People
March 1, 1990
Actor getting noticed
Harry Groener has been busy since his 1976 graduation from the UW’s Professional Actors Training Program.
Pilot hailed as hero
William Records, who received a UW business degree in 1963, was among 184 passengers and crew who miraculously survived a crash.
Dunbar at helm
UW alum Bonnie Dunbar, '71, '75, was the astronaut-in-charge Jan. 12 when the crew of the space shuttle Columbia successfully retrieved a satellite.
Revolution on film
“Communism in Crisis: The Second Revolution” is the brainchild of UW International Studies Professor Herbert Ellison.
December 1, 1989
Gorbachev as reformer
A UW expert assesses the historic changes Mikhail Gorbachev has brought to the Soviet Union.
Soviet students arrive
A unique U.S.-U.S.S.R. student exchange is underway after more than 16 years of planning.
September 1, 1989
Chinese students anxious
Students from China studying at the UW were living in limbo long before the Chinese government's June 4 crackdown in Beijing. Now they live in fear as well.
Husky Stadium seating switch
UW officials have blown the whistle on the traditional scramble for seats in the student sections of Husky Stadium, where “Husky Fever” was reaching the boiling point in the last few years. While some rowdy behavior has always been present, starting in 1986, seat-saving fights, alcohol use, body-passing, and other dangerous behavior began to escalate....
Atronaut tackles tech at UW
George "Pinky" Nelson spent 11 years as a shuttle astronaut before joining the UW as assistant provost and professor.