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June 2015 issue
2015 Teachers of the Year: The best make it look easy
They walk into a classroom that is filled with a sea of anxious faces. Expectations run high. They take a deep breath and off they go—the process of molding students into scholars is what teachers do everyday. With the greatest of ease? Hardly. Only some have the chops to rise above the rest. Introducing this year’s best of the best.
June 2015 issue
Give Me 5: Dan Kingma, basketball player
Despite scholarship offers from other schools, Dan Kingma was certain that he was a Husky, even if that meant joining the program as a walk-on.
June 2015 issue
Jon Bridgman, 1930-2015
In the 1950 film La Ronde, the narrator states: “I adore the past. It’s so much more restful than the present and so much more certain than the future.” History Professor Jon Bridgman said that this scene captured his perspective.
June 2015 issue
Character: Mary Larson, nurse, painter, friend to the homeless
The Harborview nurse barters her portraits to help the homeless in Seattle.
June 2015 issue
Editor’s Eye: the mark of a good teacher
The best teachers get under our skin, in a good way. They get us up in the morning when we would rather linger in bed after a late night because who would want to miss that infectious enthusiasm? Our favorite teachers make us think and grow and smile. And they push us.
June 2015 issue
Soulbound: Globetrotting with UW Alumni Tours
As the official travel program of the UW Alumni Association, UW Alumni Tours gives alumni and friends the opportunity to grab their passports and suitcases and see the world. Here are three stories of people's adventures with UW Alumni Tours.
June 2015 issue
Lloyd Hara, ’62, ’64, has spent a career in public service
In 1961, when President John F. Kennedy famously said, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country,” Lloyd Hara took it to heart. It’s why he went to graduate school to study public affairs and spent the past 40 years in public service.
June 2015 issue
Pharmacy professor made a startling link
Since she was a student in pharmacy school, Shelly Gray has felt a strong connection to the situation many elderly patients find themselves in: “I was struck by how many different medications older adults are taking, as well as their struggle with trying to keep those medications straight,” she recalls.
Dec. 2015 issue
I, too, am America
The first time I visited the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, I was swept with grief. It was the first point during our UW-led Civil Rights pilgrimage where we faced the reality that the price of being black had been paid with innocent lives.
June 2015 issue
Norman Johnston, 1918-2015
Professor Emeritus Norman Johnston had the buttons on his blazers replaced by those bearing the University of Washington’s crest; such was his love for this University.
June 2015 issue
Study finds confusion over marijuana law
More than two years after Washington legalized marijuana, parents and teens may be hazy on the specifics of the law.
June 2015 issue
Fossilized plants tell a 50-million-year-old story
Miniscule, fossilized pieces of plants could tell a detailed story of what the Earth looked like 50 million years ago.
March 2015 issue
Native traditions shape Marvin Oliver’s art
“I am not a painter or a sculptor or a glass artist. I am art.” Anyone familiar with the work of American Indian Studies professor Marvin Oliver understands that this is not an egotistical statement, but a reflection of a vision that embraces an astonishing range of materials, styles and techniques.
March 2015 issue
Ring leaders: UW boxers ‘learn the ropes’ for life
The UW Boxing Club doesn't just teach how to jab, hook and counterpunch. It teaches how to succeed.
March 2015 issue
Finding my father in the pages of ‘Boys in the Boat’
I was 55 when my father passed away at the age of 80, the victim of a stroke. I had to wait another 17 years from the time of his death to finally receive his unexpected “gift.” Somehow he resurrected himself and had me cheering for the man I had long ago given up on.
March 2015 issue
Give Me 5: Tiffani Walker, director of men’s basketball operations
The first woman on the staff of the men’s team, Walker is the only woman on the staff of any Pac-12 men’s basketball team.
March 2015 issue
Character: Janis Avery, fostering hope for kids
Janis Avery has one mission in life: shoring up support for foster children so they can make the grade in school.
March 2015 issue
Editor’s Eye: Memories of Jim
I first met Jim Long five years ago after he'd celebrated his birthday—his 100th. He wanted to touch base with the person who holds the same job he once held. Ever since that day, Jim became a mentor to me.
March 2015 issue
William Gerberding left his mark on the UW
Though the longest-serving president in UW history (from 1979 to 1995) is no longer with us—the North Dakota native died Dec. 27 at the age of 85 after suffering a stroke—his imprint on the University is indelible.
March 2015 issue
UW Instructional Center is where students go for a grade upgrade
Sure, it’s a national model of academic support; but the UW’s Instructional Center is way more than that—it’s a family for students who need a boost.
