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June 2013 issue
Reconstructing hope: One woman’s journey after breast cancer
Diane Mapes shares her personal journey through breast reconstruction, using a new approach at UW Medicine.
June 2013 issue
20 years in the making, Husky Track opens to rave reviews
Since 1920, the track encircling the football field at Husky Stadium was the surface upon which 27 Olympians and 36 NCAA champions sweat for UW. The new—and very purple—Husky Track has been more than 20 years in the making, but the wait was well worth it for track coach Greg Metcalf.
June 2013 issue
Pharmacy alumnus keeps running to honor his father
Catching up with Patrick Gallaher, ’95, founder of the School of Pharmacy’s Memorial Day weekend Border-to-Border relay race that for the past 18 years has raised money for cancer research in honor of his late father.
June 2013 issue
Bryan Pearce, 1958-2013
The University of Washington community lost one of its most beloved members when Bryan Pearce, longtime University Book Store CEO and UWAA board member, died April 20 at the age of 55 from cancer.
June 2013 issue
After dam removal, researchers wait for the sediment to settle
Salmon are headed upstream in the Elwha River for the first time in more than a century, but sediment—and lots of it—is headed downstream. The sediment is the result of the largest dam removal project ever undertaken.
June 2013 issue
Tributes to the power of positivity
For me, positive thinking happens more in June than just about any other time of year. That’s because we get to honor our new graduates and recognize those people who make the UW what it is today: a shining star of a public university that serves our citizens in so many ways it’s hard to count.
June 2013 issue
Astronomer discovers planet that looks a lot like home
Using the Kepler telescope, scientists have been looking for Earth-like planets beyond the solar system since 2009. UW associate professor of astronomy Eric Agol has discovered perhaps the most Earth-like planet yet found outside the solar system.
June 2013 issue
Secret to keeping drinks cool could have global implications
UW scientists have provided fresh insight into an issue that has vexed civilization since the beginning: how to keep a drink cold on a hot day.
June 2013 issue
Researchers probe DNA to understand disorders
The University of Washington Adult Medical Genetics Clinic is not only well-established—both UW and Johns Hopkins started the first genetics programs in 1957—but is widely considered the best in the world.
June 2013 issue
Washington is the home of the freer, new book shows
The state constitution provides more rights than the U.S. Constitution.
June 2013 issue
UW Tacoma professor takes a global view
Divya McMillin became director of UW Tacoma’s Global Honors in 2009. Founded in 2004, the campus-specific program offers upper-division seminars that focus on global themes and issues.
June 2013 issue
The immense impact of Bill Gates Sr.
Even at 87, the 2013 Alumnus Sigma Laude Dignatus recipient continues to serve his alma mater while leading the fight for social justice.
June 2013 issue
Essay: ‘Encore years’ can be full of possibility, and UW can help
With close to 10,000 women and men a day crossing the midlife divide, it’s high time to accelerate the social invention I call the “encore years.”
June 2013 issue
2013 teachers of the year
The 2013 recipients of the UW’s teaching awards are from fields ranging from philosophy to fisheries, but they all know how to inspire their students.
June 2013 issue
Public Health alumnus is on a global mission to stop suicide
The multidisciplinary training Michael Phillips received at the UW made him an ideal person to pioneer research on the nature of suicide in China.
