awards
September 1, 2000
2 programs honored
The Department of Technical Communication and the Comparative History of Ideas Program won 2000 Brotman Instructional Excellence Awards.
September 1, 1999
Columns honored
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education recognized Columns Magazine for its 1998 redesign.
New UW awards
Three UW units have won a new award that recognizes collaboration across department lines to improve undergraduate education.
June 1, 1999
Top teachers of ‘99
The University of Washington is honoring its best teachers, staff members and volunteers in an expanded awards program for 1999.
June 1, 1998
Best of 1998
The UW is honoring the best teachers, staff members and volunteers in an expanded awards program for 1998.
March 1, 1998
After the prize
Six UW Nobel laureates talk about the day they won, and what happened after.
June 1, 1997
Columns wins 13 awards in writing, editing, design, photography
Columns Magazine won 10 of the awards in the 1996 Washington Press Association's Communicator of Excellence Competition.
September 1, 1996
UW computer scientist awarded National Medal of Science
Computer Science and Engineering Professor Richard M. Karp, known for tackling seemingly insoluble problems, received a 1996 National Medal of Science.
Zoologist Thomas Daniel wins MacArthur ‘genius’ award
UW Zoology Professor Thomas Daniel was one of 21 people namedas 1996 fellows of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
June 1, 1996
Ray Clough, ’42, wins renown as earthquake expert
A 1942 graduate of the UW civil engineering program, Ray Clough was presented with a National Medal of Science by President Clinton.
UW honors the best of 1996
Every year faculty, students and alumni meet to decide who are the top UW teachers, public servants and volunteers, and this year they came up with a remarkable list.
December 1, 1995
UW physicist Hans Dehmelt awarded National Medal of Science
Physics Professor Hans Dehmelt, the University's first Nobel Prize-winning professor, received the nation's highest scientific honor.
June 1, 1995
Awards for Columns
The Washington Press Association (WPA) gave Columns its top award for general, color magazines in Washington state.
Best of 1995
Faculty, students and alumni met to decide whom to add to the list of top UW teachers, public servants and volunteers.
December 1, 1994
Nobel laureate
Martin Rodbell was honored for research on G proteins, a key component of the communication system that regulates cellular activity.
September 1, 1994
Awards for Columns
Columns won two First Place Awards and two Second Place Awards in the 1993 Excellence in Journalism Competition.
June 1, 1994
The best of 1994
Faculty, students and alumni met to decide who are the best teachers, public servants and volunteers of the year.
June 1, 1993
The best of 1993
Each year, the University searches for top teachers and public servants to honor for their exceptional efforts.
June 1, 1992
9 for 1992
Faculty and students have come up with a list of nine exceptional people who have dedicated themselves to the University's teaching and public service missions.
June 1, 1991
The best of 1991
Traditionally, June is the month when the UW and its alumni association announce the winners of the annual teaching and public service awards.