AUTUMN 2008 VOL 20 NO. 1 WINTER-SPRING 2005 V O L 1 6 NO. 2 Arts Centers Dean of Arts and Sciences College of Arts and Sciences Art Addictive Behaviors Research Center Ana Mari Cauce University of Washington Dance Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics Divisional Dean of Arts Box 353765 Digital Arts and Experimental Media Center for Advanced Research Technology in and Humanities Seattle, WA 98195-3765 Drama the Arts and Humanities Robert Stacey (206) 543-5340 Music Center for American Politics and Public Divisional Dean of Social Sciences Policy Judith Howard http://www.artsci.washington.edu/ Humanities Center for Astrobiology and Early Divisional Dean of Natural Sciences LETTER FROM THE DEAN Asian Languages and Literature Evolution Classics Werner Stuetzle A&S Perspectives is published Center for Cell Dynamics three times a year by the College Comparative History of Ideas Center for Clinical Research Divisional Dean of Research and Infrastructure of Arts and Sciences to provide Comparative Literature Center for Community and Civic One of the unexpected pleasures of my deanship is speaking with I saw it very clearly as classes commenced in September, English Richard Karpen current information on the Engagement College’s diverse activities. The A&S alumni in Seattle, around the country, and around the a banner month for faculty awards. Huck Hodge, our newly French and Italian Studies Center for Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Assistant Dean for Educational Programs Germanics Paul LePore newsletter is distributed to faculty, world. The fact that our alumni are everywhere really came home appointed assistant professor of music composition, was awarded Resolution staff, supporters, and other friends Linguistics Assistant Dean for Advancement Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and of the College. It is printed by to me this summer, while I was hiking in Zion National Park. the Gaudeamus Prize (Latin for “we take delight in you”), an Near Eastern Languages and Astrophysics Tracy Ostrem Civilization Publications Services. Center for Labor Studies Director of Finance and Administration While I was in one of the most remote regions of the park, international award that includes a commission to compose Scandinavian Studies Center for Materials and Devices for Linda Nelson Slavic Languages and Literatures I started chatting with a ranger. Curious about how people got a new work. Soon after, Chemistry Professor Munira Khalil Information Technology Research Editor, A&S Perspectives Spanish and Portuguese Studies Director of Marketing and Nancy Joseph Center for Process Analytical Chemistry Communications into the ranger business, I asked him about his educational received a Packard Foundation Award for Excellence, recognizing [email protected] Center for Research on the Family Candice Douglass background. Lo and behold, he was Pete Sawtell (‘04), a UW her research at the interface between chemistry and biology— Natural Sciences Center for Social Science Computation Applied Mathematics and Research anthropology major and environmental studies minor. Pete told research that eventually may lead to the design of new materials Astronomy Arts and Sciences Board Center for Statistics and the Social Atmospheric Sciences Maggie Walker, Chair; Susan Adkins, Greg Blume, Ana Mari Cauce, Mari Clack, me he looks back on his time here with pride and pleasure, and and molecular devices. Sciences Biology David Davis, Sturges D. Dorrance, Maryel Duzan, Judy Evans, Stan Freimuth, Gary Gigot, Center for Studies in Demography and he believes his broad background, with its focus on people within I saw it again in late September when Earth and Space Chemistry David Horsey, George Kauffman, Mary Kollar, J. Nathan Kutz, Kirsten Lumpkin, Doug Ecology Earth and Space Sciences McCallum, Laurel Nesholm, Gregg Ose, Ralph Palumbo, H. Stewart Parker, Don Petersen, their culture and context, has served him well. Sciences Professor David Montgomery received a prestigious Center for Studies in Social Psychology Mathematics Lucy Pruzan, William Reinhardt, Bernard Ryan, Usha Varanasi, Greg Walsh, Robb Weller, On the drive back to my cabin that day, I pondered the Center for the Study of the Pacific MacArthur Fellowship (see page 15). As if this wasn’t enough, Physics Wayne Wilson, Shauna Woods, Kathleen Woodward Psychology Northwest questions I’m asked to address most often: What is your vision four days later Montgomery’s most recent book received the Speech and Hearing Sciences Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma for the College of Arts and Sciences? How does it differ from a Washington State Book Award for general nonfiction. As the Statistics Economic Policy Research Center European Union Center professional school, and why is that important? How is it relevant month came to a close, I learned that History Professor Stephanie Institute for Economic Research Social Sciences for today and tomorrow? What is the future of the liberal arts? Smallwood had been awarded the Frederick Douglass Book Prize American Ethnic Studies Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences American Indian Studies Institute for Nuclear Theory CONTENTS As I continue to talk to alumni, students, and parents, for a book that explores the Atlantic slave system and the uneven Anthropology Language Learning Center I hope to hone my answers to these questions. At the moment, power relations between people on both sides of the Atlantic. Math Sciences Computing Center Communication when asked to describe what’s so distinctive about the College, Then, on a crisp autumn morning in our nation’s capital, Economics Research Center for International 4 What’s News Geography Economics I paraphrase Justice William O. Douglass: I’m not so sure how to I saw it at the Phillips Collection, which was hosting a special Simpson Center for the Humanities History define it, but I know it when I see it. exhibition of the “migration series” by the late UW Art Professor Jackson School of International University of Washington Institute for the 6 Connecting Students to Arts & Sciences Studies Study of Ethnicity, Race, and Sexuality I saw it this summer in two new A&S graduates who stopped Jacob Lawrence. The series illustrates the African American Law, Societies and Justice Washington Space Grant Consortium by my office to say goodbye before moving on. The first was Jeff migration from the south to the north’s industrial cities. A Philosophy 10 More than Math Political Science Eaton, a Marshall scholar and one of the College’s 2008 Dean’s group of multicultural urban school children—many no doubt Sociology Medalists. Jeff graduated with double majors in mathematics and with their own immigration/migration stories to tell—sat on Women Studies 12 Athena Unleashed sociology, a minor in music, and a master’s degree in statistics. the gallery floor listening to their teacher, who with the help of Museums and Performance Halls He will draw upon all of these in his next phase of studies and Lawrence’s genius, made history come alive, made art relevant, Brechemin Auditorium 14 Not Your Usual Camp Burke Museum of Natural History in his work to help stem the spread of HIV/AIDS. The second and helped them understand their own family stories. and Culture was Chloe Ameh, a law, societies and justice major, who also What’s the essence of the College of Arts and Sciences? Henry Art Gallery 15 Montgomery, Meet MacArthur Jacob Lawrence Gallery took many courses in American ethnic studies and was active in We’re a place where the arts, humanities, social sciences, and Meany Hall for the Performing Arts the Student Senate and the Minority Think Tank. Now in law natural sciences co-mingle, where students and faculty work Penthouse Theatre 16 Getting on Board with The Washington Bus Playhouse Theatre school, it’s hard to imagine Chloe’s future won’t include working together across disciplinary boundaries, and where we draw from UW World Series with disadvantaged immigrants and minorities like her own fam- the past to build the future. I’m still having a hard time putting 18 Research ily, which came to the U.S. from Nigeria. it into words, but I know it when I see it.

Front Cover 20 Awards, Honors, and Professorships Volunteers with The Washington Bus speak at Ana Mari Cauce Dean Seattle’s Capitol Hill Block Party. A&S alumnus 22 Calendar Josh Johnston helped establish The Washington [email protected] Bus to involve young people in politics. Related story on page 16. Photo by Toby Crittenden. 24 Milestones

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Thank You for Helping Us From Tea to Weddings: Rituals Around the Globe Create the Future! Just days after finishing their school year, interested in, that are broad enough for all More than 50,000 donors gave to programs dozens of high school teachers filed into the regions to contribute,” she says. “Then I in the College of Arts and Sciences during UW’s HUB Ballroom. As they knelt at a choose one I believe won’t bore everybody. silver basin, scented rose water was poured This year, I thought it would be interesting Campaign UW: Creating Futures, which Support for students was a priority for Campaign UW: Creating Futures. Donors to the officially ended on June 30. College of Arts and Sciences gave or pledged $283 million during the campaign. over their hands. Then they removed their to look at how ritual binds communities The $283 million given or pledged shoes and sat on Oriental rugs spread across and how we identify ourselves through surpassed the College’s $240 million cam- the floor, ready to drink steaming cups of subtle ritual.” paign goal by a generous margin. While thick, sweet tea, heavily scented with spices. The rituals explored in the two-day most of the gifts are for current use, donors More Northern Exposure The spacious ballroom couldn’t seminar included everything from the also created more than 300 new endow- duplicate the intimate setting of a North Day of the Dead in Mexico to Makah Geographically, Washington is nowhere looking at sea ice motion and thickness; ments to provide permanently increased African or Middle Eastern tea service, but whaling traditions. Most presenters near the Arctic. But earlier this year the and business faculty studying Alaskan support for faculty, students, research, and the gathering—with an anthropologist on were UW faculty. University of Washington became a economics. programs. hand to explain tea rituals and etiquette— In planning the seminar, Hecker member of the University of the Arctic In Fabbi’s own program, Canadian “These gifts make a huge difference to did provide a window into another culture. welcomed opportunities for teachers to —just the second institution (along Studies, the Arctic is an ongoing focus. the College,” says Ana Mari Cauce, dean Serving tea to guests was one of ten experience rituals rather than simply hear with Dartmouth College) below the “Canada is the second largest Arctic of Arts and Sciences. “I know from experi- rituals from around the globe highlighted them described. Participants held up a 49th parallel to do so. nation in the world,” explains Fabbi. “Forty ence that the hard work of our faculty, in “Life Cycle Rituals and Traditions across chuppa used in the Jewish wedding ceremo- Don’t pack your bags for a visit to percent of Canada’s land is considered far staff, and students changes people’s lives Cultures,” the 2008 Summer Seminar for ny, enjoyed a live performance of traditional the far north just yet. The University of the north.” for the better in ways we often can’t Educators offered by the Jackson School of xylophone music from Ghana, and—of Arctic (UArctic) has no physical campus. The University of the Arctic is a fairly anticipate. I want to thank everyone who International Studies (JSIS). course—sipped tea on a carpeted floor. Rather, it is a network of institutions new institution, established in 1998 as contributed the resources that help our “We’ve been offering these seminars To create the right ambience for the across the circumpolar north with shared an offshoot of the Arctic Council, which people do their best work.” annually since the mid-1990s,” says latter, JSIS staff borrowed dozens of rugs interests. brought together the eight Arctic nations Faculty and staff not only benefit Felicia Hecker, associate director of the from a local collector. They struggled to Those interests range from global —Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, from gifts, they also make gifts. Three JSIS’s Middle East Center, who was this transport them to the HUB—facing an warming to Inuit self-government to the Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the U.S.— years ago, the University put forward a year’s organizer. “The goal is to reenergize elevator malfunction at the worst possible natural resources of the Arctic, says to address circumpolar policy. challenge to current and retired faculty teachers—spark their desire to learn and moment—but Hecker felt the rugs were Nadine Fabbi, associate director of the “The group agreed that they ought and staff, offering to match gifts (up to get excited about new material.” essential to create the setting in which UW Canadian Studies Center in the Jack- to form a University that would focus on $10,000) that create new endowments The Jackson School has eight regional tea is experienced in a traditional Middle son School of International Studies, who led enhanced education for and about the to support undergraduate or graduate centers funded by the U.S. Department of Eastern home. the effort to have the UW join UArctic. circumpolar world,” says Fabbi. students. Current and retired faculty and Education, and each is represented in the That detail, along with the removal Fabbi points out that climate Classes are offered online, leading to a High school teachers learned about Middle Eastern staff responded generously, creating 119 annual seminar. Past themes have included of shoes and washing of hands, might change—and concern that polar ice is degree in circumpolar studies. Fabbi hopes tea service (top) and Jewish wedding traditions new named endowments to help students. world religions, international literature, not even be recognized as rituals to those (above) at the Jackson School’s Summer Seminar melting—has made the Arctic a region that UW faculty may one day develop What’s next? “The Campaign may migration, trade routes, and storytelling closest to them. for Educators. Photos by Keith Snodgrass. of growing interest. “As polar ice melts, online courses for UArctic, and that UW have ended, but our need for support and oral traditions. “You start to realize that some of the natural resources like oil, gas, and minerals students can pursue a circumpolar minor has not,” says Cauce. “We are grateful The greatest challenge, says Hecker, most minor things we do are rituals,” says may become more accessible,” says Fabbi, to complement their other UW studies. for every gift, and we are inspired and is coming up with a theme that translates Hecker. “These are the sorts of details that “and the Northwest Passage may open to “The online courses offer a unique encouraged by the generosity of so many across regions. “I think about topics I’m define us and our place in society. But often shipping for the first time. This raises many experience,” says Fabbi. “You have classes people who enthusiastically support the we don’t see them until we step out and political and economic issues.” where students are dialoguing with Rus- College.” u study other cultures.” u Where does the UW fit in? Fabbi has sians, Canada’s Inuit, and students from already identified nearly 40 faculty pursuing Greenland. I’m hopeful that our member- research with a circumpolar connection. ship in UArctic will lead to some innova- These include anthropologists studying hu- tive new programs at the UW.” u “You start to realize that some of the most minor man adaptations to Arctic environments; things we do are rituals. ...But often we don’t see scientists at the UW’s Polar Science Center them until we step out and study other cultures.”

