Dec. 1996 issue
There are more freshmen at the University of Washington this fall than there have been since 1965.
Dec. 1996 issue
The history of a Seattle family is honored through a bequest to the University from John Brace Scurry.
Dec. 1996 issue
The Fialkows had been vacationing in Nepal on a trek with six guides to visit the 800-year-old Tse Gomba Buddhist monastery.
Dec. 1996 issue
U.S. News & World Report put the University of Washington 10th among all public universities.
Dec. 1996 issue
The UW goes to the 1997 Legislature with an $814 million budget request, about $75 million over current levels.
Dec. 1996 issue
President Richard L. McCormick told the UW community it must consider new approaches.
Dec. 1996 issue
Many UW students were part of the grunge music scene from its beginning, and the campus radio station KCMU played a crucial role in its formation.
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"I literally woke up in the middle of the night with the idea of how we could save these people," Belding Scribner recalls.
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Donald Bevan helped lead the University of Washington School of Fisheries to national prominence and worked to save the Northwest salmon from extinction.
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Yvonne Cagle, 37, was among 35 astronaut candidates who began a 1 1/2-year-long training program at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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Computer Science and Engineering Professor Richard M. Karp, known for tackling seemingly insoluble problems, received a 1996 National Medal of Science.
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UW officials anticipate the largest class of new freshmen in 31 years when about 4,090 start classes.
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UW Zoology Professor Thomas Daniel was one of 21 people namedas 1996 fellows of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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Mount Rainier has moved to the top of the list of a UW scientist's most seismically hazardous Cascade volcanoes.
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A mother's depression can have significant effects on her infant, UW Psychology Professor Geraldine Dawson reported.
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Scientists have uncovered some powerful and surprising information about the human immune system.
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Private support for the UW reached an all-time high with more than $154.6 million contributed in gifts and private grants.
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Last June's splendid commencement ceremonies marked many kinds of ends and beginnings. For me, it was the end of my freshman year at the UW.
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The devastation of watching her best friend die of a kidney tumor triggered Mary-Claire King's unconscious decision to search for a cure.
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Figuring out how to provide aid during the critical "golden hour" has been the impetus behind a number of projects.