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Dec. 2003 issue
Airplane seating requirements could mean more infant and toddler deaths
Injury prevention experts say requiring parents to buy a ticket and bring a safety seat for young children on airplanes could actually result in more deaths.
Dec. 2003 issue
Melee prompts UW to help improve security off campus
Interim President Lee Huntsman announced a set of initiatives to address issues of noise, disturbance and security in the neighborhood bordering the University north of N.E. 45th Street.
Dec. 2003 issue
Native languages make a comeback, with an assist from UW
The UW is helping to revive Native languages of the Pacific Northwest, thanks in part to a quirky professor's quest in the 1930s to preserve tribal legends and songs.
Dec. 2003 issue
Near-record enrollment for 2003-04 as minority percentages rise
The University of Washington reached near-record enrollment numbers fall quarter as it reported 39,136 students at its Seattle campus.
Dec. 2003 issue
As the voice of the Huskies, Bob Rondeau calls them as he sees them
In 20 years on air covering the Huskies, Bob Rondeau has seen the highs and lows of UW sports and is unafraid to tell it like it is.
Dec. 2003 issue
Search for new UW president delayed
The UW Board of Regents announced that its search for a new UW president is taking longer than previously expected.
Sept. 2003 issue
Belding Scribner, 1921-2003
Belding Scribner, a UW medicine professor who revolutionized long-term kidney dialysis and saved millions of lives, died June 19.
Sept. 2003 issue
Bob Ferguson, ’73, lands dream job with the Seahawks
Bob Ferguson, ’73, has a daunting task ahead of him this fall: helping the Seattle Seahawks get off the mediocrity merry-go-round and nudge their way into the NFL’s elite.
Sept. 2003 issue
Universities and sports have always been a turbulent marriage
The alumni were angry. They had had enough of the rampant commercialism of intercollegiate athletics—especially the salary of the football coach. The time was almost a century ago.
Sept. 2003 issue
Bird fights, jazz riffs lead to top honors for UW graduate
Brooks Miner is the 2003 President’s Medalist, the UW’s highest honor for graduating seniors.
Sept. 2003 issue
Husky football looks to bounce back under new leadership
After the firing of Rick Neuheisel, the Huskies put their faith in Keith Gilbertson to bring back stability and a winning culture.
Sept. 2003 issue
Pacific Islander group, multicultural center win Brotman Awards
A networking group for Pacific Islander students and a graduate-level center for multicultural education received the 2003 Brotman Diversity Award June 12.
Sept. 2003 issue
Record gift to UW Tacoma creates Milgard School of Business
The brothers behind Milgard Manufacturing are creating opportunities for UW Tacoma business students to receive a world-class education in their own back yard.
Sept. 2003 issue
Blacks more likely to be shot by mistake, UW experiment finds
A UW experiment using primarily white and Asian college students found that people were more likely to shoot blacks than whites, even when the men were holding a harmless object such as a flashlight rather than a gun.
Sept. 2003 issue
Journalism group gives Columns 7 awards in writing, design, photography
Columns won seven awards-including three First Place honors-in a 2003 journalism competition sponsored by the Western Washington chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the society announced May 17.
Sept. 2003 issue
Husky football faces great expectations despite coaching change
Major sports rankings such as ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll have named the Huskies to finish near the top of the Pac-10, despite the recent coaching turnover.
Sept. 2003 issue
Record number apply to UW as state freezes enrollments
Recent application numbers confirm what UW officials have been saying for a decade — it’s getting harder and harder to enter the University as a freshman.
Sept. 2003 issue
UW faces $47 million drop in state funds; tuition to rise 7 percent
Faced with a $2.65 billion deficit in its 2003-05 budget, the state Legislature passed a plan in June that includes a $47 million cut for the UW, no new enrollments and a 7 percent hike for in-state undergraduate tuition.
Sept. 2003 issue
Earth is doomed (eventually), UW scientists say
"In 7.5 billion years Earth will either be swallowed up or survive only as a scorched planet."
Sept. 2003 issue
Washington Elm is a campus landmark with a storied history
The Washington Elm started from a cutting from a majestic tree in Cambridge, Mass., under which Gen. George Washington took command of the Continental Army on July 3, 1775.