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realized opportunity was knocking. “I could “Often I’ll help students strategize to Arts & Sciences ignore it or heed the call,” she says. “I what to do to improve their chances of chose the latter and have never regretted getting into the department,” says Carrie the decision.” Perrin, director of academic services in the Other advisers have been similarly Department of Psychology. “But if they’re It’s a rainy November morning. Judi Clark is still sipping her first hooked by the chance to work with under- unlikely to get in, I’ll have the difficult cup of coffee as she welcomes a prospective student and his graduates. conversation about other options. There “I love the place people are at when are ways to have that conversation that will mother into her office. The student is nervous about getting into they’re in college,” says Janet Germeraad, take the sting out of it and be proactive. the University; the mother wants assurance that her son will be director of academic services in the There are often other ways for students to Department of Biology. “It’s not about their achieve their goals. Sometimes they just gainfully employed after graduation. age. It’s about the transformative process need help finding their footing.” of being opened up to so many ideas and Most advising concerns are familiar. possibilities and cultures. That changes and Wensel jokes that whenever a student Clark, the School of Art’s director of Clark joined the School of Art advis- empowers people, and it’s wonderful to be a comes in saying, ‘I have kind of a unique Members of the College Advisory Committee on Advising and Student Services include (from left) Judi academic advising and student services, can ing staff in 1990, after earning a master’s part of that.” problem,’ she knows it’s going to be Clark, Melissa Wensel, Cynthia Caci, Brooke Miller, Lani Stone, Carrie Perrin, Paul LePore, Kevin Mihata, and make no promises about UW admission or degree in art history from the School. “I fell Jim Donnen. Photo by Mary Levin. something she’s heard 20 times before. But post-baccalaureate employment. But she into it,” she admits. “I quickly realized what there’s still the occasional surprise. And spends half an hour with the mother and a privileged position it was to work with A Meaningful Conversation then there are the problems that go beyond son, parsing the son’s interests in art and students.” Not all students seek out advisers. Some the scope of an academic adviser. “I’m comfortable with ambivalent students suggesting UW programs that would build About the same time, Melissa Wensel drop in for a handful of routine visits to “Students have very complicated because I was where they are now. ...I love on those interests. was hired as a half-time adviser in the De- review their progress or apply for gradua- lives,” says Wensel. “They frequently have It’s all in a day’s work for Clark, one of partment of English while working toward tion. Others come in frequently, viewing them see . tough personal lives that can impinge on helping possibilities ” about 60 academic advisers in the College a Ph.D. “I’d been a teaching assistant in the advisers as mentors. Then there’s everyone their academic lives. If students want to of Arts and Sciences. department for four years and didn’t even in between: New students wanting guid- talk about those things, how to balance “While advisers spend hours a day realize there was an advising office,” she ance in selecting courses. Students seeking interests, and then working with them to interests and find opportunities that build their lives, sure, I’ll talk about them. But talking with current or prospective majors, admits. “That’s how low profile it was at internship information. Students panicked individualize their UW education. on those interests—that’s the most exciting I make very clear the limits of what I can we also meet with many people who may the time.” at the prospect of not being accepted into Clark recalls how she drifted as an part. I love helping them see possibilities.” discuss with them. I’m not a professional Cynthia Caci likens those conversa- never set foot on campus again,” says Clark. Wensel viewed advising as a temporary the major. Any visit can be a jumping off undergraduate, trying out “seven or eight” counselor. I will refer them to the UW tions to Amazon’s approach to recommend- “We’re like little ambassadors before they job, her long-term goal being a tenure-track point for further discussion. majors before choosing one based on Counseling Center, or even walk them ing books. “You start by talking about a even apply to the University.” academic position. But the longer she “The key is to have a meaningful con- accumulated credits rather than interest. there if the situation seems urgent. But I class they liked,” explains Caci, assistant worked as an adviser, the more invested she versation with students, not a rote one,” She wants the students who come to her know what my limits are.” director for academic services in Digital A Privileged Position became. “Students would leave my office says Rick Roth, assistant to the chair and to avoid that fate. Where advisers really shine is in Arts and Experimental Media, “and then These campus ambassadors have staying saying, ‘Thank you so much. That really adviser in the Department of Geography. “I’m comfortable with ambivalent helping students identify their goals and point out that people who liked that class power. Many have been on the job for more helped,’“ she recalls. “It was a rush.” When “Students are all too willing to treat it like students because I was where they are now,” than a decade, some for over 20 years. a full-time position opened up, Wensel a doctor’s appointment and be out in seven says Clark. “Helping students define their minutes. But it’s more like a therapist’s appointment. We encourage students to talk about their educational goals—their versions of their present and future selves.” Career Discovery Week: A Glimpse at Life After College A student might arrive in an adviser’s office frustrated, facing the prospect of not Back in the early 1990s, a group of Arts and Sciences advisers Alumni Association. Several key players in planning the event are being accepted into the major. That visit organized a handful of modest career seminars for liberal arts Arts and Sciences advisers. might lead to a pivotal conversation about majors, inviting alumni to speak about their varied careers. That Career Discovery Week actually extends about a month, beginning in the purpose of a UW education. idea led to Career Discovery Week, now a University-wide event mid-January. More than 120 sessions are offered, including alumni that attracts an estimated 10,000 participants annually— career panels, networking events, career fairs, and seminars. Many the largest career exploration event in the nation. events are appropriate for alumni considering a career change as Adviser Janet Germeraad meets with The overwhelming success of Career Discovery Week is thanks well as current students. Eric Nguyen, a triple major in biology, to guidance from the UW Career Center, the participation of Want to learn more? Visit Career Discovery Week’s website at computer science, and philosophy. more than 50 UW departments, and—since 2001—funding, Photo by Karen Orders. uwcdw.org. u marketing, and administrative coordination from the UW

6 UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS | IMAGINING WHAT CAN BE A & S PERSPECTIVES | AUTUMN 2008 7 Advisers Judi Clark and Cynthia Caci after graduation. Across the College, the (seated, left to right) discuss the refrain is repeated: What kind of job can ArtsLink website with ArtsLink Program will tell you, in one way or Coordinator Liz Copland (with scarf) I get with this degree? “Students and students (from left) Allison Urban, Germeraad attributes much of students’ another, that you believed in them and that has Jessica Frederick, and Ryan Irilli. Photo career anxiety to parental pressure. She finds by Mary Levin. that parents’ questions are often driven been really valuable. Witnessing that—seeing by economics—usually some version of, them succeed—is very gratifying.” “What are we going to get for our money?” Germeraad’s answer: Your child will get an education that is priceless. “It may sound office also offers resumé and cover-letter Of course the college years can wind that experience and conversations with clichéd,” says Germeraad, “but it’s true.” workshops and plans networking events and twist as well. Ensuring that students geography majors, he discovered that the That said, Arts and Sciences advisers with department alumni. find success, despite some bumps along curriculum was “piecemeal and haphaz- care deeply about helping students succeed It can be a real eye-opener for students the way, is what keeps Arts and Sciences ard and wasn’t being well explained to after college. In Germeraad’s department, to hear from successful alumni who had advisers motivated and engaged, year students.” where many students arrive with a “pre-med” once been in their shoes. “My favorite part after year. The department invited Roth to mentality, showing them that an M.D. is not is when alumni tell students, ‘I thought I “Students will tell you, in one way or become involved in curriculum planning. their only option is an important first step. knew what I wanted to do, but it didn’t another, that you believed in them and often liked this other class. It gets the Sometimes that means injecting an He tackled long-ignored logistical problems, Germeraad helps plan Career Discov- work out that way,’” says Germeraad. that has been really valuable,” says Perrin. conversation going.” unwelcome dose of reality. “One of my such as the scheduling of several required ery Week (see box, page 7), an event that “Students see that careers can wind and “Witnessing that—seeing them succeed— is least favorite roles is to reign in faculty courses at the same time. But he also pushed highlights a myriad of career options. Her twist. It’s not always a straight line.” very gratifying. That’s what it’s all about.” u the department to clarify how the curricu- A Link To Students and Faculty fantasies,” says Wensel. “They’ll come up with some elaborate structure of sequenced lum prepares students for geography careers. Sometimes students arrive not wanting to Roth spearheaded the Geography talk about future plans but rather to vent courses that just won’t work given the From Lone Rangers to Powerful Allies structure of our university and the way Learning Objectives and Outcomes Project about a course, professor, or registration (G-LOOP), through which all geography issue. That’s fine too, say advisers. students register for classes. We know that faculty identified the desired outcomes for Advisers are pros at networking with faculty, students, and alumni. One thing the group realized early on: students don’t think in terms Students’ willingness to share with because we deal with registration issues all each of their courses and explained how the But there was a time when they had trouble networking even of departments. A student interested in the arts may take classes in advisers has much to do with advisers’ the time. Faculty don’t.” course design builds toward those outcomes. among themselves. art, architecture, creative writing, music, and drama. “We saw that it welcoming demeanor. But there’s also the More enjoyable are conversations with “Faculty had to share the inner logic made sense for departments with an arts emphasis to work together fact that, unlike faculty and TAs, advisers faculty about how best to achieve student Cynthia Caci remembers when advisers worked in isolation, of their courses,” recalls Roth. “When they to help students understand what’s available,” says Clark. learning goals. Wensel was a key player unaware that peers across the College were tackling similar have no control over a student’s grade. articulated this, it really helped students when the Department of English began the challenges. “People would have personal relationships with other That idea led to ArtsLink, an “affinity group” that spans departments That translates to a safe place to express understand how the course content fits long process of transforming its curriculum advisers,” says Caci, assistant director for academic services in and even colleges. ArtsLink’s activities range from presenting a session frustration, confusion, or even anger. And together.” three years ago. A series of core courses was Digital Arts and Experimental Media, “but it wasn’t about support- at new student orientation to publishing a blog about arts at the UW, students do express all three—sometimes Roth also conducted a departmental added, sequenced to take students through ing each other professionally. Even the concept of what the College written by and for students. A student advisory board plans other Arts- in one meeting. study of undergraduate learning, interview- courses of study in a developmentally was, as an entity, was really unapparent.” Link activities, including the Parnassus Emerging Artist Series, which Students might be frustrated by ing a cohort of majors several times over course content, or by two required courses appropriate way. presents student poetry, film, music, dance, and other creative work. “I was involved in the discussion at two years to see if their perceptions of About two years ago, a handful of Arts and Sciences advisers began being offered at the same time. They might what they had learned matched the meeting informally to share ideas. Eventually they approached Paul complain that a subject that fascinates them every level, from brainstorming ideas in the earliest stages to refining individual faculty’s perceptions of what they were LePore, assistant dean for educational programs, who suggested “Having this connection with other advisers has is not covered in any class. Advisers take teaching. The results are proving integral creating a formal advisory group to the dean. note of students’ complaints and—if they course concepts,” says Wensel. “It really does made the job so much more engaging for us, who affirm the notion that advisers are educators to a redesign of the geography curriculum The College Advisory Committee on Advising and Student Services see a pattern—share that information with and major requirements. had been lone rangers in our departments.” faculty, brainstorming how to address the who work in partnership with faculty.” (CACASS) began meeting regularly in 2006. Eight advisers, two problem. Students might be surprised to Roth has played a similar role in the from each of the College’s four divisions, now meet weekly with Calming Career Anxiety know that some of their comments have Department of Geography. Unfamiliar LePore, sharing information about enrollments and department With ArtsLink’s success, CACASS is planning to expand the idea of led to changes in scheduling and the with the field when he started his job two Ask any Arts and Sciences adviser what concerns. For his part, LePore keeps the advisers in the loop as affinity groups to the social sciences. (Units with an environmental development of new courses. decades ago, he spent much of his first year worries students most, and the answer is decisions are made at the College level that might impact their emphasis have been meeting as the Environmental Advisory Group Having this unique insight into sitting in on geography classes. Through likely to be the same: landing a good job units. CACASS representatives then share the information with for years.) It all gets back to the advisers’ desire to help students students’ needs and concerns makes advis- the remaining advisers in their division. make the most of their time at the UW. ers invaluable in curriculum planning. In “Having this connection with other advisers has made the job so “Advisers help students not just attend the University but be part many departments, they sit on curriculum ”My favorite part is when alumni tell students, ‘I thought much more engaging for us, who had been lone rangers in our of a larger endeavor of learning,” says LePore. “They bring to their committees; in some, they attend all faculty I knew what I wanted to do, but it didn’t work out departments,” says Judi Clark, a CACASS member and director of work a deep and meaningful understanding of what a liberal arts meetings, sharing their unique expertise. academic advising and student services for the School of Art. “Now education can provide.” u that way.’ Students see that careers can wind and twist. we are able to share ideas, best practices, resources, and excitement It’s not always a straight line.” about the job. That has made things better for our students as well.”

