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Making Music Matter
"[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.
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Retired Teacher Endows History Chair
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.
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Encouraging Students to Go Beyond the Books
Just before graduating last spring, Julia Parker created a community service award for future philosophy students, raising the funds for the award herself.
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English Grads, Brilliant Careers
Alumni in fields ranging from biotechnology to finance believe their UW English degree has been a valuable asset throughout their career. Related stories: A poetry group created by an English alum and friends is still going strong after 15 years; a donor has funded "Ask Betty," an interactive website on English grammar and usage, in his mother's honor.
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Ed Viesturs
Ed Viesturs’ (’81) first climbs were in the Northwest, during his years as a UW undergraduate. Now he has become the first American to successfully summit all 14 of the world's 8,000+ meter peaks without supplemental oxygen.
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The Quiet Leadership of Don Petersen
Don Petersen, former chairman and CEO of Ford Motor Company, has been an inspirational chair of the College of Arts and Sciences' board for the past six years.
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Three Routes Back to Arts & Sciences
Three alumni describe how they have reconnected with the College, decades after graduating.
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The End of a Lifelong Journey
Astronaut Michael Anderson, who perished in the space shuttle Columbia, earned his B.S. from the UW College of Arts and Sciences in physics and astronomy.
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Same Time, Next Year
Although Yehuda Hayuth (Ph.D., '77) is president of the University of Haifa in Israel, he still makes time to teach at the University of Washington each summer.
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Aperture Fever Leads to Astronomy Fellowship
A childhood interest in astronomy, renewed in adulthood, led David Brooks to support postdoctoral fellowships in the Department of Astronomy.
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Behind the Scenes in Arts and Sciences
Many A&S staff have specialized skills that are valuable to their department but not highly visible to the larger community. Meet four staff with unusual and specialized jobs.
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Leading Biotechnology into the 21st Century
Art Levinson (1972), head of biotech firm Genentech, got his start working in a faculty lab as a UW student.
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A ‘T. rex rotisserie’ and other favorites from a Burke Museum staffer
Connie Eggers loves seeing families come through the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. Eggers is a visitor services specialist at the Burke, part of a rotating team that works at the museum’s front desk.