New in Columns:New President Michael K. Young plans to make the UW a leader in how public universities reinvent themselves; Jane Lubchenco, ’71, the first woman director of NOAA, is the 2011 Alumna Summa Laude Dignata; in her latest role, astronaut Janet Kavandi, ’90, oversees the end of NASA’s Space Shuttle program; meet the UW’s best teachers for 2011.
First Take
Crossword puzzle fanatic Jeff Chen, ’02, doesn’t just fill out crossword puzzles, he writes them, too. He recently had one published by The New York Times. Read more.
Aluminaries
Christine Umayam, ’99, thought her trip to the Philippines was going to be a chance to get away. But that changed the moment she encountered children living in deplorable conditions. Read more.
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