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An afternoon cruise was an the sense that everyone would be all about opportunity for SIMUW the math,” he says, “but a lot of the people participants (shaping their have different interests. Almost everyone hands into pirate hooks) to relax “It’s the math that makes this happen, but the and get to know each other. plays an instrument, some play varsity sports, some are interested in comic books.” program is a lot more than that. It’s finding out Max Li, a senior from Richland, Wash- who you are, learning how to be independent ington, attended the institute two consecu- tive summers. It was interesting, he says, to and how to share within a community.” experience the program twice. “Both years were great, but they were completely TACs plan group activities to create a Manoranjan, “but the program is a lot more Four days a week, the students meet different due to the different cast of sense of community. By the third week, the than that. It’s finding out who you are, with faculty to explore math topics that characters.” His favorite part? All the students begin proposing their own ideas, learning how to be independent and how run the gamut from number theory to inside jokes the group shared based on from poker tournaments to karaoke nights. to share within a community. mathematical methods for climate model- what they were learning in class. Many participants are teary-eyed when the “I just wish I’d heard about it earlier,” ing. Wednesdays are reserved for special Several TACs have participated program ends, having become a tight-knit adds the high school senior, “so I could topics presented by guest lecturers. multiple years as well. Steve Klee, a UW group. come again next year.” u The math is not an accelerated version graduate student, served as a TAC for the “We work really hard to build that of what students typically see in high third time in 2008. Although TACs work sense of community,” says LePore. “We More than Math school and college; instead it introduces non-stop for six weeks, juggling academic attend to the details, train the staff well, them to a wider variety of concepts, many and residential duties, he has found the and have the staff put every bit of energy of which are not covered until graduate experience energizing. into this. And yet it still never ceases to school. “We want the students to see math “When I TA for calculus courses amaze people how magical the process is.” When twins Khoi and Qui Nguyen signed up for their high school as mathematicians think of it,” says Irving. during the school year, most students see it The students who participate agree. math team last year, they represented more than one quarter “We want them to see math as something as a class they have to take,” says Klee. “But “It’s the math that makes this happen,” says of the team. But when they attended the Summer Institute for that’s beautiful and fun, not just a tool to the SIMUW students are excited by math. be used in classes.” One of my favorite things is the off-the-cuff Mathematics last summer, they were joined by a larger group Given the ambitious curriculum, conversations that happen at night or at selecting capable students is key. SIMUW’s of peers similarly enamored of mathematics. the breakfast table about different things SIMUW participants application process discourages all but the about math we think are cool.” enjoyed social outings, most motivated. In addition to providing a including a Mariners game “I’d never met so many people interested “For some participants, the most personal statement, transcript, and letters (right), but they were equally in math in one place,” recalls Qui. astonishing part is not having to explain, engaged by the math topics of recommendation, applicants are posed That’s the beauty of the Summer apologize for, or be embarrassed by what “Here, enjoying explored throughout the eight proof-oriented math problems that Institute for Mathematics at the UW you do,” says Ron Irving, professor of six-week instititute. would stump even the most advanced high math isn’t quirky. It’s (SIMUW), a six-week program offered mathematics and executive director of schooler. by the UW Department of Mathematics. SIMUW, who attended similar programs normal. The students Faculty don’t expect the applicants The program was introduced in 2003 with himself as a teen. “Here, enjoying math to solve all the problems. They are more in- can finally be themselves.” support from an anonymous donor. isn’t quirky. It’s normal. The students can terested in seeing how they approach them. SIMUW brings together 24 high finally be themselves.” Of course the students don’t know that. school students with a shared passion for Irving runs the program with Jim Bridget Cook, another returning TAC, “I don’t think anyone got all the mathematics. They live together in campus Morrow and Sándor Kovács, professors is amazed at the level of the participants. problems,” says Vishnu Manoranjan, a high dorms and spend their days immersed in of mathematics, and Paul LePore, assistant “They‘re doing things I didn’t see until my school senior from Pullman, Washington. math. They also take field trips—Mariners dean for educational programs in the third or fourth year as an undergraduate,” “But you don’t know that until you arrive, games and Lake Washington cruises are College of Arts and Sciences. The math says Cook, who teaches math at Kentridge so there’s some anxiety. You wonder how favorites—and organize social events faculty plan the institute’s academic High School in Kent, Washington. you got in.” ranging from ultimate frisbee games to content while LePore serves as residential “There’s a moment of shock when I think, That wasn’t Manoranjan’s only talent shows. The goal is to introduce the director. Six teaching assistant/counselors ‘They’re really learning this! And they’re welcome realization when he arrived. students to advanced mathematics while (TACs) live in the dorms with the students catching on faster than I am!’” He also found that the group was more creating a community of like-minded peers. and attend their classes. “The TACs are Also satisfying for the TACs is well-rounded than he had expected. “I had the linchpin of the whole system,” says watching the students take ownership of LePore. “They link the academic and the program. In the first few weeks, the residential aspects.”

10 UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS | IMAGINING WHAT CAN BE A & S PERSPECTIVES | AUTUMN 2008 11 David Kaplan (left) and Richard Athena Unleashed Coffey stand in the “hot aisle” of Athena’s two long rows of computer hardware. simultaneously,” says Kaplan. “Careful Photo by Mary Levin. choreography is required so that individual Athena doesn’t look like much. Just a bunch of black computations can be done in the right order and assembled into something useful, computing towers, punctuated by cooling units, in a in a way that takes advantage of the speed One example is Tom Quinn’s study nondescript room. But looks can be deceiving. of the machine.” of structure formation in the universe. That’s where Jeff Gardner comes in. Quinn looks at the creation of our galaxy Gardner received a Ph.D. in astronomy at Named for the Greek goddess of wisdom, (science that links many computers). The and neighboring galaxies. He does this, in the UW and then spent five years at the Athena is currently the most powerful Office of Research joined with the College part, by gathering measurements of remote Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), computer on the UW campus­­, helping of Arts and Sciences to provide $700,000 objects—dating back to when the universe programming one of those massive national physicists and astronomers tackle funda- for the project. was about 100,000 years old—and compar- computers, before returning to the UW mental questions about our universe. “They gave a lot of money up front, ing them to the galaxies we see today, as a senior research scientist to help with The push to acquire Athena was believing this would work,” says Kaplan. factoring in the role of gravity. Athena. spearheaded by David Kaplan, director of “That took vision.” “That sort of calculation can’t be done “A truly amazing part of this col- the Institute for Nuclear Theory (INT), The remaining funding came from on the back of an envelope,” says Quinn, laboration was the hiring of Jeff,” says Tom Quinn, professor of astronomy, and departments willing to invest in the massively understating the computational He has the luxury of time for testing Some challenges remain. While Coffey, who led the national search for Richard Coffey, director of IT for physics project. In the end, three A&S units challenge. “With pencil and paper, you can because his department has part ownership programming and maintaining the the position. “Three departments pooled and astronomy. They were responding to ponied up: the Department of Astronomy, figure out how three objects interact with in the computer. And if a result leads to system have been manageable, the their limited resources to hire an expert in what can be a frustrating Catch-22 for the Department of Physics, and the INT. gravity. But the universe has billions of additional questions, he can pursue those administration involved in sharing the the field, filling this often overlooked gap scientists whose research involves complex The computer is housed in the UW’s objects in each galaxy.” immediately. computer and related personnel across between the science and the computing.” calculations—a field known as computa- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics Clearly Quinn needs tremendous “It happens fluidly,” says Quinn. departments has been daunting. Yet all Gardner is currently working with tional science. Scientists can apply for and Astrophysics. computing power to handle such calcula- “National centers aren’t set up to do that agree that the benefits of Athena over- faculty on about a dozen research projects time on a huge computer at a national lab, tions. But just having multiple processors sort of thing.” shadow any administrative headaches. that use Athena. Some faculty meet with but they will likely be turned down if they Brain Power to Harness Computing Power do the math simultaneously won’t work. “In 2001, the fastest computer on cannot demonstrate expertise at using such him sporadically, others weekly. All pay for Athena’s power equals 133 high-end PC “The issue is how to get all those processors More Power, More Grants the planet for unclassified research was six his time through research grants. machines efficiently. servers working in close communication. to work together,” says Quinn. “It’s not a teraflops,” says Gardner, “and thousands “Every project, every scientific code When Athena was proposed, the units The team envisioned a UW super- It calculates at nearly ten teraflops (Tflops), problem I can easily divide up, because the of scientists across the country had to is different, so it has to be parallelized in a funding the project believed it would even- computer—not nearly as powerful as the or about ten trillion calculations per calculations are all very interconnected.” compete with one another for time on it. different way,” says Gardner. “You need a set tually pay for itself by helping to generate machines at national labs, but about 1,000 second. But how that power and speed Much of Quinn’s research requires Athena is ten teraflops and is shared among of tools and experience to figure out how to new grants. Within months of its arrival, times more powerful than an individual are harnessed, and how those PCs com- using a massive computer at a national just three departments. go about it.” that already started to happen. Several computer workstation—that could push municate, is complicated. So complicated, center. But before he can tap into that “It is truly remarkable that we have Gardner also assists in writing grant major NSF grants tied to Athena have existing research projects to new extremes in fact, that the team would not consider resource, he needs to devise algorithms­ access to so much computing right on proposals, “because that’s where plans been funded, with others pending. and familiarize scientists with working with purchasing Athena without hiring a com- —with Gardner’s help—that will work campus.” u formulate,” he explains. “What we don’t computers on a grand scale. putational science expert to program it. on a multi-processor system. want is for faculty to propose something After several failed attempts to fund “Scientists may know how to program “I need something I can test on,” says that our technology can’t do.” Athena through grants, Kaplan turned their desktop, but programming a super- Quinn. With Athena, he is able to try “In 2001, the fastest computer on the planet for to the UW’s Office of Research, which computer requires a whole other set of different algorithms and compare results. unclassified research was six teraflops.... is was looking for ways to support e-Science skills because it is doing many tasks Computing Complex Interactions Athena What Athena can do is impressive. ten teraflops and isshared among just three departments.” Research projects range from the grandest scale—studying the universe—to the smallest, looking at atomic interactions. Athena By the Numbers

What all have in common is the complex- ity of interactions being studied. 10 trillion calculations. In one second, One quarter. That’s the fraction of the 40 hairdryers. Athena’s heat output is Athena can compute 10 trillion calculations, purchase price used to cool and provide equivalent to 40 hairdryers, all blowing compared to 10 billion on the average PC. power to Athena. at once. 9 months. From conception to deployment, 1024 cores. Most modern computers have 15 minutes. Without an integrated cooling Jeff Gardner (left) and Tom Quinn it took nine months to get the Athena 2 cores; Athena has 1,024. system, the room housing Athena would discuss approaches for using cluster in place. overheat in just 15 minutes. u Athena for Quinn’s research. 20.7 billion pages. That’s the amount of Photo by Mary Levin. data Athena is able to store.

