September 1, 2006
When they start classes this month, more than 6,000 new UW students will already have something in common — they’ll all have read the same book about a remarkable doctor trying to bring 21st-century medicine to the poorest corners of the planet.
June 1, 2006
“Mountains Beyond Mountains” was named the UW's first-ever "common book." Every member of the incoming freshman class will be reading the book this summer, and thinking, talking and writing about it this fall.
March 1, 2004
“Why don’t you write a book?” UW Football Coach Don James asked former Husky football player Andre Hayes, ’87, a decade ago.
December 1, 2003
Michele Torrey, '88, was having trouble finding books for her three teen-age sons. She decided to fix that problem by writing one herself.
March 1, 2003
Only 7.5 billion years from now, a burned-out cinder of a planet called Earth will be engulfed by its sun, a bloated red giant that will melt away any evidence that the planet ever existed.
June 1, 2002
For more and more workers, the American Dream is just a mirage, say the authors of a new book.
June 1, 2001
Taking the “if you want something done, do it yourself” mentality her parents instilled in her, Carol Bolt, ’94, a Seattle artist, wrote The Book of Answers.
December 1, 1998
The early Christians weren't all martyrs and they weren't all poor, says a UW sociologist whose book sheds new light on the rise of the Christianity.
June 1, 1993
UW alumnus and retired UW lecturer Richard (Dick) Carbray, '44, '51, has written a new book titled "Prophets of Human Solidarity."
March 1, 1993
"The challenge for America is how to live in peace with its different people. If that's not solved, the country is really in trouble."
March 1, 1992
Excerpts from "James," the new autobiography of UW football coach Don James.
June 1, 1991
UW English Professor Charles Johnson, is holding steady through the months of accolades that have followed winning the 1990 National Book Award in fiction.
March 1, 1991
Charles Johnson, UW professor of English, received the 1990 National Book Award for Middle Passage.
June 1, 1990
Self-help books should be subject to the same rigorous testing as a new drug, a UW expert says.