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June 2003 issue
Drama and young scholars units honored for teaching excellence
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 2003 issue
Cuts are certain; amount waits for Olympia to decide
The UW can expect a cut in the amount of money coming from the state to support its teaching mission, but as Columns went to press in mid-May, the exact amount was still undecided.
March 2003 issue
Facing a shortage, UW School of Nursing gets creative
Nursing shortages plague America's hospitals, and even faculty are threatened. Can the nation's top-ranked nursing school come to the rescue?
March 2003 issue
Peg Phillips, 1918-2002
Peg Phillips, a retired accountant who took acting classes at the University of Washington at age 65 and went on to have a career that lasted nearly two decades, died Nov. 8. She was 84.
March 2003 issue
Dael Wolfle, 1906-2002
Dael Wolfle, ’27, a longtime UW professor who dedicated his career to making science appeal to the masses, died Dec. 26 in Seattle. He was 96.
March 2003 issue
Jan Harville, ’74, has UW women’s crew a perennial contender
Jan Harville has created a dazzling coaching career at the UW.
March 2003 issue
In 1953, Husky basketball team stood tall
Fifty years ago this month—March 17-18, 1953, to be exact—the Huskies qualified for the Final Four, the only time in UW history.
March 2003 issue
An unfortunate number of high-profile obituaries in recent months
For Columns over the past 18 months, there has been a disturbing trend when obituaries needed to be moved into the news or feature sections of the magazine.
March 2003 issue
End of the world is coming, eventually, UW professors write
Only 7.5 billion years from now, a burned-out cinder of a planet called Earth will be engulfed by its sun, a bloated red giant that will melt away any evidence that the planet ever existed.
March 2003 issue
Presidential search committee named
The quest for a new UW president moved into high gear, as the Board of Regents appointed a 15-member advisory committee.
March 2003 issue
State crisis could result in enrollment cuts, program eliminations
March may be the cruelest month of all in the state budget process, warn UW officials as they prepare for new proposals likely to contain dramatic cuts.
March 2003 issue
Business center doubles endowment, boosting would-be entrepreneurs
Students enrolled in the UW Business School’s Center for Technology Entrepreneurship will receive a greater return on their educational investment, thanks to recent leadership gifts.
March 2003 issue
UW mourns after loss of astronaut Michael Anderson, ’81
Astronaut Michael P. Anderson, ’81, who died Feb. 1 when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry over Texas, was intent on going into space ever since he was a little boy.
March 2003 issue
UW lures famed researcher to lead genomics efforts
A leader of the Human Genome Project joins the UW to help unlock further secrets to the code of life.
March 2003 issue
Despite its beauty, much of campus is crumbling
They may look good from the outside, but many campus buildings are slowly crumbling away. Will the state rescue its most valuable piece of property?
March 2003 issue
Faces of the millennium: Gates scholars share their hopes and histories
Over the last three years, the University of Washington has been able to attract 90 Gates Millennium Scholars. Here are the stories of five recipients.
Dec. 2002 issue
Lasting legacies: 101 achievements of UW alumni, faculty, staff
From winning the Nobel Prize to inventing the Wave; from circling the moon to inventing the disposable diaper. We list 101 outstanding UW achievements.
Dec. 2002 issue
Lucile Thompson, 1912-2002
Lucile Thompson was the first president of the Alumnae Board, the most prolific scholarship fund-raising club of the UW Alumni Association.
Dec. 2002 issue
David Tapper, 1945-2002
David Tapper, surgeon-in-chief at Children’s Hospital and one of Seattle’s most prominent kidney surgeons, died July 23 after a three-year struggle with kidney cancer.
Dec. 2002 issue
Women’s crew coach Jan Harville, ’74, keeps Huskies in the fast lane
As a UW freshman back in 1970, Jan Harville, ’74, saw a notice for women’s rowing that said, “No experience necessary.” With no experience as a rower, she decided to go for it. Little did she know her decision would lead her to a 25-year career.
