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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.
June 2004 issue
Ramona’s ‘Mom,’ Beverly Cleary, earns a medal
Beverly Cleary, who has been honored many times for her work, received the honor of a lifetime when she was presented with the National Medal of Arts by President George W. Bush.
June 2004 issue
Instead of cuts, lawmakers add to UW funding in latest budget
Hailing the recent legislative session as “remarkably successful,” UW President Lee Huntsman told the regents March 19 that the UW saw progress on several budget issues.
June 2004 issue
‘Success gap’ in women’s marriage rates is vanishing, study shows
Throw out the old stereotype of the career woman with advanced degrees leading the life of a single. A new UW study finds that higher education is not the hindrance to marriage and motherhood it once was.
June 2004 issue
UW pays record $35 million to settle government billing fraud claims
The University of Washington will pay $35 million to settle a lawsuit charging massive billing fraud in Medicare, Medicaid and other government health plans at three hospitals and local physicians clinics.
June 2004 issue
UW probe finds drug overuse in softball; Pac-10 exonerates Neuheisel
An internal investigation of the UW softball program found that a team doctor improperly prescribed and distributed large quantities of narcotic medicine and other prescription drugs to UW softball players from 1999 to 2003, the UW announced April 27.
June 2004 issue
New endowments benefit nurses, engineers
Two new University endowments will provide critical resources for students while paying tribute to the lives and careers of a respected aerospace engineer and his wife of 44 years.
June 2004 issue
Donors leverage gifts under new matching plan
The University of Washington is launching a Matching Initiative that will add $120 million to its endowment.
June 2004 issue
Scott Carpenter, ’97, part of team behind Mars Rover
In seventh grade, Scott Carpenter, ’97, decided he wanted to be in the space industry. Today he can look into the sky and see a planet being explored with his help.
June 2004 issue
James Clowes, 1957-2004
Lecturer James Clowes, ’96, who helped revolutionize the University of Washington’s history program, died of cancer March 1, 2004. He was 47.
June 2004 issue
No obstacles: Bonnie Dunbar didn’t let anything keep her from space
A farm girl from the Yakima Valley, Bonnie Dunbar used her love of science and dogged determination to become an astronaut — and the 2004 alumna of the year.
June 2004 issue
When the queen came to the UW
For a campus that had seen U.S. presidents, rock stars and Hollywood icons, it was still a momentous occasion. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip were coming to the UW on the last stop of a 10-day West Coast visit to the U.S.
June 2004 issue
Homecoming: Mark Emmert takes the reins as UW president
In a classic tale of local boy makes good, Mark Emmert rose from a modest background to remarkable success at the helm of two public universities. Now he faces the greatest challenge of his career — president of his alma mater.
March 2004 issue
Once controversial, Burke-Gilman Trail is a treasure
Every day for the past 25 years, thousands of people stroll along the Burke-Gilman trail on their bicycles, running shoes, or inline skates. Merely one generation ago, the trail conveyed coal-carrying trains instead of bikers and pedestrians.
March 2004 issue
Verne Ray, 1905-2003
Verne Frederick Ray, ’31, ’33, a UW anthropology professor who helped dozens of Northwest tribes win tribal land-claim settlements, died Sept. 28. He was 98.
March 2004 issue
UW football’s Andre Hayes, ’87, shares life lessons as an author
“Why don’t you write a book?” UW Football Coach Don James asked former Husky football player Andre Hayes, ’87, a decade ago.
March 2004 issue
Kathryn Barnard, ’72, recognized as a pioneer in infant health
Kathryn Barnard, the Spence Endowed Professor in the UW School of Nursing, was recognized for her groundbreaking research when she was presented with the 2003 Episteme Award at the Sigma Theta Tau International Convention.
