The Daily | 6.3.09
A mentoring program called Husky Mentors will be making its debut during the 2009-2010 school year to be a resource to help alleviate some of this stress. It is the brainchild of ASUW Vice President-elect and Madeleine McKenna and Dawg Daze volunteer coordinator Tim Harris, both of whom have worked overtime with university officials since winter quarter to make the program a reality. McKenna and Harris are both Honors students.

University Week | 12.4.08
Freshmen learn by doing in a seminar about event planning. And their final project? Planning and executing their own event.

8.15.08
Here & Now Radio, an NPR affiliate in Boston, produced a 5-minute-program about common book programs and interviewed people from three institutions: University of Washington, Skidmore, and North Carolina State.

The Daily | 9.29.08
The Devil’s Highway highlights issues involved in a Washington State lawsuit. Read the Daily feature on this lawsuit.

University Week | 05/22/08
The Devil’s Highway: A True Story, by Luis Alberto Urrea, has been selected as the third UW Common Book by Undergraduate Academic Affairs. The UW Common Book project aims to introduce freshmen to the University’s academic community through a common reading experience and opportunities to engage in campus discussions and activities around the book.

The Seattle PI | 02/22/08
Arielle Ross stares vacantly out of a black-and-white photograph, a cigarette clamped between her fingers.

University Week | 02/21/08
Ten UW freshmen will exhibit the results from their freshmen seminar, Develop: Production of a Photo Essay, beginning today in Odegaard.

The Daily | 10/18/07
More than 1,000 UW students and alumni attended a Common Book panel at 7 p.m. yesterday at Hec Edmundson Pavilion to discuss Field Notes from a Catastrophe, the latest book from award-winning journalist Elizabeth Kolbert.

The Daily | 10/16/07
Elizabeth Kolbert, author of the second-annual UW common book, Field Notes from a Catastrophe, joins the freshmen class in a discussion on global climate change and her book tomorrow.

University Week | 10/11/07
Elizabeth Kolbert tells scary stories, the kind that stick in your head long after you’ve finished her book, Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change.

U.S. News | 06/07/07
Many of next fall’s first-year college students have thrown their tasseled caps in the air and are ready to pick up the sunscreen and surfboards, but there may be another item to put in the beach bag: a book assigned by the university.

The Seattle Times | 04/09/07
Remember Friday? The sun was out and the temperature rose into the 70s.

The Daily | 04/04/07
Last week, the UW Undergraduate Academic Affairs department announced next year’s Common Book for incoming freshmen will be Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert.

Seattle P-I | 03/29/07
Global warming has been explored in political debates, news stories and this year’s Academy Award-winning documentary. Now the entire freshman class of the University of Washington will study the subject.

University Week | 03/29/07
It’s official: The next Common Book is Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change.

University Week | 03/01/07
For author Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains was all about a compelling story, the tale of Dr. Paul Farmer and his band of friends bent on ending world poverty both globally and one patient at a time.

The Daily | 02/28/07
Hundreds of people crammed into Kane 130 last night for “A Conversation with Tracy Kidder,” the author of Mountains Beyond Mountains, the UW’s Common Book.

The Seattle Times | 02/26/07
Author Tracy Kidder has lost count of the number of colleges around the country that have chosen his book, "Mountains Beyond Mountains," as a common text for the campus community.

The Seattle Times | 02/16/07
Last fall the University of Washington embarked on an ambitious reading project — having every entry-level UW student read the same book (that would be a 5,000-member book club).

University Week | 11/16/06
Paul Farmer came to the UW on Monday, urging his listeners to regard health care not as a privilege but as a right, something that must be part of the social contract.

The Daily | 11/14/06
Paul Farmer, the subject of the UW common book selection Mountains Beyond Mountains, talked about his experiences working with communities across the world last night in Kane Hall. Farmer, a medical doctor, has dedicated his life to lessening the disparities caused by illnesses that disproportionately affect the poor …

The Daily | 11/13/06
Dr. Paul Farmer, famous for his work battling illnesses in low-resource communities, will be speaking tonight in Kane 120 at 7 p.m. …

The Seattle P-I | 11/13/06
Joe Stockton is taking what he’s learned in the classroom into the community …

The Seattle P-I | 10.02.06
Sometimes it’s hard to believe that one man can make a difference in a world surrounded by wars, terrorist threats and atrocities against human beings …

University Week | 09.28.06
Students can register now to hear Paul Farmer, the subject of Tracy Kidder’s book, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World,who will discuss his work in global health at 7 p.m. Nov. 13 …

THE SEATTLE TIMES | 8.12.06
There’s tuition, and then there’s the other mandatory college expenses. Grant Kollet, director of First Year Programs, is quoted.

THE SEATTLE TIMES | 8.12.06
Seattle interior designer Jann Placentia usually shops at the exclusive, high-end Seattle Design Center for her clients. But when her son was preparing for college last year, she headed to a collegiate standard: Bed Bath & Beyond …

UNIVERSITY WEEK | 6.22.06
Photo of first incoming UW freshmen to receive Mountains Beyond Mountains, the inaugural UW Common Book selection.

SEATTLE P-I | December 6, 2005
The University of Washington will ask each incoming student to read the same work of non-fiction — what it’s calling the "Common Book" — before they come to campus next fall …

UNIVERSITY WEEK | November 17, 2005
Students who enter the UW next fall will have at least one thing in common — they will all have read the same book. Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains has been chosen as the book that all incoming freshmen will be given and expected to read before fall classes begin …

SEATTLE TIMES | November 16, 2005
Move over, Oprah. The University of Washington is launching a book club with 5,000 members — some more willing than others …

UWEEK | Thursday, October 21, 2004
Where do brand-new freshmen and experienced professors come together to study questions obscure or obvious, entertaining or eternal, in a friendly and ungraded small-group format? The answer “Absolutely nowhere — you must be dreaming” is wrong, …

UW DAILY | Monday, September 27, 2004
Dawg Daze commenced its first full day of action yesterday, as freshmen and volunteers
ushered in the new school year …

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER | Tuesday, November 26, 2002
For freshmen at the University of Washington, jumping into the stream of 40,000 students coursing along the labyrinthine walkways and filling lecture halls can be both exciting and alienating…