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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.
Dec. 1997 issue
Study finds correlation between parents’ weight and kids’
New UW research shows a child's chance of obesity in adulthood is greatly increased if he or she has at least one obese parent.
Dec. 1997 issue
Fall enrollments break records at UW campuses
Records fell at all three UW campuses this fall, as Seattle’s new freshman class was the largest ever, and both Bothell and Tacoma reached the highest enrollments in their seven-year history.
Dec. 1997 issue
UW research funding tops half-billion mark
The University of Washington received $510 million in research grants during 1996-97, passing the half-billion-dollar milestone for the first time.
Dec. 1997 issue
President lists four areas for change, notes lack of investment in higher ed
The University of Washington must take responsibility for "facing and solving our own problems," said President Richard L. McCormick during his annual address to the University Oct. 7.
Dec. 1997 issue
UW remembers a dark episode from its past
Some universities would be happy to forget that the infamous Canwell Committee hearings ever happened, but the University of Washington is not afraid to examine its past.
Dec. 1997 issue
UW creative writing program is a magnet for future literary stars
With its top ten ranking and its core of prize-winning faculty, the UW creative writing program is a rising star of literary America.
Dec. 1997 issue
Accountability is the word in higher education, and UW is no exception
Despite the economic boom of the late 1990s, higher education is under the microscope. Business leaders, legislators and some educators feel our colleges and universities are just not efficient.
Dec. 1997 issue
UW’s liquid nitrogen automobile could put electric cars out in the cold
UW Professor Abe Hertzberg and his colleagues set out to create a better alternative to grandma's gas-guzzling Gremlin.