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Graduate students in Speech and Hearing Sciences prepare a clinic Montgomery, room for a group session. Photo by Karen Orders. Meet MacArthur his sabbatical. “It’s absolutely the best way to start a sabbatical,” he says. News of his award brought a deluge had the supervisor explain what the of congratulatory and other emails, graduate student is doing and the expected The MacArthur Foundation works so quietly on its genius including “the classic email from outcomes. It’s like parents are taking grants, UW scientist David Montgomery didn’t even know someone I haven’t seen since high a course, understanding how to more school,” Montgomery says with a laugh. effectively work with their kids.” he’d been nominated until he learned of his selection. “Basically, he said he should have copied What Hill has observed during the his homework from me instead of the guy sessions is a range of activities intended to Montgomery, professor of Earth and space history and human civilization. King of he did it from.” help Gavin negotiate social interactions. sciences, was named one of 25 fellows Fish: The Thousand Year Run of Salmon was The media frenzy and emails have These might include role playing with for 2008 by the John D. and Catherine published in 2003, and Dirt: The Erosion of died down since the announcement Not Your Usual Camp puppets or discussing a story about friend- T. MacArthur Foundation in September. Civilizations in 2007. in September, but Montgomery is still ship. The group sessions, with four or five The awards each carry an unrestricted King of Fish describes how vast salmon getting used to the idea of a half-million children, are an opportunity to practice five-year grant of $500,000. runs were depleted in England in the dollars coming his way over the next five When Gavin Hill headed for camp this summer, he left new skills in a comfortable setting. Montgomery was honored for contri- early 1700s and again a century later in years. his bathing suit at home. Likewise his baseball cap and The challenge for group sessions, says butions to understanding forces that shape northeast North America. Montgomery “It’s really kind of like winning the Alarcon, is to bring together children with our world—specifically how soil and rivers argues that history could be repeating itself lottery,” he says. u suntan lotion. What he did bring was his mother. the right mix of communication needs. shape civilizations. His research has ranged today in northwest North America. In Careful prescreening is required to assess from looking at why the Skokomish River Dirt, he traces the downfall of a number of Adapted from an article in University Gavin, age six, was a participant in to courses in Speech and Hearing Sciences, each child’s abilities. on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula is so civilizations to depletion of their soil and Week, September 25, 2008. the Department of Speech and Hearing bringing the coursework to life.” Hill remembers being impressed by prone to flooding to the complex forces at warns that humans could be on the verge Sciences’ (SPHSC) Communication Graduate students gain experience in the rigorous screening. “We’d been to other work along the Tsangpo River in Tibet, the of exhausting Earth’s supply of arable soil Camp. Now in its second year, the camp the clinic year round, but during communi- groups where the kids weren’t paired very highest river in the world. His work has unless farming practices are changed. is an opportunity for children to work cation camp the schedule is more intensive. well,” she says. “But this clinic had input been published in peer-reviewed journals Montgomery says his next book will intensively on communication skills. While clients normally visit weekly, camp from Gavin’s school and had us videotape such as Science, Nature, and the Proceedings be a history of geological and theological The children’s needs vary widely, from participants visit almost daily, with group him. Then they had two intake sessions of the National Academy of Sciences. thought about great floods, and how the mastering the sounds of speech to the art of visits added to the mix. That requires more with Gavin to get a sense of his strengths A statement from the MacArthur two “cross-pollinated each other, and not effective social communication with peers. preparation, more frequent assessment, and weaknesses. I was confident they were Foundation praised Montgomery’s work, just in the classic story of war between For Gavin, a return camper, the emphasis and—with group sessions—a broader range going to match the kids up appropriately saying, “With a scientist’s rigor, a historian’s science and religion.” was on learning to problem solve in social of activities to plan. for the group sessions.” curiosity, and an environmentalist’s The MacArthur money, he says, situations and provide accurate information. Clinical supervisors observe all Clearly the camp gets a thumbs-up passion, Montgomery is leading investiga- “could fundamentally change the way I Communication Camp meets at sessions from a neighboring room through from mom. But what did Gavin think of it? tions into the ecological consequences of do things and open all kinds of doors in SPHSC’s Speech and Hearing Clinic for four a one-way mirror and provide feedback. “He liked it,” says Hill. “He really a wide range of Earth surface processes.” the next five years.” But he adds, “I’ll also weeks, with four individual and two group Family members may also observe the did. Toward the end he would get fatigued, A dedicated researcher, Montgomery probably buy a guitar or two.” sessions each week. (A similar summer inten- sessions, an opportunity that Gavin’s because they were working him hard, but also is a lifelong musician. He plays Montgomery was in Baltimore, sive program is offered for adults, most with mother, Christine Hill, found invaluable. I think that’s good. I wanted him to be guitar in a local folk-rock band named, preparing to give a keynote address at a stroke-related challenges.) The therapists “At other clinics, you wait in the stretched.” u appropriately, Big Dirt. convention, when he got the call telling are graduate students in SPHSC’s medical waiting room,” says Hill. “Here, the person David Montgomery. Photo by Mary Levin. “It’s an incredible thing for complete him he’d been selected as a MacArthur speech and language pathology program. who deals with Gavin the most—me—can For more about the UW Speech and Hearing strangers to give you a half-million dollars Fellow. It was also the official first day of “There’s a delicate dance that has to observe along with the supervisor. I’ve Clinic, visit shclinic.washington.edu. to do what you think is important,” occur in the Speech and Hearing Clinic,” Montgomery says. “They went through the says Nancy Alarcon, clinic director and Christine Hill observes her son’s session from a neighboring room. list of why they give it to the people they SPHSC senior lecturer. “The two parts of Photo by Karen Orders. give it to — to foster creative endeavors Montgomery learned of his MacArthur our mission are educational preparation for —so I plan to use the money to support the our students and service to the community. Fellowship on the official first day of his creative things I do, which are research, The clinic must serve both groups. While . “It’s absolutely the best writing, and playing music.” sabbatical our services are a huge benefit to the Montgomery has written two well- way to a sabbatical,” he says. community, the clinic is also a lab attached start received books that explore different as- pects of how rivers and soil have influenced

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In early 2007, The Washington Bus remains steadfastly non-partisan, with the hired an executive director and elected Board selecting projects that reflect the Getting on Board with Johnston as Board president. Now the or- concerns of its youthful volunteers. In this ganization has seven full-time staff and has presidential year, voter registration has The Washington Bus raised more than $500,000 in donations. been a major push. Near election day, the focus becomes reminding people to vote. Pesky voice job after November,” he explains. In 2005 Young Volunteers, Incredible Energy mail reminders? That’s old school. The he found a more permanent position with Johnston gets excited talking about The Washington Bus adds some fun with events U.S. Representative Norm Dicks, serving Washington Bus, but ask about the actual like Disco Get-Out-To-Vote Day, featuring A large bus, adorned with red and gold stripes, as a district scheduler on Dicks’ congres- vehicle and he positively gushes. Perhaps volunteers in disco attire dancing on street pulls toward the curb and groans to a halt. As its sional staff. The position, which he held the bus holds a special place for him corners, sporting signs encouraging people for three years, involved doing advance because he test drove it—and put down a young passengers disembark—cheering, high-fiving, to vote. On Halloween there’s Trick or work for events and outreach to the labor deposit—the afternoon before his wedding. Vote, with hundreds of costumed volun- grabbing signs stapled to wooden stakes—it’s clear community. “It is the coolest bus,” enthuses John- teers going door to door offering voting Now Johnston serves as policy and ston. “It’s this giant thing. It’s a tangible way this is no ordinary bus. reminders. At an event to register voters, The Washington Bus communications adviser for Julie Patterson, to show somebody who we are. It creates The young volunteers’ enthusiasm, volunteers have fun while doing good. Photo by chair of the King County Council, tackling a bridge in people’s minds. But it’s about It’s The Washington Bus, a vehicle—both “We’re trying to show young people Sarah Nason. says Johnston, is contagious. “Young people issues from transportation to arts funding. more than just physically having the bus to literally and figuratively—for engaging that politics doesn’t have to be big and get written off as being apathetic,” he says, He describes his role as “policy analyst and load people. It’s the image of being able to young voters and soon-to-be voters in scary and difficult to access,” says Johnston. “but they’re completely the opposite.” Not position advocate.” meet in a park on a Saturday morning and politics. “We get them to see that we’re about a laugh. “It was my first time doorbelling, it have teenagers introduce themselves and convinced? Johnston guarantees that an The Washington Bus is the brainchild politics, but we’re not only about politics.” was pouring rain, I was still going to school, talk about their favorite YouTube political afternoon on the bus would change your The Washington Bus is Born of Joshua Johnston and a group of twenty- and I was working about 30 hours a week. video before boarding. It’s about driving mind. Doorbeller to Campaign Manager It was while Johnston was working for something friends who saw a need to bring My girlfriend couldn’t believe I was spend- 50 kids somewhere and educating them “There’s something about being on Dicks that he and his friends dreamed up more young people into politics. Johnston, Those who know Johnston might beg ing my Saturdays doing this.” about candidates or doing role playing for this bus,” he says. “Everyone is so charged The Washington Bus. They’d heard about who graduated from the UW in 2003 with to differ. He is, by his own admission, a Things improved after graduation. doorbelling on the bus before they get to up about volunteering. The energy is an opportunity for a $250,000 grant, open a degree in sociology, now serves as the bona fide political junkie. Johnston landed a paid position as cam- the destination.” incredible. You can’t help but get swept to organizations whose focus was up to president of The Washington Bus’s Board. Johnston always had a passing paign manager for Brian Blake, state repre- Johnston figures that about 450 up in it.” u 49 percent political. Over dinner, a small “When I started being interested in interest in politics. He became more sentative for the 19th district in southwest volunteers have participated in The To learn more, visit The Washington Bus group, all from the political world, started politics and wanted to volunteer, I couldn’t engaged when President Bush threatened Washington. He remembers the experience Washington Bus events since the organiza- website at www.washingtonbus.org. “kicking around ideas.” find the opportunities,” recalls Johnston. to cut AmericaCorps funding. Johnston as both terrifying and wonderful. tion became official in 2006. The group “One of the reasons I started The Wash- was a UW student at the time, working at “I was fresh out of college and had One existing organization that ington Bus is because I couldn’t figure out AmericaCorps to help pay for his educa- only done doorbelling,” Johnston recalls. intrigued them was the Oregon Bus Project, how to access the political process.” tion. “I decided to get active politically,” “I moved to Kelso and didn’t know a soul.” a group in Oregon that drives teens and We’re trying to show people that The idea behind the bus, says says Johnston. “But it was a bear to find a A more experienced campaign manager young adults to various locations to “ young Johnston, is to make politics both fun way to get involved.” (working on another campaign) served as a doorbell. They wondered if they could use politics doesn’t have to be big and that concept and add another dimension. and meaningful to young people. The After much searching, Johnston found mentor. “It was the most fun I ever had on scary and difficult toaccess.” organization pairs political volunteerism— a volunteer opportunity doorbelling for a a campaign,” says Johnston nostalgically. “We decided we wanted to use a bus doorbelling, voter registration—with music candidate for state representative. That he Other political campaigns followed. to campaign for people but also to help and other activities. A group might board continued doorbelling after his first day is a Johnston worked locally on Howard Dean’s advocate for 16 to 25 year olds, because the bus, travel to a Washington town to do testament to his perseverance. campaign for president, a job that had him on nobody does that,” says Johnston. “And doorbelling, and then return to be “I was chucked out on the street with a the road most days. Then he was field direc- we wanted to use the arts to get people on greeted by a party with a deejay. walk list and a pen,” Johnston recalls with tor for Brian Baird, representing southwest the bus. We wanted to be an organization Washington, helping him win reelection by young people, for young people, all the to the U.S. House of Representatives. time.” Johnston was drawn to the excite- Using the Oregon Bus Project as ment of political campaigns, but they had a mentor, they submitted a proposal and their downside. “I got tired of not having a received the grant in 2006—right in the middle of campaign season. They quickly planned a concert and doorbelling event to kick things off, but looked forward to more “It is the coolest bus. ...It’s a tangible way to show somebody who we are,” thoughtful planning after election day. says Joshua Johnston. Josh Johnston (far right) cheers as passengers exit the bus to begin a day of volunteeering. Photo by Kate Macfarlane.

