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June 1994 issue
UW appeals NCAA penalties against Husky football
UW officials announced they would challenge an NCAA proposal to impose extra penalties on the Husky football program, including banning a season of TV broadcasts.
June 1994 issue
18 named to search for new UW president
UW Board of Regents President Mari Clack named a panel of 18 to begin the search for a new UW president.
June 1994 issue
Faculty to test diversity requirement
Starting in fall 1994, UW students can be part of a test to see if a five-credit requirement in cultural and ethnic diversity can work at the University.
June 1994 issue
Hugh Bone, former political science professor, dies at 85
Hugh A. Bone was a former UW political science professor known nationally for his scholarship and throughout campus for his warm teaching style.
June 1994 issue
Randall Hardy, ’72, faces big challenges as head of BPA
Randall W. Hardy, '72, is working to meet the power needs in the rapidly growing Pacific Northwest.
June 1994 issue
Computer engineers pave the way for video
Electrical Engineering Professor Yongmin Kim's computer system compresses and decompresses full-motion video signals at 30 frames a second.
June 1994 issue
Floating TV images may help Parkinson’s sufferers
Sport glasses that allow a viewer to watch TV while mowing the lawn may someday allow Parkinson's disease victims to walk at a normal pace.
June 1994 issue
Gum-disease vaccine could make flossing a thing of the past
Dental researchers at the UW reported that an experimental vaccine protects monkeys from gum disease.
June 1994 issue
Allen Foundation pledges $5 million for Henry Art Gallery expansion
The Allen Charitable Foundation will donate up to $5 million for the capital campaign for the Henry Art Gallery.
June 1994 issue
UW spared more budget cuts, but tuition may rise
Lawmakers spared the University of Washington from budget cuts in the session that concluded in March 1994.
June 1994 issue
4 UW graduate programs rank among top 10 in their fields
Four UW graduate programs are in the top 10 in their respective fields, according to a U.S. News and World Report survey published March 21.
June 1994 issue
William Foege, ’61, has left his mark on public health
Dr. William Foege, took his first steps on the path to global eradication of smallpox when he attended the UW medical school in the late 1950s.
March 1994 issue
Journalists, business minds split on how to keep newspapers healthy
UW Communications Professor Doug Underwood describes the clash in American journalism in his new book, “When M.B.A.s Rule the Newsroom.”
March 1994 issue
Birthday videos help identify children with autism
First-birthday videos are helping UW researchers identify infants with autism two or three years earlier than previously possible.
March 1994 issue
Angioplasties less effective at hospitals that do fewer of them, research shows
If you want to avoid heart bypass surgery, you may want to "bypass" a hospital that does low volume work in another heart procedure—coronary angioplasty.
March 1994 issue
Smelly research gives birth to electronic nose
The age of "Artificial Insmelligence" has arrived: UW engineers have cooked up an electronic nose.
March 1994 issue
Microsoft creates Endowment for Excellence
Microsoft Corporation has pledged a minimum of $500,000 to create the Microsoft Endowment for Excellence.
March 1994 issue
President William Gerberding to step down in June 1995
Dr. William P. Gerberding announced at the Jan. 21 Board of Regents meeting that he will resign his presidency.
March 1994 issue
Legislature may cut UW operating budget after passage of I-601
UW officials are concerned about long-term trends coming out of Olympia following the passage of Initiative 601.
March 1994 issue
With Gerberding’s departure, UW will go from excellence to uncertainty
With the announcement that President William P. Gerberding will step down next year, the University of Washington leaves an era of excellence for a time of uncertainty.
