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March 1998 issue
Research creates deep bonds between faculty, students
While research expands knowledge, it also forges bonds between professors and students that can't be broken by fires, disabilities or even death.
March 1998 issue
After the prize: How life changed for UW’s Nobel laureates
Six UW Nobel laureates talk about the day they won, and what happened after.
March 1998 issue
Longtime UW anthropology professor Carol Eastman dies at 56
Carol Eastman was a respected anthropology professor, graduate school dean and administrator who served the University of Washington for 27 years.
March 1998 issue
George Tsutakawa, 1910-1998
George Tsutakawa was a longtime art professor at the University of Washington who was one of the Pacific Northwest's most talented and prolific artists.
March 1998 issue
Rhonda Smith, ’95, lives her dream of playing pro basketball in Seattle
Rhonda Smith, 25, is finishing up her second season playing for the hometown Seattle Reign of the American Basketball League.
March 1998 issue
UW joins ‘Hutch,’ Children’s to build cancer care alliance
Seattle-based leaders in the fight against cancer announced Oct. 27 that they are forming a new clinical cancer program.
March 1998 issue
Mentors aided professor; now he gives back
George Stenzel isn't the only UW faculty member who helps students.
March 1998 issue
Geneticist clones gene for hearing loss malady
UW Postdoctoral Fellow Eric D. Lynch successfully cloned a gene which, when mutated, causes an inherited form of deafness.
March 1998 issue
Homelessness better than home, say many teens in study
Recent UW research shows life on the street may be an improvement over what many children face at home.
March 1998 issue
Asian smog reaching West Coast, UW researchers say
A new UW study indicates that about 10 percent of the ozone and other pollutants that hang over West Coast cities comes from the industrialized nations of East Asia.
March 1998 issue
Lawmakers consider $500 million higher education endowment
The Washington State Legislature is currently considering a proposal to establish a $500 million public-private partnership to enhance the quality of higher education in Washington.
March 1998 issue
When a minor system upgrade led to a major computer failure
The 1987 collapse of the newly built addition to Husky Stadium may have drawn more attention, but one of the most painful crashes at the UW that year happened in Loew Hall.
March 1998 issue
UW research aims to keep seniors fit and active
They swim; they walk; they even pump iron. Elderly Americans find a new lease on life, thanks to a UW research center.
March 1998 issue
Emotions still run high over Red Scare firings
I expected some reaction from our readers. I was not prepared for an onslaught of letters, faxes, e-mails, phone calls and even personal visits as a result of running a piece on the firing of three UW professors during the Red Scare.
Dec. 1997 issue
Anti-Communist firings linger on UW’s conscience 50 years later
Fifty years ago, a hearing on “un-American” activities tore the UW campus apart, setting a precedent for faculty firings across academe.
Dec. 1997 issue
Streaking fad of the ’70s once ran through UW
It was 1974. On college campuses across the nation—including the UW—a new fad delivered a different kind of naked truth. It was called streaking.
Dec. 1997 issue
Charles Horsky, ’31, left his mark on the other Washington
Charles A. Horsky, '31, was a UW debate team star who went on to become a presidential adviser and was instrumental in the creation of the Kennedy Center and other Washington, D.C., institutions.
Dec. 1997 issue
Brian Sternberg soared as a pole vaulter until fateful accident
As a teen-ager, Brian Sternberg flew higher than any human being on his own power. Now, for nearly three and a half decades, he has been in a wheelchair and in excruciating pain.
Dec. 1997 issue
UW launches $36 million campaign for athletics
Early in the next century, the UW could see a renovated Hec Edmundson Pavilion, three new athletic facilities, a remodeled crew house and more scholarships for student-athletes.
Dec. 1997 issue
Alaskan land once was much farther south
What today are rainy British Columbia and chilly southern Alaska were once the sunny climes of Baja California, according to UW Paleontologist Peter Ward.