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Algae’s Role in Developing Environmentally Friendly Fuels Allied Minds was drawn to Cattolico’s work, says Rabins, because she has spent “People don’t realize how many types of algae years making detailed analyses of many Having studied the physiology of algae for there are. . . . What we’re to do is different strains of algae, in essence more than 30 years, Rose Ann Cattolico trying creating a reference database. is convinced the plant life found in oceans choose the best of the best, the ones that produce Cattolico began studying algae almost and ponds can be a major source of envi- by accident. As a master's degree student the right lipids for a particular type of fuel.” The first image from the Fermi ronmentally friendly fuels for everything she worked with terrestrial plant pollen. from cars and lawn mowers to jet airplanes. Gamma-ray Space Telescope was made But it turned out she was allergic to pollen by the UW team. It reveals bright emission in She’s not the only one. Recently and her physician advised her to change the plane of the Milky Way (center), bright pulsars, Allied Minds, an investment company that Algae grow rapidly and do not require But that won't necessarily translate fields, so for her doctoral work she began and super-massive black holes. Image courtesy of NASA. works with universities to commercialize the use of productive farmland. They also into rapid development of algae-based fuels. studying chlorophyll-containing structures New Telescope Pinpoints early-stage technology, invested in the can use various nutritional sources, includ- Entire infrastructures—from specialized within the cells of algae. Gamma Rays University of Washington biology profes- ing wastewater, Cattolico says. growing facilities to processing plants—will That was in 1973, right at the end NASA’s newest space telescope is giving “We came close to 100 new sources in sor's work, forming a startup company A variety of factors made this an have to be created, and that will come only of another major societal spasm over fuel scientists their best look yet at the highest- the first week after we started operating,” called AXI. opportune time to form AXI, says Erick after potential producers see the value and shortages and high gas prices. As gasoline energy gamma rays generated by violent says Burnett. “Already we are able to make “People don't realize how many types Rabins, the company's interim manager make the investment. Rabins speculates became more plentiful again, demands events in space. For Toby Burnett, professor pictures that are better than the previous of algae there are—from single cells to large and vice president of Allied Minds, based that it could take 10 to 25 years before for finding alternative fuel sources grew of physics, it’s a welcome payoff for 13 long mission produced.” kelp—and each one develops differently,” in Quincy, Massachusetts. Escalating costs algae-based biofuel is readily available to dimmer and “all of the money for research years of work. The new telescope can measure the Cattolico explains. “What we're trying to for oil (from about $27 a barrel to more the public, though specialty uses could dried up,” recalls Cattolico. do is choose the best of the best, the ones than $100 in five years), rising demand appear sooner. Launched in June as the Gamma-ray location of a specific gamma-ray source to that produce the right lipids for a particular for alternative fuels, the effects of climate “The most optimistic assessment that Large Area Satellite Telescope and recently two tenths of a degree. That’s four times renamed the Fermi Gamma-ray Space more accurate than the previous telescope, type of fuel.” change, and growing concern about using I've heard is that it could be six to eight “It’s not like creating a AXI won't be in the business of mak- foods such as corn and soybeans as fuel years before there's something that's usable, Telescope, the instrument’s observations reducing by a factor of 16 the area of the sky ing fuel. Instead, it will work with biofuel stock are making fuel from algae a much but the tools and techniques to make it widget. It’s a dynamic already are exceeding expectations. Using needed to search for optical counterparts. producers to develop strains of algae that more attractive option. possible are being created right now,” says process that will UW-designed software, the telescope Burnett and UW physics graduate produce just the right lipids, or oils, for the Rabins. homes in on gamma rays throughout the students wrote basic software to simulate fuel that the producer wants to make. The change all the time.” universe and pinpoints their locations. and reconstruct positions of gamma-ray methods will not employ genetic modifica- “The instrument is working beauti- sources so they can be analyzed. The tion, Cattolico says. Rose Ann Cattolico displays some of the varieties of algae she studies in her UW laboratory. In the current fuel debate, Cattolico fully. It's like hitting the first pitch out of UW team also contributed to the ability “It's not like creating a widget. It's a Different types of algae can produce different types of biofuels. Photo by Mary Levin. readily points to the merits of algae-based the park,” says Burnett. “Plus, we can scan to determine the angle of a gamma ray dynamic process that will change all the biofuel. But she believes it is only a part of the entire sky. No instrument before us entering the telescope's detector—a key to time,” she adds. the answer to high fuel prices and replac- could do that.” pinpointing location—and created software Unlike many agriculturally important ing current fuels with climate-friendlier In fact, the telescope can scan the that compares the spacecraft’s view of space crops such as corn that produce starch alternatives. She would like to see a broad entire sky several times a day, which with an onboard space map to make sure as a byproduct of photosynthesis, some commitment by government and industry means it is more likely than predecessors the telescope is aimed correctly. algae make lipids. One type of algae might to quickly develop the alternate energy to identify and locate extreme events such The telescope, about 9 feet high and produce oil appropriate for a motor vehicle. sources needed to reduce environmental as particle jet emissions from supermassive 8 feet in diameter, cost nearly $700 million Another might be useful for home heating problems, increase national security, and black holes or immense star explosions and is expected to operate for at least five oil. Yet another might produce lipids just hold down costs. called supernovae. years, with a goal of ten years. right for powering an airliner across the “What we need is a Manhattan Project The project is a successor to an The project involves a broad col- Pacific Ocean. Some strains could produce for fuel,” says Cattolico. “If we can get a instrument called the Energetic Gamma laboration, including NASA and the U.S. oil useful for other products, such as the Manhattan Project for fuel, it won't take Ray Experiment Telescope, which in its Department of Energy, along with seven omega -3 fatty acids that make fish oil 25 years.” u five-year functional life identified and U.S. universities and other public and dietary supplements so popular. located 270 gamma-ray sources. The new private partners from the U.S., France, telescope is designed to far exceed that Germany, Italy, Japan, and Sweden. u number.

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New Mineral Named for Sommers Awarded Regents Medal Brownlee “I’ve always been very intrigued by minerals, State Representative Helen Sommers (‘69, Sommers is retiring after 36 years The International Mineralogical so it’s great to be one. I never dreamed I’d have ‘70), who earned bachleor’s and master’s in the Washington State Legislature. Association has named a new mineral— degrees in economics from the UW, has The Regent’s resolution noted a named after me. I guess maybe Helen Sommers the first to be discovered in a particle from mineral long been a champion of the University. Sommers’ leadership in the House of a comet—in honor of Donald Brownlee, being a vitamin is next.” In September, the UW Board of Regents Representatives, and particularly the The Regents Medal will be given UW professor of astronomy. The naming celebrated Sommers’ tireless work for the impact of her leadership on expanding from time to time to recognize exceptional recognizes Brownlee’s research on inter- University and the State of Washington, higher education opportunities and accomplishment by an individual or organi- planetary dust entering Earth’s atmosphere. Nakamura-Messenger’s team believes while he was a UW doctoral student in the presenting her with the first Regents Medal ensuring the well-being of the state’s zation, particularly in service to humanity, The manganese silicide mineral, a the dust particle originated in a comet, late 1960s. Others had made similar efforts ever bestowed by the University. public higher education institutions. a community, or to the UW itself. u combination of manganese and silicon, possibly comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup, previously, but they proved to be unsuc- is now officially called brownleeite and which was predicted to be the source of an cessful. Using a succession of high-altitude Other Awards, Honors, and Professorships joins a list of more than 4,300 accepted Earth-crossing dust stream in April 2003, balloons, Brownlee captured a few particles minerals. when the particle was captured. that could be proven to have come from Brownlee, whose UW office is adorned The Earth is covered with more than somewhere other than Earth. Lotta Gavel Adams, professor of Scandinavian studies, was appointed the Huck Hodge, assistant professor of music composition, has been awarded the first Barbro Osher Endowed Professor of Swedish Studies. Gaudeamus Prize for composers under the age of 31. with a variety of mineral specimens, was 30,000 tons of particles from space every His third balloon carried an clearly pleased with the honor—and year, one particle per square meter of planet 800-pound machine he calls “the vacuum Jere Bacharach, professor emeritus of history, received a Mellon Emeritus Richard S. Kirkendall, Bullitt Professor American History Emeritus, was elected somewhat amused. surface every day. But the particles are so monster,” which dangled below the balloon Fellowship. an Honorary Trustee of the Truman Library Institute, recognizing three decades of service as a member of the institute’s Board of Directors. “I’ve always been very intrigued by small that it would take 10 billion to fully as it drifted at an altitude of 125,000 feet, Dee Boersma, professor of biology and adjunct professor of women studies, minerals, so it’s great to be one,” he says. “I cover that square meter of surface, so they or about 24 miles. The machine made it received the 2008 Elliott Coues Award from the American Ornithologists’ Union. Shelley Lundberg, professor of economics, was elected a Fellow of the Society of Labor Economists. She also has been elected to serve on the Board of never dreamed I’d have a mineral named are extremely hard to find. possible to sample a very large volume of Paul Brass, professor emeritus of political science and international studies, Directors of the Population Association of America beginning in January 2009. after me. I guess maybe being a vitamin “That’s a lot of dirt and it takes air, and eventually he was able to capture received a Mellon Emeritus Fellowship. is next.” 300 million years to build up a layer as a total of about a dozen interplanetary dust Patricia Kuhl, professor of speech and hearing sciences and co-director of the Shawn Brixey, director of DXARTS, has been appointed Floyd and Delores Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, was appointed to the Bezos Family The particle was captured by a thick as the diameter of a human hair,” particles from seven flights. Jones Endowed Chair. Foundation Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Learning. high-altitude NASA aircraft, and NASA Brownlee says. He later devised a small collector Cynthia Caci, assistant director for academic services in DXARTS, has been researchers in Houston, along with Brownlee began his efforts to capture that could be attached to the fuselage of Patricia Moy, Christy Cressey Associate Professor of Communication, received named Adviser of the Year by the Association of Professional Advisers and the 2008 Hillier Krieghbaum Under-40 Award from the Association for collaborators elsewhere in the United particles of provable extraterrestrial origin high-flying U2 reconnaissance aircraft and, Counselors at the UW. Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. States, Germany, and Japan, identified the because the planes remain airborne for so compound. Brownleeite, a semiconductor Rachel A. Cichowski, associate professor of law, societies, and justice, Kenneth Pyle, professor of international studies, is the recipient of the 2008 long and fly at high speeds, they are able to received the 2008 Best Book Award from the American Political Science material, can be synthesized but has not Japan Foundation Award for Japanese Studies. collect hundreds of particles. Association’s European Politics and Society Section for her book, The European been found naturally on Earth. “Almost all of the flights are done for Court and Civil Society: Litigation, Mobilization and Governance. Nancy Rivenburgh, associate professor of communication, has received a The team that found the manganese Fulbright Senior Lecturer Award. something else, and these detectors are Lisa M. Coutu, senior lecturer in communication, received the UW silicide was led by NASA scientist Keiko along for the ride. When they are opened, Educational Outreach Teaching Excellence Award in Distance Learning. Leroy Searle, professor of English, has been appointed the 2008-2010 Joff Nakamura-Messenger from the Johnson they just flop out into the atmosphere and Hanauer Honors Professor in Western Civilization. Space Center in Houston. The team also Kirsten Foot, associate professor of communication, received the 2008 gather particles as the plane moves along,” Doris Graber Outstanding Book Award from the American Political Science Roger Simpson, professor of communication, has received the 2008 Frank asked that it be named for Brownlee. Brownlee says. Association as co-author of Web Campaigning. Ochberg Award for Media and Trauma Study from the International Society for “This really did surprise me because Brownlee also is a leading authority on Traumatic Stress Studies. I know it took a lot of effort to get this Anthony Gill, professor of political science, received the Distinguished Book comets. He is the principal investigator of Award from the American Sociological Association’s Religion Section for his Stephanie Smallwood, associate professor of history, won the 2008 Frederick mineral approved,” Brownlee says. NASA’s Stardust mission, which traveled book, The Political Origins of Religious Liberty. Douglass book prize for her book, Saltwater Slavery. to comet 81P/Wild-2 beyond the orbit of Alan Gillespie, professor of Earth and space sciences, has been elected Fellow Guntis Smidchens, assistant professor of Baltic studies, has been elected Mars, captured particles streaming from the of the Geological Society of America and received the Quaternary Geology President of the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies. comet’s surface, and returned them to Earth & Geomorphology Division’s Donald J. Easterbrook Distinguished Scientist Rekha Thomas, professor of mathematics, was appointed as the inaugural in January 2006. The samples are curated Award for excellence in published research. “This really did surprise me Robert and Elaine Phelps Professor of Mathematics for a four-year term. because I know it took a by the Johnson Space Center. u Richard T. Gray, professor of Germanics and Byron W. and Alice L. Lockwood Professor in the Humanities, has had his professorship renewed. Stewart E. Tolnay, professor of sociology, received the 2008 Honors Excellence lot of effort to get this in Teaching Award from the UW Honors Program. mineral approved,” says Charles Hirschman, professor of sociology, has been selected to give the Donald Brownlee. UW’s 2008-09 Annual Faculty Lecture on January 28, 2009. Keiko Torii, associate professor of biology, received a Japanese Science and Photo by Mary Levin. Technology Agency PRESTO Award.

