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  • Former Slavic Major and Biotech CEO Leads A&S Board

    H Stewart Parker ('79, '81) spent nearly two decades at the helm of Targeted Genetics. Now she brings her considerable talents to her role as chair of the College of Arts and Sciences Board. 

    December 2009 Perspectives
  • A Course Celebrates Writers and Writing

    How's this for a course assignment? Fall in love with a novel and three poems. The assignment hints at what's to come in Writers on Writing, a lecture course designed to remind students that "literature is a joy." 

    December 2009 Perspectives
  • The Great Depression—On the Web, On the Stage

    The current financial crisis has renewed interest in the Great Depression, so a UW history professor has created a website about the period and the School of Drama has scheduled staged readings of two Depression-era plays.

    December 2009 Perspectives
  • Big Decisions, Little Data

    Accurate predictions for the spread of AIDS are hard to come by in countries where health data is limited. An A&S professor's new statistical model has improved accuracy of AIDS projections and is now being adopted by many African countries. 

    December 2009 Perspectives
  • A Chirp-less Guam Becomes Living Laboratory

    Over the past half century, the Brown Treesnake has decimated bird populations in Guam, leading to the extinction of nearly all native birds. Now researchers are studying the impact of bird extinctions on the island's remaining flora and fauna. 

    December 2009 Perspectives
  • Anthropologist's School of Rock

    December 2009 Perspectives
  • Dance as Social Commentary

    The Chamber Dance Company performs works from the 1930s that were driven by the social issues of the time.

    September 2009 Perspectives
  • 100 Years, 8 Trees, and Thousands of Meatballs

    The Department of Scandinavian Studies celebrates its centennial on September 26 with a tree-planting ceremony, live performances, and lots and lots of meatballs.

    September 2009 Perspectives
  • Jones Playhouse: A History Filled with Drama

    The School of Drama’s Playhouse Theatre, now the Jones Playhouse, has a long history that includes housing one of the few Negro Theatre Units of the WPA’s Federal Theatre Project in the 1930s.

    September 2009 Perspectives
  • Gift Celebrates a Passion for Theatre

    Floyd Jones honored his wife’s love of theater with a generous gift that made the School of Drama Playhouse Theatre renovation possible.

    September 2009 Perspectives