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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.”
Sept. 2007 issue
Beer provides inspiration for ‘Science on Tap’
“Science on Tap” is a monthly opportunity for folks from the community to get together on a Monday evening and listen to a distinguished scientist while sipping beer.
Sept. 2007 issue
UW’s newest research facility honors a genetics genius
The University will salute UW Genome Sciences and Biology Professor Benjamin Hall Oct. 17 when it dedicates its newest research facility in his honor.
Sept. 2007 issue
Historic gift helps launch global health metrics institute
The largest gift in University of Washington history has helped create the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a new research center that will conduct independent, rigorous evaluations of health programs worldwide.
Sept. 2007 issue
In fantasy sports, professor has a statistical advantage
The skills UW Bothell Professor Clark Olson honed during his five years at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are the same ones he has used to conquer the stats-heavy world of fantasy sports.
Sept. 2007 issue
Don’t blame global warming for Kilimanjaro’s vanishing ice
UW researchers say global warming has nothing to do with the decline of Kilimanjaro’s ice, and using the mountain in northern Tanzania as a “poster child” for climate change is simply inaccurate.
Sept. 2007 issue
UW research funding surpasses $1 billion for first time
The University of Washington received over $1 billion in grant and contract research funding for 2006-07, marking the first time it has reached this level.
Sept. 2007 issue
A billion reasons to be proud of the UW
Word came in August that the University of Washington finally had hit an elusive target—last fiscal year, more than one billion dollars in research funding poured into the University.