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Works on Paper From Strauss to Strauss: Ki Midiyanto with Gamelan Pacifica Flute Day and Chamber Music Concert NOVEMBER 26 – DECEMBER 15, 2009 | JACOB Opera at the Fin de Siecle FEBRUARY 20, 2009 | MEANY THEATER with Paula Robison LAWRENCE GALLERY FEBRUARY 19, 2009 | FRYE ART MUSEUM Javanese shadow puppet master Ki Midiyanto MARCH 1, 2009 | SCHOOL OF MUSIC Undergraduate and graduate works on paper Johann Strauss and Richard Strauss are among performs wayang kulit, one of Indonesia’s most The School of Music will celebrate the flute with a will be on display in this juried exhibition. Free. the best known and most representative German respected forms of traditional and contemporary full day of events featuring world-class artist Paula 132 Art Building. 12-4 pm., Tuesday–Saturday. Coffee: The World in Your Cup opens at the Burke Museum on January 24 opera composers of their respective generations, theater. An integral component of the performance Robison from the Eastman School of Music. Events Information: (206) 685-1805. with a day of coffee-related events, including coffee tastings and roasting and their most influential works, “Die Fledermaus,” is the gamelan music performed by Cornish will include master classes, a collegiate competition, demonstrations. Photo by D. Major Cohen. of 1874 and “Salome” of 1905, bracket the period College’s renowned Gamelan Pacifica. 7:30 pm, vendor exhibits, reception, and a Chamber Music The Quick Change Room of the Munich Secession. Jane Brown, professor with pre-concert talk for ticketholders at 6:45 pm. Concert with Paula Robison. All events will take of Germanics, explores the differences between place at the School of Music. Concert at 5 pm in DECEMBER 1-14, 2008 | PENTHOUSE THEATRE $15; $10 students/seniors. Information or tickets: Food for Thought: The Ethics, Big Love styles of the two works and compares them to the (206) 543-4880 or http://www.meany.org/calendar/. Brechemin Auditorium. $15 for concert, all other In this comedy by Nagle Jackson, the Kuzlov Culture, and Politics of Eating FEBRUARY 1 - 15, 2009 | MEANY STUDIO THEATRE development of the Munich secession towards events free. For information: (206) 685-8384 or Theatre and its denizens struggle with the new modernism. This lecture is part of the Connections www.music.washington.edu. JANUARY 14 – MARCH 11, 2009 | UW CAMPUS Classical drama meets modern-day excess in Strung Up and Riddled with Bullets: challenges of capitalism. They think a fresh and Contexts series with the Frye Museum. Free. Taught by Ann Anagnost, UW professor of Charles Mee’s entertaining adaptation of Aeschylus’ Southern Lynch Mobs and their Victims production of Chekov’s The Three Sisters will 6:30 pm. 704 Terry Avenue. Information or RSVP: anthropology and Chinese studies, and Lucy Jarosz, The Suppliant Maidens. When 50 brides flee FEBRUARY 26, 2009 | UW CLUB Dance Majors Concert turn things around, but soon discover even this (206) 543-4580. masterpiece isn’t safe when the changing economy associate professor of geography, this Wednesday their 50 grooms to avoid forced marriages, the Stewart Tolnay, professor of sociology, will provide MARCH 5 – 8, 2009 | MEANY STUDIO THEATER dictates a “guaranteed hit.” $8-15. Presented by University course will explore how food production contemporary battle lines of the war between the a brief overview of the history of lynching in the This concert showcases the choreography and the UW School of Drama. Schedule and tickets: and consumption create meanings, identities, sexes erupts in total chaos. A collision of pop music, Nirmala Rajasingam South and discuss various explanations for the performing talents of majors in the UW Dance (206) 543-4880 or drama.washington.edu. relationships, and values that extend far beyond ancient myths, and romance, Big Love unabashedly FEBRUARY 20, 2009 | 120 KANE HALL phenomenon of lynching. This talk is part of the Program. 7:30 pm Thursday-Saturday; 2 pm nutrition alone. Wednesday University is a proves that, in the end, love conquers all. Adult The Clowes Center’s 3rd annual Veterans of Sociology Tri-Lecture Series 2009. Free. 7 pm. Sunday. $14; $12 faculty/staff/UWAA, $10 collaborative program sponsored by Seattle Arts & Setting Fire to the Visual Arts: The themes. $8-15. Presented by the UW School of Intercommunal Violence Lecture presents Nirmala Information: (206) 543-1665 or socpr@ students/seniors. Information: (206) 543-4880. Invention of the Flemish Style Abroad Lectures, the Simpson Center for the Humanities, Drama. Schedule and tickets: (206) 543-4880 or Rajasingam. Incarcerated in Sri Lanka as a young u.washington.edu. Registration: www.soc. and the Henry Art Gallery. Open to the public. $80. drama.washington.edu. DECEMBER 2, 2008 | HENRY GALLERY AUDITORIUM woman for her association with the militant washington.edu. Family Day: Dino Day Five Wednesdays from 7:30-9:00 pm. Information/ Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Rajasingam Christine Göttler, UW professor of art history, will MARCH 7, 2009 | BURKE MUSEUM registration: http://www.lectures.org/wed.html. Donald Johanson Talks About Lucy subsequently became disillusioned with LTTE and, explore the unusual and iconoclastic paintings University Symphony with Robin at great personal risk, relocated to London where Dozens of dinosaur-era fossils from the Burke on copper produced by many northern European FEBRUARY 5, 2009 | 130 KANE HALL McCabe Coffee: The World in Your Cup she works as a legal defender for refugees and is Museum’s extensive collection will be on display artists. Issues of metallurgy, a new interest in Dr. Donald Johanson, who discovered the “Lucy” FEBRUARY 26, 2009 | MEANY THEATER a leading member of several human rights and along with several hands-on learning activities light and shadow, and the representation of JANUARY 24 – JUNE 27, 2009 | BURKE MUSEUM fossil in 1974, will share his insights and lessons Maestro Peter Erös conducts the University democracy organizations. Rajasingam will discuss offered for every age group. 10 am–4 pm. Free optical phenomena will be considered. 6 pm. RSVP OPENING DAY EVENTS ON JANUARY 24, 2009 learned from looking at humanity through the Symphony in a performance of Mussorgsky’s her personal experience with violent social change with museum admission. Information: (206) to [email protected], or (206) 616-6544. The Burke Museum’s newest exhibit, Coffee: The lens of time. 7 pm. $5 -$15. Presented by the “Persian Dances,” Grieg’s Piano Concerto—with and how she envisions future ethnic and cultural 543-5590 or www.burkemuseum.org. World in Your Cup, highlights the people, plants, Burke Museum. Tickets: 1-888-PSC-TIX1 or www. featured soloist Robin McCabe—and Debussy’s cohabitation in Sri Lanka. Reception to follow. 7 pm. and processes that collaborate to make that perfect pacificsciencecenter.org. symphonic poem “La Mer.” 7:30 pm. $10. Burke Museum Artifact ID Day Free. Information: http://depts.washington.edu/chid/ UW Combined Choruses & Symphony cup of coffee. On opening day (January 24), enjoy Information or tickets: (206) 543-4880 or JANUARY 10, 2009 | BURKE MUSEUM clowescenter.php or (206) 685-4716. Perform Haydn’s “The Creation” hands-on activities, guided gallery tours, and Blithe Spirit http://www.meany.org/calendar/. Bring your unidentified cultural artifacts to the MARCH 13, 2009 | MEANY THEATER special coffee tastings. Coffee experts will be on FEBRUARY 15 - MARCH 1, 2009 | PENTHOUSE THEATRE Burke Museum to learn where they came from and hand to answer questions and demonstrate coffee Geoffrey Boers conducts the University Symphony, Seeking material for his new novel, Charles invites Our Town the stories behind them. Burke Museum curators roasting techniques. January 24 from 10 am–4 pm. Chamber Singers, and University Chorale in a an eccentric spiritualist into his house. But the Paula Robison (below) will be featured during the MARCH 1 - 15, 2009 | PLAYHOUSE THEATRE and experts will be on hand to provide the inside Free with museum admission. Information: (206) performance of one of the most beloved oratorios last thing he or his second wife Ruth anticipates School of Music’s Flute Day on March 1. scoop about your treasures. 1–4 pm. Free with 543-5590 or www.burkemuseum.org. As our undergraduates discover their own of all time. Faculty artists Joyce Guyer and Thomas museum admission. Information: (206) is that the séance will conjure up the ghost of his generation’s perspective on one of America’s Harper are the featured soloists in this performance 543-5590 or www.burkemuseum.org. first wife—who wants Charles all to herself! Hilarity, most beloved plays, you too may rediscover of Haydn’s masterpiece, a pivotal work in the Making Waves: Documentary Film chaos, and surprises ensue in this “improbable what it means to be a community, family, and a history of music performed in honor of the 200th in Context Shenzhen: Rebecca Cummins + farce” from Noël Coward. $8-15. Presented by the society. This Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece anniversary of the composer’s passing. 7:30 pm. Margie Livingston JANUARY 29, 2009 | 120 KANE HALL UW School of Drama. Schedule and tickets: (206) by Thornton Wilder explores the simple beauty $10. Information or tickets: (206) 543-4880 or The Katz Distinguished Lectures in the Humanities 543-4880 or drama.washington.edu. JANUARY 14 – FEBRUARY 7, 2009 | JACOB and fragile elegance of ordinary lives and our http://www.meany.org/calendar/. LAWRENCE GALLERY presents Steven Ungar, professor of French and connection to each other. $8-15. Presented by comparative literature at University of Iowa, and the UW School of Drama. Schedule and tickets: Rebecca Cummins, UW associate professor of School of Art OPEN author of six books on French culture and theory. (206) 543-4880 or drama.washington.edu. photography, and alumna Margie Livingston FEBRUARY 18 – MARCH 14, 2009 | JACOB His current research project, Making Waves: LAWRENCE GALLERY exhibit the work they created during a two-month French Documentary Film 1945-1967, is a book- residency at Shenzhen Fine Arts Institute, China. Juried exhibition of work by undergraduate and length analysis of fifteen pivotal films from the Free. 132 Art Building. Open 12-4 pm, Tuesday – graduate students. Free. 132 Art Building. Open postwar period that contributed to the New Wave Saturday. Information: (206) 685-1805. 12-4 pm, Tuesday – Saturday. Information: movement in France. 7 pm. Free. Information: (206) 685-1805. www.simpsoncenter.org/katz.

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Promotions Drama Spanish & Portuguese Geoff Korf, Associate Professor Kristee Boehm, Senior Lecturer Congratulations to the following A&S faculty Donald Gilbert, Associate Professor listed with their new titles. Promotion to Earth and Space Sciences Associate Professor carries tenure. Eric Steig, Professor

English Anthropology Retirements Peter Lape, Associate Professor Joan Graham, Principal Lecturer (joint with Burke Museum) Gillian Harkins, Associate Professor The following faculty have retired since Donna Leonetti, Professor Pimone Triplett, Associate Professor Autumn 2007. Other retirements may Bettina Shell-Duncan, Professor be pending. Geography Yasuko Takezawa, Affiliate Professor Hellmut Ammerlahn, Germanics & Sarah Elwood, Associate Professor Comparative Literature Art Kim England, Professor Patricia Conroy, Scandinavian Studies David Brody, Professor Steve Herbert, Professor Christine Gottler, Professor (joint with Law, Societies, and Justice) Edward Curtis, Mathematics Richard Dunn, English Asian Languages and Literature Germanics Davinder Bhowmik, Associate Professor Eric Ames, Associate Professor Gerald Eck, Anthropology Edward Mark, Associate Professor Nicholas Epiotis, Chemistry History/Comparative History of Ideas Atmospheric Sciences Philip Thurtle, Associate Professor Bruce Erickson, Mathematics Shuyi Chen, Affiliate Professor Benjamin Hall, Biology Jackson School of International Studies Mark Stoelinga, Research Associate Professor Robert Pekkanen, Associate Professor George James Kenagy, Burke Museum & Biology Biology James Wellman, Associate Professor Michael Kennedy, Senior Lecturer Willis Konick, Comparative Literature Mathematics Julia Parrish, Professor Bette Nicotri, Biology (joint with Aquatic & Fisheries) Matthew Conroy, Senior Lecturer Daniel Schindler, Professor Christopher Hoffman, Professor Gene Silberberg, Economics (joint with Aquatic & Fisheries) Rekha Thomas, Professor Joanne Snow-Smith, Art Christian Sidor, Associate Professor Ginger Warfield, Principal Lecturer (joint with Burke Museum) Richard Strathmann, Biology Joshua Tewksbury, Associate Professor Music Michael Taylor, Political Science Steven Demorest, Professor Chemistry Susan Waaland, Biology Juan Pampin, Associate Professor David Gamelin, Professor Barry Witham, Drama David Ginger, Associate Professor Physics Claudia Zahn, Music Steven Ray Elliott, Affiliate Professor Classics Andreas Karch, Associate Professor Sarah Stroup, Associate Professor Peter Schaffer, Professor Communication Gordon Watts, Professor Philip Howard, Associate Professor Political Science Crispin Thurlow, Associate Professor Anthony Gill, Professor Doug Underwood, Professor Psychology Betty Repacholi, Associate Professor Mavis Tsai, Clinical Assistant Professor

