UW reached an all-time high with more than $154.6 million contributed in gifts and private grants.