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Sept. 2003 issue
Belding Scribner, 1921-2003
Belding Scribner, a UW medicine professor who revolutionized long-term kidney dialysis and saved millions of lives, died June 19.
Sept. 2003 issue
Bob Ferguson, ’73, lands dream job with the Seahawks
Bob Ferguson, ’73, has a daunting task ahead of him this fall: helping the Seattle Seahawks get off the mediocrity merry-go-round and nudge their way into the NFL’s elite.
Sept. 2003 issue
Universities and sports have always been a turbulent marriage
The alumni were angry. They had had enough of the rampant commercialism of intercollegiate athletics—especially the salary of the football coach. The time was almost a century ago.
Sept. 2003 issue
Bird fights, jazz riffs lead to top honors for UW graduate
Brooks Miner is the 2003 President’s Medalist, the UW’s highest honor for graduating seniors.
Sept. 2003 issue
Husky football looks to bounce back under new leadership
After the firing of Rick Neuheisel, the Huskies put their faith in Keith Gilbertson to bring back stability and a winning culture.
Sept. 2003 issue
Pacific Islander group, multicultural center win Brotman Awards
A networking group for Pacific Islander students and a graduate-level center for multicultural education received the 2003 Brotman Diversity Award June 12.
Sept. 2003 issue
Record gift to UW Tacoma creates Milgard School of Business
The brothers behind Milgard Manufacturing are creating opportunities for UW Tacoma business students to receive a world-class education in their own back yard.
Sept. 2003 issue
Blacks more likely to be shot by mistake, UW experiment finds
A UW experiment using primarily white and Asian college students found that people were more likely to shoot blacks than whites, even when the men were holding a harmless object such as a flashlight rather than a gun.
Sept. 2003 issue
Journalism group gives Columns 7 awards in writing, design, photography
Columns won seven awards-including three First Place honors-in a 2003 journalism competition sponsored by the Western Washington chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the society announced May 17.
Sept. 2003 issue
Husky football faces great expectations despite coaching change
Major sports rankings such as ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll have named the Huskies to finish near the top of the Pac-10, despite the recent coaching turnover.
Sept. 2003 issue
Record number apply to UW as state freezes enrollments
Recent application numbers confirm what UW officials have been saying for a decade — it’s getting harder and harder to enter the University as a freshman.
Sept. 2003 issue
UW faces $47 million drop in state funds; tuition to rise 7 percent
Faced with a $2.65 billion deficit in its 2003-05 budget, the state Legislature passed a plan in June that includes a $47 million cut for the UW, no new enrollments and a 7 percent hike for in-state undergraduate tuition.
Sept. 2003 issue
Earth is doomed (eventually), UW scientists say
"In 7.5 billion years Earth will either be swallowed up or survive only as a scorched planet."
Sept. 2003 issue
Washington Elm is a campus landmark with a storied history
The Washington Elm started from a cutting from a majestic tree in Cambridge, Mass., under which Gen. George Washington took command of the Continental Army on July 3, 1775.
Sept. 2003 issue
Invasive species cause a lot more than headaches
Hacking away at blackberries in your back yard? You are not alone. Invasive plants are killing off our native species, costing farmers and gardeners $35 billion each year.
Sept. 2003 issue
Honor and glory: Where do athletics belong?
What is the place of athletics on a college campus? Coaches, players, presidents and professors offer some provocative answers.
Sept. 2003 issue
Up and coming: a photo tour of 4 new UW buildings
Four new buildings open this fall to meet the UW's 21st century teaching, research and public service missions.
Sept. 2003 issue
Multicultural partnership honors community visionaries
A founder of the Multicultural Alumni Partnership, a member of the Washington State Legislature, and a community leader who serves on the National Council on Humanities are among this year’s alumni and friends who will receive awards at the Multicultural Alumni Partnership’s “Bridging the Gap” Breakfast.
Sept. 2003 issue
New Alumni Association president says UW put her back on track
Dawn Williams becomes the 55th president of the UW Alumni Association, representing more than 300,000 living UW alumni. She is only the seventh woman to fill that role in the 114-year history of the organization.
Sept. 2003 issue
George Kozmetsky, 1917-2003
George Kozmetsky, ’39, who received the Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus Award in 1989 as the University of Washington’s alumnus of the year, died April 30 of Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was 85.
