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June 1996 issue
Why don’t Americans trust their government?
Distrust in government today is rated by some experts to be second only to pre-Civil War times.
June 1996 issue
1969 bombing of UW building remains an unsolved mystery
About 3:30 a.m. on June 29, 1969, a terrifying explosion rocked the campus.
June 1996 issue
J. Hans Lehmann, 1912-1996
J. Hans Lehman fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s and went on to serve as a faculty member and regent at the University of Washington.
June 1996 issue
Ray Clough, ’42, wins renown as earthquake expert
A 1942 graduate of the UW civil engineering program, Ray Clough was presented with a National Medal of Science by President Clinton.
June 1996 issue
UW honors the best of 1996
Every year faculty, students and alumni meet to decide who are the top UW teachers, public servants and volunteers, and this year they came up with a remarkable list.
March 1996 issue
Montlake lot isn’t the dump it once was
Commuting students still groan when told to park in the Montlake Lot, far from the heart of campus. But it isn't the first time that stretch of nearly 200 acres has been dumped on.
March 1996 issue
Leon Lishner, who made his mark on opera stage, dies at 82
Leon Lishner was a former University of Washington professor whose bass voice made him famous on opera stages worldwide.
March 1996 issue
‘I want to move people,’ says filmmaker Mark Keegan, ’80
"I want to entertain, educate, inspire and move. To enhance our lives after we walk out of the theater."
March 1996 issue
Top science, engineering students come to UW, thanks to ARCS group
Since 1978, a group of women in Seattle has been raising money to support graduate students in science and engineering at the UW.
March 1996 issue
Some global warming may be natural, researchers say
As much as one-third of the climate warming since 1975 may come from natural variability in weather patterns, particularly the El Nino effect, say UW scientists.
March 1996 issue
Smoking, drinking warnings may backfire with older children
Could anti-alcohol and tobacco messages aimed at older children actually backfire? If they are extremely negative, they might, say UW researchers.
March 1996 issue
Ultrasound: the ultimate Band-Aid?
Sound waves could be used to control internal bleeding suffered by soldiers on the battlefield or motorists in a car wreck if a $10 million UW research project is successful.
March 1996 issue
Put students’ learning at the center of UW’s work, president says
Excerpts from an address to the University community made November 14, 1995, by President Richard L. McCormick.
March 1996 issue
Labor leader Cindy Zehnder, ’72, ’74, named Regent
Cindy Zehnder, international representative to the Teamsters Union from the Pacific Northwest, was named by Gov. Mike Lowry to the University of Washington Board of Regents.
March 1996 issue
To handle the coming wave of students, we need can-do spirit
Today, faced with the echo of that original baby boom, the attitude is all too gloomy.
March 1996 issue
It’s time to try a new approach to fighting addictions, UW professor says
Harm reduction—which European countries have used for years—has edged onto the stage as an alternative solution to devastating social and health problems.
March 1996 issue
UW astronomers use new tools to investigate the mysteries of the universe
A handful of scientists are probing previously unknown mysteries of the universe at a pace unimagined even a decade ago.
March 1996 issue
UW prepares for a tidal wave of students in next century
A population wave, primarily the "echo" of the original, post-World War II baby boom, is hitting, with 17- to 22-year-olds who expect the same access to college that their moms and dads had.
Dec. 1995 issue
Nude photos, taken in the name of research, briefly roiled UW
“Nude Photos of U.W. Girls Stir Protests" screamed the page one headline in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Dec. 1995 issue
Kathy Niccolls, 1948-1995
Kathy Niccolls Peterson served as the adviser to the UW's student body presidents from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s.
