Five UW graduate students in the school of art’s division of design have used the innovation of design to turn such an idea into reality and combat human trafficking.

Highlighted by junior Megan Goethals’ third-place finish in the 10,000-meter heat, 14 Huskies took to the track Thursday on the first day of the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds. Four women advanced to the quarterfinals in their respective competitions, with Goethals advancing to the NCAA finals in Eugene, Ore., after she posted a time of 34 minutes, 58.86 seconds.

I’m young enough to have difficulty remembering a time before green was good. In fact, all my life I’ve seen the message that green is best. And that’s all well and good — I want to save the planet, stop poisoning the environment, and so on. But a couple questions come to mind: What’s in it for me, and how much is it going to cost?

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On Thursday nights, while most students are scrambling to finish their homework before the weekend, UW junior Emily Slezak is heading to Savery 164 to depart from the Muggle domain and enter the magical world of Harry Potter. Slezak is the current headmistress of the recently reestablished Harry Potter Club.

At the UW Engineering Discovery Days in April, UW mechanical engineering professor Jae-Hyun Chung introduced his new handheld DNA extraction device to middle school and high school students.