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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.
Sept. 2008 issue
Bill Gates Sr. reflects on $2.68 billion worth of generosity
Connie Kravas, vice president for advancement, interviews Campaign UW Chair Bill Gates Sr., ’49, ’50.
June 2008 issue
No easy solution to schizophrenia puzzle
People with schizophrenia have high rates of rare genetic deletions and duplications that likely disrupt the developing brain, according to new research from the UW and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories.
June 2008 issue
Lawmakers delay decisions on Husky Stadium, UW North Sound
The Washington Legislature postponed decisions on two major UW projects at the close of its 2008 session, but it did enhance the UW’s operating and capital budgets, adding modest amounts to each.
June 2008 issue
Family ties: Nephew honors uncle through endowed chair
When Malcolm Goodfellow, ’87, decided to give back to the University of Washington, his thoughts naturally turned to honoring someone who has given so much to him: his uncle.
June 2008 issue
UW honors top faculty, staff, volunteers and alumni
The University will honor 25 individuals this year as part of the annual UW awards program.
June 2008 issue
First step in residence hall upgrade approved
UW students may soon say goodbye to communal bathrooms and too-cramped triple rooms in the residence halls.
June 2008 issue
Our wondrous 100: Celebrating a century of UW alumni magazines
We came up with 100 famous, fascinating or influential living graduates. It was a process filled with delightful discoveries and difficult choices, and the results are an absolute embarrassment of riches.
June 2008 issue
Since 1908, alumni magazine has chronicled UW
There have been astonishing changes over the first century of the UW's alumni magazine, but at its heart it remains true to the mission of its first edition.
June 2008 issue
Irvine Robbins, 1917-2008
Irvine (Irv) Robbins, '40, introduced America to a host of unusual ice cream flavors as co-founder of Baskin-Robbins.
June 2008 issue
Neuroscientist will make the most of ‘genius grant’
Yoky Matsuoka, who directs the UW’s Neurobiotics Laboratory, was recognized with a $500,000 “genius grant” from the MacArthur Foundation.
June 2008 issue
‘Legend’ has it: Columns celebrates a century
With this issue, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the UW's alumni magazine by celebrating the living legends among us.
June 2008 issue
Hal Riney, 1932-2008
Hal Riney graduated with an art degree and went on to lend his hand to some of the most memorable advertising campaigns of the TV era.
June 2008 issue
Gene Aitken, ’65, renowned as a musician, teacher and all that jazz
Over the past few years, Gene Aitken, '65, has become one of the world's leading ambassadors for jazz.
March 2008 issue
Beachfront property in peril? Sea levels to rise by 2100
Melting glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica, combined with other effects of global climate change, are likely to raise sea levels in parts of Western Washington by the end of this century.
March 2008 issue
40 years after sit-in, Black Student Union remains an agent for change
In the mid-1960s, only two of the UW’s 1,734 professors were African Americans. Students of color made up only 4 percent of the total enrollment that year. That began to change on May 20, 1968, when students from the Black Student Union staged a sit-in at the office University President Charles E. Odegaard.
March 2008 issue
Legislature debates site for new UW North Sound campus
As the Washington State Legislature works its way toward a March 12 adjournment, the UW is waiting for decisions on two major issues: the fate of public financing for Husky Stadium and the location of a new UW North Sound campus.
