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June 2009 issue
1909 Alaska Yukon Pacific Exhibition was a fair to remember
One hundred years ago this summer, a young University of Washington campus hosted the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), a world’s fair showcasing the best of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
June 2009 issue
Teachers of the year, 2009
The seven recipients of this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards represent the broadest range of disciplines, from English to maxillofacial surgery. But they all have one thing in common: the ability to hold their students spellbound.
June 2009 issue
Alumna makes strides in fight to save tree kangaroos
This year, Lisa Dabek, '91, '94, scored a major victory in the fight to save tree kangaroos, securing the first-ever national preserve in Papua New Guinea.
June 2009 issue
Marquis Cooper, 1982-2009
Former Husky football standout Marquis Cooper and two other passengers aboard his 21-foot fishing boat were presumed dead March 6 after the vessel capsized in rough seas near Clearwater, Fla., five days earlier. He was 26.
June 2009 issue
Wayne Quinton’s inventions have saved countless lives
Wayne Quinton not only designed a laundry list of life-saving medical devices, but became the first practitioner of an entirely new field: bioengineering.
June 2009 issue
Kids’ sweet tooth could just be growing pains
Parents may be able to chalk up their children’s preference for the tooth-achingly sweet to growing pains. That’s the possibility raised by new research led by UW Professor of Dental Public Health Sciences Susan Coldwell.
June 2009 issue
Strange fish surprises UW professor who discovered it
When it comes to weird fish, Ted Pietsch, a UW professor of aquatic and fishery sciences and curator of fishes at the Burke Museum, has seen it all. But the creature discovered early last year off Ambon Island, in the Indonesian archipelago, surprised even him.
June 2009 issue
Washington will feel the heat from climate change, study shows
A study commissioned by the state Legislature is the most comprehensive look yet at how climate change is likely to affect the state.
June 2009 issue
Edgar Martinez goes to bat for future teachers
Last year, Seattle Mariners legend Edgar Martinez and his wife, Holli, ‘08, launched the Martinez Foundation to help students of color through scholarships and grants.
June 2009 issue
Paul Rucker, ’95, ’02, to lead UW Alumni Association
Paul Rucker, ’95, ’02, who oversaw the expansion of the University of Washington Alumni Association’s programming efforts over the past five years, has been named executive director of the 120-year-old organization.
June 2009 issue
New state budget a bitter pill for UW
For the first time in its history, the UW will be getting more money from tuition than from the state of Washington.
June 2009 issue
With Innocence Project, professor gives students some eye-opening lessons
Since 1997, when Professor Jackie McMurtrie established the Innocence Project Northwest Clinic at the UW School of Law, she and her students have helped exonerate 13 wrongfully convicted people.
June 2009 issue
In Seattle, you find Nobel laureates on the bus
Working at the UW, particularly, it's easy to forget how much of the day one spends surrounded by geniuses.
June 2009 issue
Man’s best friend helps track orcas’ health
The best way to gauge a whale’s health is to study its scat, and that requires a little Lab work.
