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September 2020 Issue
Grand stand: UW marks a century in college football’s greatest setting
The first football game at the iconic stadium came on Nov. 27, 1920.
September 2020 Issue
Population Health Initiative calls on expertise from across UW
The UW is putting its combined brainpower into population health, improving lives around the world.
September 2020 Issue
With our lives disrupted, how do we respond? UW experts weigh in
We asked three UW experts—a historian, a leader in education and an expert in infectious disease—how we might use this time of challenge and change to plan for a better future.
September 2020 Issue
Rolling with the uncertainty, coming out stronger
The UW has responded with leadership during the COVID-19 crisis. Now we must make the same commitment to addressing systemic racism and injustice.
September 2020 Issue
Visionary UW architecture professor opened students’ eyes to the world
A Latvian refugee from World War II, the colorful Astra Zarina had a vision to bring UW architecture students to Rome. Today, her students are making sure she is not forgotten.
September 2020 Issue
Make fine art with a UW professor, from his kitchen to yours
The chair of UW’s Printmaking Program designed a popular new class during the pandemic, stamping out doubt about how effective remote learning can be.
UW Magazine Online
Camping during COVID-19, according to an infectious disease expert
We ask an infectious disease expert for advice about how to explore the great outdoors.
UW Magazine Online
The queen of the skies goes quiet
The majestic Boeing 747, designed by Joseph Sutter, ’43, will no longer be flying for one of the world's biggest airlines.
September 2020 Issue
The historian of Seattle hip-hop
Daudi Abe, author of an upcoming book on Northwest rap, tells us what makes the local scene so special.
UW Magazine Online
Astronomer’s new book captures the wonder of stargazing
Astronomer Emily Levesque’s new book shares the wonder of stargazing—and the adventures it’s taken her on.
UW Magazine Online
Sports talk hosts with the most
710 ESPN’s Stacy Jo Rost, ’11, and KJR’s Dick Fain, ’96, earn national acclaim for the way they talk the talk.
June 2020 issue
Professor David Baker’s audacious approach to creating new proteins
Professor David Baker’s audacious approach to creating new proteins may offer new options for stopping disease—including COVID-19.
June 2020 issue
Forestry alum helps design Barbie dolls focused on science
Ecologist Nalini Nadkarni, ’83, joined a project between National Geographic and Mattel to create a new line of Barbie dolls centered around science and exploration.
UW Magazine Online
When takeout takes you across the world
As restaurants scrambled to serve their customers during quarantine, Archipelago innovated with a fresh take on a Filipino immigrant tradition.
UW Magazine Online
Radical listening
Ralina Joseph, professor of communication and director of the UW Center for Communication, Difference, and Equity, is leading exercises in “radical listening."
June 2020 issue
Uneven evictions
Who gets evicted in Washington? It depends on gender and race, a UW study reveals.
UW Magazine Online
Remembering Lynn Shelton, leader of the Seattle film scene
Friend and collaborator Lacey Leavitt writes about the star of the Seattle film scene, who died on May 16.
June 2020 issue
COVID-19 puts UW’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in the spotlight
As the pandemic expanded across the country, IHME projections became a resource for local, regional and national leaders as they responded.
