Dec. 1995 issue
“Nude Photos of U.W. Girls Stir Protests" screamed the page one headline in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Dec. 1995 issue
Kathy Niccolls Peterson served as the adviser to the UW's student body presidents from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s.
Dec. 1995 issue
Don Pierce has owned several record companies and produced the first recordings of stars such as George Jones and Willie Nelson.
Dec. 1995 issue
Scientists using technology discovered at the UW and other research universities are inserting bits of DNA from a person into a pig or a mouse.
Dec. 1995 issue
The UW embarked on UWired, an ambitious experiment that integrates the computer into undergraduate education.
Dec. 1995 issue
The revival of a 1936 black drama, part of a controversial New Deal project, fulfills the dream of one determined UW director.
Dec. 1995 issue
According to some psychological theories, persons with high self-esteem should hurt more than those with low self-esteem because they aren't used to seeing themselves fail. In fact, the reverse is true, according to UW Psychology Professor Jonathon Brown.
Dec. 1995 issue
UW researchers have found a "strong link" between diets lacking folic acid—found in high levels in orange juice, spinach and dried beans—and heart-related problems.
Dec. 1995 issue
A study by the National Research Council recently ranked graduate programs at the University of Washington 16th in the country among 274 universities whose programs were evaluated.
Dec. 1995 issue
Physics Professor Hans Dehmelt, the University's first Nobel Prize-winning professor, received the nation's highest scientific honor.
Dec. 1995 issue
Student numbers at the University of Washington are right on target for 1995-96, with 33,996 enrolled at the beginning of Fall Quarter.
Dec. 1995 issue
Mary Lidstrom, who joins the UW faculty thanks to the Frank Jungers Endowed Chair in Engineering, studies bacteria that can help clean up soil and water contaminated by toxic spills.
Dec. 1995 issue
For the fiscal year ending June 30, the University of Washington received $477 million for research grant and contract awards, a record amount topping last year's $459 million by 4 percent.
Dec. 1995 issue
A $30 million plan that leverages state funds with private support and tuition would boost access to the UW, expand instructional technology and help retain faculty.
Dec. 1995 issue
President Richard L. McCormick's first weeks in office have included a whirlwind tour of eastern Washington, speaking engagements to hundreds of groups and consultations about the big strategic choices facing the UW.
Dec. 1995 issue
Alumni have known the Ave. in the best and worst of times. But there is still one more chapter to write.
Dec. 1995 issue
Set up by Seattle's pioneers as the city's second main street before the turn of the century, University Way NE today sadly bears little resemblance to its old self.