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Dec. 2007 issue
2 UW professors changed the way we look at workplace turnover
If you think that job satisfaction is the only reason you haven't left your workplace, think again, say two UW business professors.
Dec. 2007 issue
‘UW SOUL’ takes a deep look at how college students learn and change
If you kept changing your major and rethinking your career options while you were a UW student, you had lots of company, according to the first truly comprehensive study of undergraduate education in the nation—UW SOUL.
Dec. 2007 issue
Two UW faculty, one alumnus are 2007 MacArthur ‘Geniuses’
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation named three members of the UW community recipients of its famous "genius" awards Sept. 24.
Dec. 2007 issue
Artie Buerk honored for nearly 50 years of service
For his tireless volunteer efforts, Artie Buerk received the Gates Volunteer Service Award at the Sixth Annual Recognition Gala on Sept. 7.
Dec. 2007 issue
NIH to give UW $62 million for ‘translational’ health
A new national consortium will enable researchers to provide new treatments more efficiently and quickly to patients.
Dec. 2007 issue
Enrollment breaks records; promise kept to low-income undergrads
There are more students attending all three UW campuses than ever before, the UW Office of Admissions announced.
Dec. 2007 issue
UW ceramic arts program is in good hands with Patti Warashina
The UW’s ceramic arts program is ranked among the top five in the nation. Ceramic artist Patti Warashina, ’62, ’64, is one of the reasons why.
Sept. 2007 issue
Internet innovator works to make the artificial more intelligent
Finding the best time to buy plane tickets is just one of the amazing Web search breakthroughs created by Oren Etzioni.
Sept. 2007 issue
For better health, tribes turn back the clock on their diets
UW archaeologists are digging up information about the traditional diets of Native Americans, in the hopes of helping their descendants eat better and beat diabetes.
Sept. 2007 issue
In 1961 Rose Bowl, Jim Owens’ Dawgs bucked the odds
But the nation wasn’t convinced that the Huskies were all that tough during the 1960 season, despite their 9–1 record. On Jan. 2, Minnesota, with an 8–1 record, was a seven-point favorite, perhaps because the Huskies were so battered. But the oddsmakers were wrong.
Sept. 2007 issue
John Hogness, 1922-2007
John Rusten Hogness spent a turbulent five years as president of the UW.
Sept. 2007 issue
Kim Bottomly, ’69, ’75, takes the reins as Wellesley College president
Kim Bottomly is bringing that same passion for hands-on learning to Wellesley College, where she assumed the presidency on Aug. 1.
Sept. 2007 issue
First freshmen blaze a trail at UW Bothell and UW Tacoma
Surviving your first year of college is always an experience — especially if you are in the first freshman class ever admitted to your campus.
Sept. 2007 issue
With Boeing 787, UW has a hand in revolutionizing aviation
Once composites were just used for fishing rods and snowboards. Now they are a key component of the next generation of passenger airplanes. UW experts talk about the 787 and what’s next in the materials revolution.
Sept. 2007 issue
Student who rescued boys is commended for bravery
Shortly before 1 a.m. on March 15, 2006, Edward Marsette woke to a loud crash outside his Auburn home. Within minutes, he was pulling people from a fiery, overturned car.
Sept. 2007 issue
Maynard Olson is third UW professor to win genetics prize
According to the Gruber Foundation, the human genome would have been “an impossible jigsaw puzzle” without the work of UW Medicine and Genome Sciences Professor Maynard Olson.
Sept. 2007 issue
1956 time capsule contains some real surprises
UW communication professors pried open a 51-year-old time capsule on April 26, revealing both its original contents and some more, um, revealing contents.
Sept. 2007 issue
Crawford family engineers greater access to education
Clyde and Ursula Crawford, acting on their strong belief that education should be readily accessible to more students, established the Clyde L. and Ursula A. Crawford Endowed Scholarship Fund in the College of Engineering.
Sept. 2007 issue
Huskies to take light rail to classes and games, in 2016
Light rail could arrive on the UW campus in 2016, now that the UW Board of Regents and Sound Transit have agreed to a station site and steps that will mitigate the project’s impact on the campus.
Sept. 2007 issue
About 60% say they attended Commencement
For the Columns Alumni Vote in June, we asked if alumni attended the main graduation ceremony when they completed their UW degree. The 952 responses broke down to 59 percent “yes” and 41 percent “no.”
