Calling himself “the world’s first stand-up economist,” Dr. Yoram Bauman spends his spare time performing in comedy clubs, such as Carolines on Broadway, as well as more scholarly venues, such as the American Economic Association. He also authored The Cartoon Introduction to Economics.

His hilarious take on “Mankiw’s Ten Principles of Economics” has almost a million YouTube viewers.

With the 2012 primary campaign heating up, David Domke and colleagues are returning to the campaign trail in partnership with the Seattle Times.

Election Eye 2012, a blog on the Seattle Times website, provides on-the-ground  coverage of the 2012 primary campaign as seen through the eyes of UW students and faculty.

Thaddeus Spratlen paved the way for professors of color to join non-black universities and expanded access for other women and people of color in business by establishing the Business and Economic Development Center. Lois Spratlen contributed to gender equality by writing the book on how women are treated in university settings. She also was the first female UW ombudsman.

Their $1 million lifetime gift to the UW ensures the BEDC will flourish.

SEATTLE - Washington football coach Steve Sarkisian announced on Wednesday that the UW has received National Letters of Intent from 25 incoming football players who will join the team for the 2012 season. The list includes players from five different states and lists players at virtually every position on the field.

National parks often are established to help preserve species native to a particular region, but it appears that some species preservation is more successful if a significant portion of land adjacent to a park also is left as natural habitat.