New in Columns: Why waste good technology on science and medicine? A special look at the big business of video games; UW scholars attempts to answer the question: What does it mean to play a video game?; and how UW faculty, students and alumni are using computer-game technology to solve some of humankind’s most vexing problems. Plus, the UW’s Cliff Mass, professor of atmospheric sciences, takes on the art of weather forecasting, and more.
First Take
For the first time in history, the UW has at its helm five female commanders-in-chief. Read more.
Aluminaries
Tracie Stevens, ’06, never meant to be a trailblazer. But that sure didn’t stop her from being one. Read more.
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