24 UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS | IMAGINING WHAT CAN BE Message from Maggie Walker Private Support

Chair of the College Board

Last year in this report, I celebrated the news that the College of First matching program offers a 50 percent match on qualify- $36.1 Arts and Sciences had met its $240 million goal for Campaign UW: ing gifts targeted for undergraduate scholarships or graduate $35 $34.4 Private Gifts and Grants Creating Futures. A year later, the College has far surpassed that fellowships. This initiative led to a substantial increase in student $30 $26.6 goal. When the campaign officially ended in June 2008, the final support during the campaign, a trend we hope will continue in $25.8 Private support to the College of Arts & Sciences totaled total for Arts and Sciences was more than $283 million. the coming years. $25 $21.2 $36,086,088 for the 2007-2008 academic year. $19.5 $20 Here’s another impressive figure: 50,000. That’s how many of you More information about donors to Arts and Sciences, and how Of that total, $26.34 million represented gifts and contributed to the College’s campaign. It was your generosity that their gifts are being used, is provided on the following pages. $15 $9.74 million represented grants. allowed the College to meet—and then exceed—its ambitious As you look through the rest of this report, please take a moment in millions $10 fundraising goal. to read the stories highlighting various gifts to the College. $5 A handful of Arts and Sciences donors contributed $1 million or One donor supports graduate fellowships in English; another more to the campaign, but most—just under 80 percent— made gifts provides a travel award for photography students. A group of 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 gifts grants of $500 or less. Those thousands of smaller donations provided a donors combined resources to create a term professorship in great deal of much-needed support for the College. mathematics, and a private foundation supports programs that educate undergraduates and K-12 teachers about Asia. The range How are your gifts being used? About 35 percent of Arts and Sciences Uses of Private Support of these donors’ interests mirrors the tremendous breadth of the funds raised through the campaign have gone toward endowments. College itself. It is this breadth, I believe, that makes Arts and Some existing endowments have increased and 327 new endowments Endowments ($14,965,768) Sciences such an exciting place to be. includes chairs, professorships, scholarships, and fellowships. have been created since the campaign began in July 2000. The remaining gifts have been designated by donors for current use. Also included on the following pages is a list of College of Arts

and Sciences donors at the Dean’s Club level and above from Annual giving ($5,057,406) One priority for the College of Arts and Sciences, and the University July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. Private giving during this funds innovative programs, student scholarships and aid, and faculty more broadly, has been student support. The University’s Students awards for curriculum development and scholarly exchange. period totaled just over $36 million, including more than $26 million in gifts and nearly $10 million in private grants. RESTRICTED Current Support ($16,062,914) is directed to specific projects or purposes for immediate use. Space does not allow us to list every donor to the College, but rest assured that every gift makes a difference. I thank all Arts and Sciences donors and volunteers for their generosity.

Campaign UW: Creating Futures may have ended, but the College’s need for support continues. Please join me in Sources of Private Support celebrating our campaign successes and encouraging family alumni ($11,532,200) and friends to continue giving to the College, which has had such a remarkable and positive impact on students, faculty, and the greater community. foundations ($7,450,503)

non-alumni ($4,893,679)

family foundations ($2,152,159)

other organizations ($3,697,856)

corporations ($6,359,691) Individual Donors from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008

$1,000,000+ Sally Behnke Ruby Inouye Sam and Shanit Schwartz Emily Bender and Vijay Menon Marnie Briggs Dondi Cupp and David Roberts Julia Derby Shari and John Behnke Timothy and Christina Jenkins Celia Scott Joel and Maureen Benoliel Elizabeth Brown Carolee Danz Stephanie and Jon DeVaan Malcolm Goodfellow Joann and Carl Bianco David and Pamela Johnston Andrea Selig and Joel Erlitz Jon and Janet Bensick Frederick Brown Kimberly and Dennis Daugs Ellen Conedera Dial Jerry Hanauer Deirdre and Fraser Black George and Ellen Kauffman Jon and Mary Shirley Daniel and Lilian Bensky Paula and Paul Butzi Camden Davis Kathleen Dickeman Lenore Hanauer Herbert Blau and Kathleen Woodward Howard and Frances Keller David and Catherine Skinner R. and Norma Bergquist David Byrne and Kirsten Conner Bernard and Sandra deCillia Ronald Diesen Floyd U. Jones Gregory and Paula Blume Jim and Nancy Kenagy Roger and Jane Soder Isabel Berney Craig and Jean Campbell J.D. and Cecile Delafield Jennifer and Brian Dirking Jenee Rabinowitz Beatrice and T. William Booth Layne and Jack Kleinart Walter Sudol Richard and Renee Binns JC and Renee Cannon Alan and Barbara Delsman Walter and Barbara Dryfoos Eugene and Marilyn Webb Gloria Bradley Stewart Landefeld and Margaret Breen Gloria Swisher Jeffrey Bishop George and Lynda Carlson Deborah and Paul Brainerd Alida and Christopher Latham Stanley and Goldie Tobin The Bitners Family Paul and Beverly Carlson Jonathan and Bobbe Bridge Raymon and Rosellen Lawton John and Eleanor Toews Irena Blekys and Allan Johnson Cynthia Carter

