communication
December 9, 2024
Don Pember, 1939–2024
Professor Don Pember was a favorite of communication students.
May 25, 2017
Micro-damaging
Overt racism has long been linked to health disparities, but what about subtle slights?
June 1, 2015
I, too, am America
The first time I visited the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, I was swept with grief. It was the first point during our UW-led Civil Rights pilgrimage where we faced the reality that the price of being black had been paid with innocent lives.
June 1, 2014
Teachers of the year
Why do we come to the UW? To learn. Lucky for us, we had the chance to meet the exceptional teachers honored here. They didn’t just teach us course material or put us on the path to a career. They inspired us. Challenged us. Pushed us. Opened our minds. Made us be our best.
September 1, 2009
Changing classroom
Some classrooms are equipped with banks of desktop computers, but even that is blasé nowadays, since most students bring laptops. The classroom experience at the UW is being transformed because of new, sophisticated technology.
June 1, 2007
Extra credit
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, 2006
The black TV book
Kathleen Fearn-Banks once worked in TV, and now has written the dictionary on an important part of its history.
June 1, 2005
William Shadel, 1908-2005
William Shadel, retired UW communications professor and radio and television broadcasting veteran, died Jan. 29 in Renton. He was 96.
June 1, 2003
Gallery of distinction
Since 1970, the University of Washington has honored its best teachers for striving to bring knowledge to the next generation. This year the UW has given its Distinguished Teaching Award to seven faculty on three campuses. In addition, the UW is honoring TAs, public servants and staff.