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Dec. 2008 issue
Peppers protect themselves by adding spice
In a recent study of wild chili plants in Bolivia, researchers discovered that spice levels increase in peppers growing in areas threatened by fungus-carrying insects.
Dec. 2008 issue
Research offers promise for people with paralysis
Aided by external wires that rerouted signals from their brains, two macaques regained control of their paralyzed wrists and played a simple video game.
Dec. 2008 issue
Intervention shown to help reduce juvenile delinquency
Towns providing programs aimed at reducing juvenile delinquency are not only seeing results, but in less time than anticipated, according to a UW-led study.
Dec. 2008 issue
Algae: Dirty, ugly, clean and green
If, in 15 years, you’re driving a car powered by pond scum, you’ll probably have Rose Ann Cattolico to thank. The UW biology professor thinks algae is the most promising source of alternative energy out there.
Dec. 2008 issue
Double take: A 100-year-old photo collection turns heads at the UW
Frank Nowell’s photographs offer an intriguing glimpse of the UW in its infancy, and suggest the significant role the school played in introducing Seattle to the world.
Dec. 2008 issue
Electrical engineer’s tiny technology has potential to revolutionize electronics
With the recruitment of luminaries like Michael Hochberg, the UW is fast becoming a nanophotonics powerhouse.
Dec. 2008 issue
My escape from Shanghai: a memoir
Going off to college can be difficult, even traumatic—leaving home for the first time, moving to an unfamiliar town, living with strangers. For Julia Lin, ’65, though, it required assuming a false identity, dodging bombs and surviving a pirate attack.
Dec. 2008 issue
Woodward in, Willingham out: a new era for UW Athletics
New Athletic Director Scott Woodward wasted little time in shaking things up. He fired Husky football coach Tyrone Willingham seven games into the season.
Dec. 2008 issue
Election wrap-up with journalism expert David Domke
David Domke, head of journalism at the UW, spoke with Columns Co-Editor Eric McHenry on Nov. 6 about the presidential campaign that had ended two days earlier
Dec. 2008 issue
Gift will ensure long-term future of innovative teaching center
For nearly 30 years, Norris Haring led efforts to address learning challenges and develop strategies to help young people. Now, through a major planned gift, he is ensuring that this essential work will continue at the UW for years to come.
Sept. 2008 issue
UW alumni created Ramona’s world, and make ours better
Small wonder we use the same word to describe generosity that we use to describe Beverly Cleary’s imagination: It’s a gift.
Sept. 2008 issue
Beverly Cleary has spent a lifetime telling stories for ‘kids like us’
When a little boy from Yakima asked the librarian for books about “kids like us,” she couldn’t think of any. So Beverly Cleary decided to write them herself.
Sept. 2008 issue
Farmers markets sprouting, thanks to Chris Curtis, ’73
Chris Curtis, ’73, launched a delicious revolution in Seattle 15 years ago, planting the seed that’s grown into the flourishing Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance with seven markets.
Sept. 2008 issue
Gold minds: Teachers of the year, 2008
The seven winners of the UW’s Distinguished Teaching Award talk about what happens in their celebrated classrooms.
Sept. 2008 issue
Future’s so bright, thanks to Campaign UW
The UW’s recently completed capital campaign is, of course, greater than the sum of its parts — but some of its parts are pretty darn great. In this photo essay, Jeff Corwin offers nine glimpses of UW philanthropy at work in the world.
Sept. 2008 issue
UW professor asks: Is clean living making us ill?
According to a study by Anne Steinemann, a UW professor of civil and environmental engineering and public affairs, many of today’s top-selling dryer sheets, detergents and plug-in deodorizers contain toxic chemicals.
Sept. 2008 issue
If you want to relax, plasma screen is no match for Mother Nature
When it comes to defeating stress, hi-def can’t hold a candle to the real thing, according to a study by the UW Human Interaction with Nature and Technological Systems Lab.
Sept. 2008 issue
After lake cleanup, fish evolve to an earlier version
When Washingtonians initiated a lake cleanup and visibility jumped from about 30 inches to 25 feet, the stickleback had a challenge: Evolve or die. The fish’s solution? Revert to an earlier design.
Sept. 2008 issue
UW researchers create Robofish that can talk to each other
UW researchers have put a new spin on the fin: they’ve made a robotic fish that can communicate with its schoolmates.
Sept. 2008 issue
UW launches College of the Environment
With environmental expertise that comprises more than 400 faculty members on three campuses, extending across 18 fields of study-from the geosciences to natural resources, and from climate dynamics to environmental policy — the UW is launching a new college.
