business
October 8, 2024
From the football field to the boardroom
After 13 years in the NFL, Jeff Jaeger—a star Husky placekicker—transitioned to a career in business. He explains how in this Q&A.
November 29, 2023
Chairmen of the boards
Twin brothers forge a thriving business creating bindings for snowboards and splitboards.
May 29, 2023
Smooth sip of success
Pals Manny Chao and Roger Bialous have made Georgetown Brewing a Seattle favorite.
June 10, 2021
Learning the business
At the Foster School, Nicole Bryant, ’21, is getting a real-world business education and helping a women-owned startup.
December 7, 2020
Moving forward
Prison gave Kurt Myers a perspective he uses in his professional life.
March 10, 2020
A serving of support
As CEO of FareStart, Angela Dunleavy Stowell gives people a path from poverty to success in the culinary world.
November 29, 2019
Serving up success
The Foster School's Consulting and Business Development Center boosts entrepreneurs from underserved communities.
March 7, 2019
Keep it Moovn
Foster grad wants to change how Seattle moves with a homegrown ride-sharing app.
October 19, 2018
A serving of advocacy
Taylor Hoang speaks up for small and immigrant-owned businesses.
December 1, 2015
Restaurateur Renee
She wants to serve the world’s best steak. That’s why chef Renee Erickson, ’95, is now in the ranch business.
June 1, 2015
Top teachers
They walk into a classroom that is filled with a sea of anxious faces. Expectations run high. They take a deep breath and off they go—the process of molding students into scholars is what teachers do everyday. With the greatest of ease? Hardly. Only some have the chops to rise above the rest. Introducing this year’s best of the best.
December 1, 2014
Sweet success
A keen eye for design drives Michael and Mark Klebeck's doughnut dynasty.
December 1, 2013
Sea salt savant
Sea salt is typically made in coastal areas where the climate stays warm and dry most of the year, but Brady Ryan, ’10, doesn’t like to do things conventionally. In 2012, he started San Juan Island Sea Salt, harvesting sea salt in the Pacific Northwest using techniques he began learning at UW.
March 1, 2013
Flair for food
The blog Molly Wizenberg started for fun in the year she spent finishing her M.A. in cultural anthropology has propelled a career as an acclaimed food writer and owner of a bustling restaurant and, most recently, a cocktail bar.
December 1, 2012
Purple gold
It takes more than perfect weather and ideal growing conditions to make a great Washington wine. The University of Washington has been part of the mix since the state’s wine industry began.
March 1, 2012
Surviving and thriving
Innovative management keeps University Book Store successful despite ongoing upheavals in the publishing industry
March 1, 2011
The business of gaming
If you still think video games are for teens in the rec room, it might be time for a closer look at what’s become the biggest entertainment phenomenon since television.
December 1, 2010
Market man
Ben Franz-Knight, '96, is executive director of the Pike Place Market Preservation & Development Authority, the organization that oversees the 103-year-old Seattle institution.
June 1, 2010
Nordstrom's way
Bruce Nordstrom has been a force in civic activities, a leader in charitable giving and devoted alum to the University of Washington.
September 1, 2008
Market maker
Chris Curtis, ’73, launched a delicious revolution in Seattle 15 years ago, planting the seed that’s grown into the flourishing Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance with seven markets.
June 1, 2008
Irvine Robbins, 1917-2008
Irvine (Irv) Robbins, '40, introduced America to a host of unusual ice cream flavors as co-founder of Baskin-Robbins.
December 1, 2007
Treasure hunt
It's a maze of statistics, multipliers and matrices, as one intrepid reporter strives to make sense of the UW's economic impact on our region.
Business school renamed
The UW School of Business is being renamed in recognition of gifts from the Foster Foundation totaling $50 million.
September 1, 2006
Our man in Tokyo
Four years after earning his UW M.B.A., Yoshihiko Miyauchi helped launch a Japanese corporation that is now worth $8 billion. Along the way, he became Japan's No. 1 advocate for deregulation — and the owner who nurtured Ichiro Suzuki's baseball career.
June 1, 2006
Magnificent 7
A great university has great teachers. This year, the UW honors seven instructors from three campuses who have touched the lives of thousands.
December 1, 2005
$33 billion risk
A UW Bothell business professor says that the Puget Sound region could suffer $33 billion in property damage and economic losses following a magnitude 6.7 earthquake along the Seattle Fault.
September 1, 2003
Gift backs business school
The brothers behind Milgard Manufacturing are creating opportunities for UW Tacoma business students to receive a world-class education in their own back yard.
March 1, 2003
Boost for entrepreneurs
Students enrolled in the UW Business School’s Center for Technology Entrepreneurship will receive a greater return on their educational investment, thanks to recent leadership gifts.
September 1, 2001
Tops in toys
Since his arrival at Toys “R” Us in January 2000, after serving as chairman and CEO of upscale toy retailer FAO Schwarz, John Eyler has made sweeping changes.
March 1, 2001
Largest alumni gift
A $10 million gift by Neal Dempsey, ’64, and his wife, Janet, to support academics and athletics is the largest alumni gift ever to the university.
September 1, 1999
Frisky business
Student entrepreneurs gain the experience, contacts and confidence necessary to launch their own companies.
June 1, 1999
No ‘ex-jock’
After receiving his M.B.A. from the UW in 1989, Jim Beattie worked in the Mariners' front office and now is challenged with making the Montreal Expos a winner.
September 1, 1996
Class gives business students a taste of Wall Street
The Business School places some of its students in their own real world laboratory—Wall Street
December 1, 1995
Hard times on the Ave
Set up by Seattle's pioneers as the city's second main street before the turn of the century, University Way NE today sadly bears little resemblance to its old self.
September 1, 1995
Buildings to aid sciences, business, art, engineering
As the University of Washington celebrates 100 years at its present campus, its buildings and grounds continue to evolve through new construction.
March 1, 1994
Journalism's debate
UW Communications Professor Doug Underwood describes the clash in American journalism in his new book, “When M.B.A.s Rule the Newsroom.”
December 1, 1993
Stronger skis
UW engineers say they can help the last major U.S. manufacturer of downhill skis—Washington-based K2 Corp.—keep its competitive edge.
March 1, 1993
One for the money
It's always a gamble to start your own business, says UW Professor Karl Vesper, but your number may come up during a recession.
September 1, 1990
Down to business
Robert S. Leventhal takes over as dean of the UW business school, with his sights set on making it among the nation's best.