• Not Your Usual Camp

    At the Speech and Hearing Clinic's Communication Camp, children work on their communication skills with the assistance of graduate students, who gain valuable clinical experience. 

    September 2008 Perspectives
  • New Life for Aging Labs

    The UW's aging freshman chemistry laboratories have been described as "something out of Dickens." With renovations, they are now ready for the 21st century. 

    February 2008 Perspectives
  • Science by Kayak

    UW students and sixth graders at TOPS, a K-8 school, conduct water quality experiments in the classroom and then in kayaks on Lake Washington. 

    July 2007 Perspectives
  • Thinking Nuclear

    For 16 years, the Institute for Nuclear Theory has been bringing together scientists from around the world to explore questions in nuclear physics and related fields. 

    October 2006 Perspectives
  • Cinema Summer

    A feature-length film was the focus of a new DXARTS "Digital Production Studio" course. Most students arrived with little or no experience, but they quickly proved they had the talent and determination to make a film. 

    October 2005 Perspectives
  • Plain Talk at the Speech & Hearing Clinic

    The Speech and Hearing Clinic serves a dual role--as a resource for the community and a teaching tool for students. 

    March 2005 Perspectives
  • Guiding People Out of Despair

    Psychology Professor Marsha Linehan has developed a new approach, dialectical behavior therapy, for treating intensely suicidal patients

    October 2004 Perspectives
  • Pacific Northwesterners might be ‘weather wimps’ but science says it’s not our fault

    Raymond B. Huey, professor emeritus of biology, discusses how humans adapt to hot weather.

    The Seattle Times
  • An Overabundance of Oyster Drills

    July 2004 Perspectives
  • Lessons from the Holocaust

    New courses in the Department of History explore the tragedy of the Holocaust. 

    March 2004 Perspectives
  • Trisha Brown, in Stereo

    Choreographer Trisha Brown is the focus of a series of coordinated events on campus this spring, including an exhibition, lectures, performances, and master classes. 

    March 2004 Perspectives
  • The World According to Nanometers

    Scientists at the Center for Nanotechnology are asking big questions using technology that allows them to study at the smallest scale. 

    March 2004 Perspectives
  • A New Approach to Fighting Malaria

    A research team that includes Michael Gelb, professor of chemistry, received the Project of the Year Award from the Medicines for Malaria Venture for research on parasites that cause malaria and sleeping sickness.

    October 2003 Perspectives