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October 2, 2018
War in the eyes of an 11-year-old
In an essay, a 1953 alum shares how wartime affected every aspect of growing up stateside during the 1940s.
June 20, 2018
James bronzed
The new Don James statue outside Husky Stadium will stop you dead in your tracks.
June 1, 2015
I, too, am America
The first time I visited the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, I was swept with grief. It was the first point during our UW-led Civil Rights pilgrimage where we faced the reality that the price of being black had been paid with innocent lives.
March 1, 2015
Character: Janis Avery
Janis Avery has one mission in life: shoring up support for foster children so they can make the grade in school.
June 1, 2014
'Time to flex'
Cristobal J. Alex is out to change the political landscape of the United States as the head of the Latino Victory Project.
Planetary bonanza
University of Washington astronomer Eric Agol played a key role in the discovery of 715 new exoplanets announced by NASA Feb. 26. Agol was on a team that found seven of those worlds, all in orbit around the same star, Kepler-90.
March 1, 2013
Lake life
They were complete dumps. Old houses were nailed to giant logs and towed to the water. Houses were roped to low pilings situated every three to four feet on both sides of rickety, teetering and creaking docks with missing cross boards. Planks of wood bridged the gap between the dirt paths leading from the streets...
Soviets in Seattle
When Washington hosted the inaugural Windermere Cup in 1987, it was the first competition for Soviet rowers in the United States in 25 years.
December 1, 2012
Poetry priestess
Catching up with Kathleen Flenniken, ’88, a civil engineer turned poet. Recently she was appointed Washington State Poet Laureate for 2012–2014.
December 1, 2009
Turning to tech
Two University of Washington alums—Steve Singer, ’81, and Ryan Oftebro, ’95, ’03—are carrying on the School of Pharmacy’s tradition of pioneering innovations.
June 1, 2003
Gates gift for genomics
The University of Washington announced April 24 the largest gift in its 142-year history — $70 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to ensure construction of research space for the Department of Genome Sciences and to strengthen programs in global health.
Setting the standard
In recognition of their excellence in undergraduate education, the UW School of Drama and the UW Transition School/Early Entrance Program share the 2003 Brotman Awards for Instructional Excellence, the UW announced April 3.
June 1, 2002
Award winners
The UW Dance Program and the Friday Harbor Labs Apprenticeship Program share the 2002 Brotman Award for Instructional Excellence for their efforts to improve the quality of undergraduate education at the UW.