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Dec. 2009 issue
Technology could bring a see change to contact lenses
Babak Parviz’s vision of the future can be summed up in one word: plastic. A circle of flexible plastic imprinted with tiny electronic circuits, that is.
Dec. 2009 issue
Researchers try a new approach to computer security: data that self-destructs
“The Internet never forgets.” That’s Tadayoshi Kohno, an assistant professor of computer science and engineering, explaining the inspiration behind a new program called Vanish, which causes data posted online to self-destruct.
Dec. 2009 issue
UW team works to make sure the world remembers Rwanda
For 12 years, the Rwanda war crimes trials have dragged on as a United Nations-sponsored tribunal attempts to bring to justice those responsible for the killing of 800,000 Rwandans during 100 horrific days in 1994. A team headed by UW Information School Professor Batya Friedman is working to make sure the world never forgets.
Dec. 2009 issue
Ty Harden, ’08, took a break from MLS soccer to help others
One year after his rookie season, Ty Harden walked away from his dream job playing Major League Soccer to help children in Africa.
Dec. 2009 issue
Editor’s Eye: Everyday heroes
Devotion to making this world a better place seems to be in the DNA of alumni, staff and faculty at the UW.
Dec. 2009 issue
Long after his death, a war hero lives on in his letters
Each Memorial Day, a friend of Bob Leisy from Queen Anne High School parks a can of beer and an affectionate note to the friend lost in war. Perhaps that tradition of messages began with Leisy himself.
Dec. 2009 issue
UW researchers tap into tree power
Researchers at MIT discovered electrical currents in trees last year, and now a UW team has built an electronic circuit that runs on tree power.
Dec. 2009 issue
Geta Asfaw, ’79, ’82, shares his success with others
Geta Asfaw measures his success by the amount he is able to help those in his community.
Dec. 2009 issue
Eleanor Valentin, ’75, is breaking the military glass ceiling
Even after four degrees, Eleanor Valentin craved a new challenge. She found it in the military.
Sept. 2009 issue
At 90, Phil Smart still dedicates his time to kids
To tell the story of Phil Smart Sr. is to encapsulate one of Seattle’s most beloved businessmen, philanthropists and volunteers.
Sept. 2009 issue
Gretchen Howison Whiting, 1968-2009
When Gretchen Howison Whiting, ’90, was diagnosed with stage III melanoma in 2004, she began a journey—not just to heal herself but to educate the public about the deadly disease, push for more funding for melanoma research, and continue to live her life to the fullest.
Sept. 2009 issue
8 alumni to be recognized at Medal of Honor ceremony
On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2009, the University of Washington will dedicate a Medal of Honor memorial, recognizing eight alumni recipients.
Sept. 2009 issue
Jim Owens, 1927-2009
One of the most iconic figures in Husky football history, Jim Owens, died June 6 at his home in Bigfork, Mont. He was 82.
Sept. 2009 issue
Samuel E. Kelly, 1926-2009
Higher education lost a friend and champion of diversity with the July 6 death of Samuel E. Kelly, ’71, from congestive heart failure at his Redmond home.
Sept. 2009 issue
UW journalism alumna exposed scandal in British Parliament
I rather think Britain's Members of Parliament wish I'd chosen a different career. You see, it was my freedom of information requests that lifted the lid on the MPs' expenses scandal.
Sept. 2009 issue
The Information Age calls for a new kind of classroom
Some classrooms are equipped with banks of desktop computers, but even that is blasé nowadays, since most students bring laptops. The classroom experience at the UW is being transformed because of new, sophisticated technology.
Sept. 2009 issue
Editor’s Eye: Authors touch our hearts, one word at a time
One of the things I particularly admire about a place as big and complex as the University of Washington is how it can touch us on an intimate manner: through the written word.
Sept. 2009 issue
Unmanned Seagliders give researchers a long look under the sea
Seagliders, under development since 1995 at the UW’s School of Oceanography and Applied Physics Laboratory, have repeatedly set world endurance and range records for autonomous underwater vehicles.
Sept. 2009 issue
Studies search for genetic clues to autism
UW scientists contributed to two recent studies that are beginning to unlock the genetic underpinnings of autism and related disorders.
Sept. 2009 issue
UW scientists lead the response against H1N1
When a new influenza virus, Influenza A H1N1, or “swine flu,” emerged last spring, Anne Marie Kimball, a professor of epidemiology and health services at UW School of Public Health, was on the front lines of the information response.
