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Students learn about hidden treasures at the Burke Museum and then design activities to share their knowledge with Burke visitors. 

More than 600 students participated in the 2007 Undergraduate Research Symposium, one of several opportunities to present undergraduate research to the community. 

After 51 years, a Communications Building time capsule will be opened during Washington Weekend, and a new capsule prepared by students will be installed. 

Alumnus Don Logan, who spent years teaching Seattle public schools after earning two history degrees at the UW, has endowed a chair in the Department of History. 

Through two School of Music courses, a group of UW students traveled to Washington's Yakima Valley to teach--and learn from--K-12 students. 

Since their arrival, they have faced Vietnam War demonstrations, major budget cuts, and the introduction of email and the web. Four faculty discuss the changes they've seen since arriving at the UW in the 1960s. Related story: Willis Konick's Six Decades on Campus. 

Tim Egan ('81) has received the National Book Award for nonfiction for a book about the Great American dust bowl. 

"[The students] make me laugh every day. And they will try anything," says Monte Cristo Elementary School teacher Andrea Peterson ('96), recently named Washington Teacher of the Year.