$250,000-$999,999 Lisa Brown Thomas and Kathleen Leiden Allen Toman and Karen Crennan Bruce and Ann Blume Phil and Jennifer Carter Ted and Juanita Burton Keh-Hsiao Lin Dawn Trudeau and Ron Beman Anonymous Carol Bobo Gregory and Loretta Cass Tom and Sonya Campion Alexander Lindsey and Lynn Manley William and Ruth True Sally and Alan Black P. Dee Boersma John and Luellen Charneski Cathy and Michael Casteel Doron and Marianne Livnat Dean Valentine and Amy Adelson Jeffrey and Susan Brotman Karl Bohm and Erika Bohm-Vitense Peggy Cheng Kathleen and John Connors Christina and James Lockwood III Joseph Vance and Sara Throckmorton Nan Ketcham Cathryn Booth-LaForce and W. Kenneth Ralph and Annabella Chiocco John and Janet Creighton Gregory and Sharon Maffei Joan and Howard Voorheis LaForce George Long Steven and Christine Christensen Anne Critchfield and Timm Menke Bill Mallis Alice Wanamaker Pietro Borghesi Gordon Stuart Peek Lawrence Christian Howard Critchfield James and Casey Margard Gary and Karla Waterman Pirkko and J. Bradford Borland Dio Richardson Koren and Constantine Christofides Afton Woolley Crooks Yaffa and Paul Maritz Ruth Waters Elisabeth and Edgar Bottler Lawrence Roseman Ilse Cirtautas Thomas Daniel and Jane Baird George W. Martin and Beverly Richard Weisman Joanne Bourgeois James and Anne Terrell Peter Clarke Jane and David Davis McKoin Martin Robert and Judith Winquist Edgar Bowman Elaine Coles Robert and Larina Davis Douglas and Joyce McCallum Katherine Janeway and H.S. Wright III Susan Boyden Corinne and Robert Collie $100,000-$249,999 Katherine Delimitros Lillian McDermott Korynne and Jeffrey Wright Walter Boyle Gregory Colvin Oliver Dominick Glen S. and Alison W. Milliman Sally and David Wright Ethan and Kelly Bradford Emily and Lance Conn Anonymous Laura and James Donald Drs. Joseph and Elaine Monsen Virginia Wyman Janet Bradley Joan and Robert Cremin Paul Allen Bernard and Doris Drewes A. Bruce and Joanne Montgomery Olga Yang Harvey and Moira Bradshaw Anne Croco Jane and Burt Berman William and Sandra Dunn Susan and Furman Moseley Melissa Yeager and Cory Van Arsdale Geraldine Brady Steven and Irene Crown Mary L. Boas Mary and James Dunnam Harvey Motulsky and Lisa Norton Mary and Joseph Zavaglia Daniel Bridge Beatrice and T. William Booth Charles and Diana Durden George and Eileen Murphy Barbara and Joseph Buchman Barbara Eddy John and Cathy Natt Rheba de Tornyay Arlene Ehrlich Donald Nelson $2,000-$9,999 Hugh Ferguson Nancy and Ben Ellison William and Virginia Nemerever Donors of $2,000 or more are Jay and Marsha Glazer Richard and Judith Evans Erika Nesholm President’s Club members Lyn and Jerry Grinstein Ellen Ferguson William and Sally Neukom Mark Groudine and Cynthia Putnam Synnove Fielding Marilyn Newland Anonymous Finding a Muse in Travel James and Rosemary Kahn Jennifer and Peter Francis Haruyuki and Motoko Niimi David and Heather Abernathy Mary and Peter Kerr Roberta Gadberry Linda and H. Gerald Nordberg April and James E. Allison Mary and Allan Kollar Michael and Lynn Garvey Frances Nostrand Chap and Eve Alvord Gladys Rubinstein Daniel Gerler Susan O’Connor Ellsworth and Nancy Alvord George and Dion Russell Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Steven and Lesley Olswang Corin Anderson Maggie and Doug Walker H. Stewart Parker Dorothy and Leon Gilford Robert and Dona Anderson Ask Matt Jarvis (‘96) when he first became interested in photography through proceeds from his photography work as well as from the Frederic and Julia Wan Spyros Pavlou Anthony and Jean Greenwald Basil and Gretchen Anex and he’ll recall a trip to Canada. Ask him when his photography sale of cattle raised on his family’s ranch in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Tahoe Talbot Washburn Loo-Ann Grove Mina B. Person Norman Arkans and Raimonda Modiano career took off, and he’ll mention another trip, this one to China. Barbara Weinstein Karen and Paul Gudiksen Ward and Mary Pickard Alejandro and Linda Aruffo “My family is Osage Indian, and we have land out here in Oklahoma,” William and Leanne Weinstein Max and Helen Gurvich Clermont Powell Joseph and Leatrice Ashley Travel, it seems, is Jarvis’s muse. This year he decided to share his says Jarvis. “We’ve been ranching since before the 1900s.” Lisa Wissner-Slivka and Benjamin Slivka John and Joyce Price Donald Guthrie Ruth Baker inspiration by creating a travel scholarship for photography majors Herbert and Lucy Pruzan Jarvis is committed to continuing the travel grant annually for the Duncan Haas and Birgit Walbaum Gerald Baldasty in the School of Art. The Matt J. Jarvis Award for Photography Kathryn Hahn Peter Rabinovitch and Jacqueline Sherris Maria Balzarini next 20 years,. He’s even included it in his life insurance policy—just provides $2,500 for a student to travel to a country of his or her $10,000-$99,999 Racha and Wassef Haroun Ruth Rabinovitch and Thomas Treger Hugh Bangasser and Lucy Homans in case. But he’s planning to stick around for a long time. After all, Edie Adams Paul Harris William and Katrina Reinhardt Matthew and Margaret Bannick choice to pursue a photography project. he’s got places to go. Nancy and Benjamin Remak Thomas Alberg Richard and Elizabeth Hedreen Evelyn Barbee “In my work, I’m interested in cultural identity and how people fit Barbara Reskin and Lowell Hargens “Next summer I’m going to Indonesia and Malaysia,” he says, after Marleen and Kenneth Alhadeff Liz and Anders Hejlsberg Stanley and Alta Barer into the place where they live,” explains Jarvis. “Through travel, I’ve Elaine and Ernest Henley Linden Rhoads Les and Therese Barnette rattling off past destinations that range from Cambodia to the Car- Linda and Thomas Allen learned a lot more about the world. I wanted to give other people Natalie and Marc Angelillo Bill Henningsgaard and Susan Sullivan Robert and Marilyn Richards Thomas Barwick ribbean to Europe. “No doubt about it—I’ve been lucky.” that same opportunity.” Jon and Carol Avent Mark and Carrie Hewitt Becky Roberts Lois and Alan Bauer William Baker Sylvia Hobbs Lee and Stuart Rolfe Christopher and Cynthia Bayley Jarvis’s photographs can be seen in local, state, and regional maga- ABOVE: MATT JARVIS (LEFT) WITH SOL HASHEMI, RECIPIENT OF THE INAUGURAL Michele and Stanley Rosen Sarah and Richard Barton Kennan Hollingsworth and Phyllis Bagdi Mike and Susan Bellan zines as well as art exhibits. His gift to the School of Art is funded JARVIS AWARD FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. PHOTO BY KAREN ORDERS. 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Rathvon Annie and Jeff Strain A Granddaughter Honors UW Pioneers Jacqueline Kelly and Rowland McLeod Donald and Linda Miller Vaho Rebassoo and Maura O’Neill Althea Stroum Mark Kernaghan Kevin and Sarah Miller Douglas Reed Rysia Suchecka Kim and Randy Kerr Paul Miller Joan Reed Alayne and Robert Sulkin Douglas F. King Boris and Narelle Mishel Richard Reed Kris and Nancy Sundberg Alexander Kipkalov Robert Monsen Katherine and Lee Reinleitner George and Kim Suyama Christine and Richard Kitto James Moore and Kristi Branch Michael Repass Craig Tall When Sally Black (‘80, ‘83) returned to college as an English major Black recalls her grandparents’ stories of those early days, which highlight Japheth and Ming-Feng Ko Siobahn Morgan Blue and Jeff Resnick Lisa Tanzi and Charles Egerton Bill and Meg Morgan Kerry and Jan Richards (and later a graduate student in social work) after raising her family, just how much the campus—and city—have changed. Ellen Kohler Glenn Tarbox and Kristina Frantz Colin and Martha Moseley Kimberly Richter she spent many hours in Padelford Hall, home of the Department Kurt and Mary Kolb Bruce and Dawn Tecklenburg “My grandparents lived nearby and had a milk cow in their backyard,” says Martha Kongsgaard and Peter Goldman George and Frances Moynihan Renee Ries Richard Teeter of English. Few classmates knew that the building’s namesake, Black. “My grandfather would walk the cow to campus and tie it up in Michelle Koutnik Peter and Wendy Mullen Catherine and Thurston Roach Carol Thomas and Richard Johnson Frederick Padelford, was her grandfather. front of Denny Hall, then teach all day before taking the cow home. He Robert and Rosalie Kraft Sam and Susan Naficy Jennifer Hintz Roberts and Dennis Tiffany Christopher Roberts Patricia and Brian Kramer Robert and Susan Nathane Judith Tobin and Michael Baker Now Black and her husband Alan are celebrating her academic said the grass was better on campus.” Black adds with a laugh, “That was Jonathan and Elizabeth Roberts Matthew and Christina Krashan J. Bowman Neely Stewart Tolnay and Patricia Glynn lineage—and supporting graduate students—by establishing the one educated cow.” Kendall Robertson Connie and Gus Kravas Elizabeth and Michael Nesbitt Lorraine Toly Jessie Elizabeth Pepper Padelford and Frederick Morgan Padelford Peggy and R. Robertson Black pointedly included her grandmother’s name in the endowment. “She Janet Kurjan Eugene and Martha Nester Anne Totoraitis and Scott Roberts Endowed Fellowships in English. The fellowships will help graduate Catherine and Stephan Roche was the one who did all the entertaining of my grandfather’s colleagues Julienne and Peter Kuttel Martin Nevdahl and Terri Stueve David and Chris Towne Andris and Inara Rogainis students in their first year of study and then again while they work and students,” Black explains. “He was the one who got all the kudos, but Alvin and Verla Kwiram Laura Newell-Morris and Arval Morris Ka-Kit Tung and Patricia Mu Brian and Lisa Rohrback on their dissertation. Richard Ladner and Ann Sauer Mark Nickerson and Kiiko Kasahara Mary Megrath Turner and Donald she was such an important part of the package. She was the glue who Susan Rose Dolores and Richard Latham Janice Niemi and Dennis Braddock Dahlgren “I took the University for granted as a child, because it was so held the whole thing together.” Steve and Esther Rotella Antoine Leblond and Lucie Robitaille Scott Noegel and Laurie Ramacci Noegel Melissa Upton Cyders and Cris Cyders much a part of my family’s life,” says Black. “As an adult, I felt that Gilbert and Miriam Roth What would her grandparents think about the endowments created in Jane LeCuyer Charles and Eleanor Nolan Shirley and David Urdal Bertram and Susan Rowland supporting the University would be a personal and meaningful their name? Martha Lee Sheila Noonan and Peter Hartley Susanne and Robert Vandenbosch Jon and Judith Runstad way to remember my grandparents.” Terje and Ingunn Leiren Blake and Molly Nordstrom Peter and Ali Vogt “I think they would be delighted,” says Black. “They would be so pleased Jack and Janice Sabin Linda LeResche and Michael Von Korff Linda Nordstrom Ellen Wallach and Thomas Darden Frederick Padelford was a professor of English and later dean of Klaus and Mary Ann Saegebarth that there was a grandchild who remembered their contributions. I hope Margaret Levi and Robert Kaplan Peter Nordstrom Gregory Walsh the Graduate School. He and Jessie came to the UW in 1901, just Joseph Saitta that it will help my children and grandchildren learn more about their Mark Levine Peter Norton Elizabeth Warren Rhonda and George Salem six years after Denny Hall opened as the first building on the ancestors and their roots.” Beatrice Nowogroski William and Mary Way current Seattle campus. 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Sealey Kevin Owen Jeffrey and Candis Miles David Rice Laurel Sercombe and Darwin Alonso Peter and Linda Milgrom John and Fredrica Rice Nick and Ada Sfondouris Jeff Miller Michael and Diana Richards Lara Shackelford Honoring a Math Ambassador Michele Miller Richard and Adrienne Paetzke David Richardson Joana and Michael Shapiro Chuck and Anne Mitsakos Douglas and Noriko Palmer Michael and Debra Richer Regan Shea Frank and Michiko Miyamoto Vera Papageorgiou Charles Richmond Carl and Kathleen Shepro Brian and Julie Mock Firoozeh Papan-Matin Robert and Julie Richmond Her-Chi Sheu Andrew Montana Amy Pappin Paul and Deborah Ritner Jung Shin Kay Montana Bruce Parks Edward Robertson and Nancy De Wit Jean’ne Shreeve Each spring, 1,200 high school students converge on the UW To acknowledge Morrow’s exceptional work in mathematics outreach, Frank and Mary Montgomery Ann Parsons John Robinson and Maya Sonenberg Stanley and Iantha Sidell campus for Math Day, which highlights math’s role in the real three donors are funding a term professorship, to be held by Morrow for Marilyn Meder-Montgomery and Scott Walter Parsons Nancy Robinson Bela and Yolande Siki world. Over the summer, two dozen high schoolers spend six weeks three years. Term professorships provide current funding equivalent to Montgomery Darcy and Enzo Paschino James Rodman Jillian and Jonas Simonis Tina Morelli-Lee and Jeffrey Lee Elizabeth Patterson Scott Roesch and Pondra Perkins Gene Simonson on campus for more in-depth exploration, through the Summer what an endowed professorship would pay out over the same period— Alan and J. Morgan Cecilia Paul and Harry Reinert Susan Rogers Evelyn Simpson Institute for Mathematics at the UW (SIMUW). At nearly the same in this case, $15,000 per year. Joyce and Thomas Morgan Louise Pearson Christopher and Julia Roling Hazel Singer and John Griffiths time, top undergrads from across the country arrive to work The donors are George Kauffman, a member of the A&S Board; Vaho Thomas Morgan Michael Peck Jane Roller Nithya Siva with UW faculty on mathematics research through the Research Rebassoo, who earned his PhD from the UW Department of Mathematics Joanne and Richard Morrill Dale Pedersen William Rorabaugh Christi Siver Barbara and Larry Morris Don Pember Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. in 1977; and Donald Fowler. Albert Rosellini Jan and Ronda Sjavik Margaret Morrison Molly Pengra Leslie Rosenberg K. Freya Skarin Exhausted yet? Imagine how Jim Morrow feels. “This term professorship has been a way to do something good for Steven Morrison Raymond and Ruth Pennock Samuel and Josephine Roskin Claudia Skelton and James Green Morrow, professor of mathematics, is the driving force behind Math Professor Morrow and the department,” says Rebassoo, who had Morrow Drew Moser and Sara Schiavoni Mollie and Louis Pepper Jean T. Ross Harald and Sally Smedal Day and is the UW director for the national REU program. He also is as his PhD adviser. “Jim’s role in the department is much more than Frederick and Barbara Motteler Scott Perret Nathan and Judith Ross Sergey Smirnov Richard Perry heavily involved in SIMUW. to be a good instructor. He energizes the department, encouraging Kevin Murphy and Karen Freeman Sabra and Mark Rossman Hart Smith John and Nadine Murray Stuart Peterfreund and Christina Sieber Richard and Sheila Roth Herbert Smith teachers to put more effort into teaching and students to put more Then there’s Morrow’s role as coach for the UW teams (often John Murray Barbara and Louis Peterson Emanuel and Marilyn Rouvelas Patricia Smith more than one) that participate in the international Mathematical effort into learning. From what I can see, his energy raises the level Diana Peterson and Joseph Limacher Julie and Eric Roy Virginia Smith Modeling Contest each year. UW teams have scored an astonishing of the whole department.” Zita and Joseph Petkus Fu Ruan and Qinxiao Zhou Mary Snapp Juris and Rita Petriceks Elisabetta Ruggeri and Mauro Regio Sigmund and Ann Snelson seven wins in the past six years. ABOVE: JIM MORROW. PHOTO BY NANCY JOSEPH. 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Edwin Waddington and Julia Forbes James and Judith Wagonfeld Daniel Talbot Richard Yamaguchi Justin Walker and Beatrice Yormark The Freeman family history reads like an historical novel, with Asia (requiring a very competitive application process), with the Founda- Tamzen Talman Anand Yang Duncan and Janis Wallace Wayne Tanaka Barbara and Lee Yates as a central theme. tion covering much of the cost. “The trips are heavily subsidized,” says Frances Walton David and Daphne Tang Jane and Leonard Yerkes Bernson. “Teachers simply can’t afford to do this otherwise.” Masae Warashina After traveling to China in 1920 to teach English, Mansfield Freeman Samuel and Sue Tarica Young-Soo Yook Barbara Ward opened the Shanghai office of an insurance company that was later Participants have marveled at the impact the experience has had on Renata Tatman and Pablo Schu- Jimmy and Gloria Yoshinaka Barbara Warnick and Michael O’Connell to become AIG. His son Houghton, raised in China, worked for AIG in their teaching. “They say that having been to Asia changes everything,” gurensky Hoydoo and Kaesuk You Phoebe and Stephen Warren says Bernson. “When they come back, they throw out or revise every- Chuck Taylor James and Janet Young Shanghai after attending college in the U.S. He left China when the Jorie Waterman Donna and Joshua Taylor Lyman Young and Marion So Communists took over—his family was among the last to evacuate—and thing they’ve taught about these countries. We hear that over and over Andrea and Robert Watson Keith Taylor Erin Younger and Edward Liebow relocated to Tokyo to set up an AIG office. He remained in Japan for two from our study tour alumni.” Robert and Juanita Watt Terence Tazioli Virginia Younger decades, raising his children there. Michael Temcov Steven Wegley and Lauri Tadlock The Freeman Foundation also funds an undergraduate initiative Jenny Teng Margit Weingarten The Freeman Foundation reflects the family’s Asian roots. Administered at the UW to make courses about Asia more accessible to non-majors. Lee Ann Therriault Marguerite Weis by Houghton and Doreen Freeman and their son Graeme, the foundation The support has allowed the College of Arts and Sciences to hire Walter and Christine Zabriskie Richard Thoms Sharlene and Herbert Welsh Karen Zagona and Heles Contreras promotes knowledge and understanding between Americans and the additional faculty and teaching assistants in Asian studies, fund the Patricia Thorpe Barry Werner Sitta and Paul Zehfuss people of East Asia, with an emphasis on reaching K-12 teachers. development of new courses, and provide travel awards for students David and Margaret Thouless Stephen White Farhat and Suad Ziadeh and faculty. Peggy Tlapak Ross and Barbara Whitney The East Asia Resource Center (EARC) in the UW’s Jackson School Susan Ziadeh Johnna Torsone Osgood and Barbara Whittemore of International Studies has received nearly $9 million from the “The Freeman family believes that it is vitally important that the people Claire and Kenneth Whyburn Freeman Foundation since 1997, funding workshops, seminars, of East Asia and the U.S. understand each other better,” says Bernson. Michael and Susan Whyte summer institutes, and study tours to China, Japan, and Korea for “They are so dedicated to this that they not only provide grants but also Curtis Wienker Hannah Wiley K-12 teachers. “We would not be able to provide these programs administer the foundation and meet with grantees. Their personal Jean and Morton Wilhelm without this funding,” says EARC director Mary Bernson. “The vast commitment is inspirational.”

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