Newsletter
of the University of Washington
College of Arts and Sciences
Winter-Spring 2003
Reaching
Out with Residencies
When internationally acclaimed artists perform through
the UW World Series, many also visit local schools or University classes
through residencies.
Merging
Interests
There have been big changes in the College of Arts and Sciences in the
past few years as long-standing departments have joined together to create
new, more effective units.
Homage
to an Adventurer
After Frith Maier retraced adventurer George
Kennan's 1870 route through the Caucasus Mountains, the journey became
the basis of her UW master's thesis and a new book.
With
The Outsiders, Students Become Insiders
When Seattle Children's Theatre presented The Outsiders, adapted from
the classic S.E. Hinton book, its cast was filled with UW drama students.
An
Improving Forecast
Northwest forecasts are becoming more accurate
all the time, thanks in part to work being done in the Department of Atmospheric
Sciences.
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.
A&S
Research
Madness and Reason in the Maximum Security Prison
A Bounty of Beethoven
Awards
and Honors
©2003 A&S Perspectives - Editor: Nancy Joseph
University of Washington, College of Arts and Sciences
Box 353765, Seattle, WA 98195-3765
(206) 543-5340 - nancyj@u.washington.edu