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May 16, 2022
Toward a more diverse faculty
A new campus-wide effort led by Alexes Harris supports underrepresented groups and first-generation faculty.
May 5, 2022
From Eastern WA to the 9th Circuit
Judge Sal Mendoza, ’94, made history by becoming the first Hispanic judge from Washington to serve on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
May 3, 2022
Honoring Frank Irigon
Frank Irigon, noted social and civil rights activist, will be honored with the 2022 Charles E. Odegaard award.
June 3, 2019
A joyful privilege
Connie Kravas, who retires from the UW this summer, is one of the most vocal and successful advocates for higher education for all of Washington.
March 7, 2019
Editor’s Eye: Unease
I fear that part of the University is in peril—the humanities, arts, social sciences, museums, libraries.
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
Living on a houseboat was a way of life that brought about a great deal of companionship, sharing and good humor.
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.
September 1, 2000
Father of an island
Richard Evanson dedicated himself to revitalizing an island, turning it into an ecological paradise with the help of Fijian natives.
June 1, 1995
Our first president
Asa Mercer is gained fame for bringing shiploads of women around Cape Horn to the then-wild Puget Sound area in the 1860s.
March 1, 1995
Gains for women
Since the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, women—both black and white—have made the greatest gains in the job market, says UW Sociology Professor Paul Burstein.
December 1, 1994
Smarter computers
Software engineers are creating programs that will turn computers into the ultimate in personal assistants.
September 1, 1992
Debate over required classes
The teaching engine that runs undergraduate education is due for an overhaul, say some University of Washington faculty.