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June 2005 issue
Dream weaver: Jack Lenor Larsen, ’49, is the world’s preeminent fabric artist
From Lever House to the White House, from Fallingwater to the Louvre, Jack Lenor Larsen’s fabrics have graced the world’s most inspiring spaces.
June 2005 issue
Magic carpet: thoughts on the fabric of the UW
When Meany Hall opened its doors in 1996, there was plenty of drama in the lobby as well as on stage. The carpet was extraordinarily beautiful.
March 2005 issue
State grapples over expanding access to higher education
The state needs 33,000 more spaces for college students by 2009. To help solve the problem, the UW must transform its campuses in Tacoma and Bothell.
March 2005 issue
UW acting program stays with alumni in other stages of life
Can graduates of the UW’s prestigious acting program find fulfillment away from the footlights? Four PATP alumni share their stories.
March 2005 issue
Playmaker: Husky football coach Tyrone Willingham never backs down from a challenge
Reviving the UW football program Is going to be a challenge for new Husky coach Tyrone Willingham, but his life story proves he is ready for the job.
March 2005 issue
UW researcher’s wake-up call on cellphone radiation is finally getting heard
Can radiation from cellphones damage DNA in our brains? When a UW researcher found disturbing data, funding became tight and one industry leader threatened legal action.
March 2005 issue
President’s residence gave way to music hall
Once upon a time, the UW president lived right on the campus grounds. The president’s house sat at the end of what would become the University’s quadrangle, the site of today’s Music Building.
March 2005 issue
Bob Moch, 1914-2005
Robert G. Moch, ’36, former UW Alumni Association president and coxswain of the UW varsity eight that won the gold medal in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, died Jan. 18 at the age of 90.
March 2005 issue
George Benson, 1919-2004
George Benson, ’47, known for his longtime service as a Seattle City Councilmember and at the UW School of Pharmacy, died Oct. 25. He was 85.
March 2005 issue
Larry Gossett, ’71 never shies away from a challenge
Larry Gossett became Region 10’s first — and it now appears last — representative on the King County Council.
March 2005 issue
Forum held on possible biocontainment laboratory
The University of Washington is holding community forums to discuss a possible Regional Biocontainment Laboratory that might be built near the Health Sciences Center on Seattle’s south campus.
March 2005 issue
Trial begins in former coach’s lawsuit against the UW, NCAA
A civil lawsuit that pits former UW Football Coach Rick Neuheisel against the UW and NCAA began Jan. 31 with opening arguments in King County Superior Court.
March 2005 issue
Genetics pioneer donates millions to student fellowships
The philanthropy of Genome Sciences and Biology Professor Benjamin D. Hall and his wife, Margaret A. Hall, ’84, is creating future support for graduate students in biology and genome sciences at the UW.
March 2005 issue
Migraine sufferers more prone to having a stroke, research shows
It’s bad enough to suffer from migraines, but now there is a correlation with another brain malady. Migraine sufferers are twice as likely to experience a stroke, compared to people who do not get this type of headache, say UW researchers.
March 2005 issue
UW hopes to make ‘significant progress’ during state budget session
Lawmakers and higher education officials are watching for two important milestones as the state Legislature meets in Olympia for its 2005 session — the latest review forecast, due March 17, and the new budget proposal from Gov. Christine Gregoire, ’69, ’71, due shortly afterwards.
March 2005 issue
10 years later, cell phone radiation research is making waves
On Dec. 21, UW Bioengineering Professor Henry Lai could be found with a big smile across his face. Research into cell phone radiation that he and N.P. Singh had pioneered 10 years ago at the UW was finally being corroborated.
June 2004 issue
Class of distinction: UW honors its top faculty, TAs, volunteers and staff
Since 1970, the University of Washington has honored its best teachers for striving to bring knowledge to the next generation.
June 2004 issue
Incoming UW president ready to shift into high gear
Three decades after he said good-bye to his Sprite, Mark Emmert will be taking the wheel of a huge educational enterprise that has hit some potholes recently in its sports program and academic medical center.
June 2004 issue
Actor Jim Caviezel, ’90, takes on the role of a lifetime
This spring, Jim Caviezel hit the big time playing Jesus Christ in Mel Gibson’s controversial movie The Passion of the Christ.
June 2004 issue
Matt Rogers, ’01, takes a star turn on ‘American Idol’
Matt Rogers, ’01, first tasted the limelight when he played on the Husky football team that won the 2001 Rose Bowl. This year, he reveled in more adulation as a finalist on the TV show American Idol.
