Beth Kolko's experimental research course, Hackademia, brings the hacker spirit to campus. Its mission: "Building functional engineers, one blinky LED at a time."

After two years developing the course, Kolko recently gave talks in Berlin and at Harvard University, and will present at the International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems and at a summer participatory design conference.

Conservation Remix, a daylong event June 2, offers an eclectic mix of topics for discussion – from designing super-efficient buildings that generate their own energy to controlling invasive species by eating them.

"We want people to come away from this event with a sense that conservation isn't just about stopping bad things from happening, but also about starting good things." said Estella Leopold, UW professor emeritus of biology.

Clinical Professor Michaelene Kedzierski and her UW pharmacy students bring expertise, open minds and hope to people who are working to overcome addiction.

They are studying drug and alcohol dependency by working with patients at the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center. Watch the full episode online at uwtv.org/uw360.

UW doctoral candidate Tim Wright sets students off to explore half-forgotten monuments, and others more well known, each year in his unique class, "Fact or Fiction: Historical Monuments of the Pacific Northwest."

The students will present their findings from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, in the Allen Auditorium of Suzzallo-Allen Library. The event is free and the public is invited.

Two years after national player of the year Danielle Lawrie finished annihilating opposing hitters in the most dominant career a UW softballer has ever had, Kaitlin Inglesby is carving her own legacy.