Deanna Isaacs

The outdoor Dawg: Biking Paradise near Lord Hill

May 15, 2013 | Deanna Isaacs

When the sun starts swapping places with rainy skies, it sounds like the time to pack your bike and head to the hills to catch some mud. If you’re looking for a few places to hike, run through the forest, or get out into nature, then keep reading: Paradise Valley Conservation Area and Lords Hill Regional Park are just up your alley.

The Outdoor Dawg: UW geneticist feels at home in the dirt

May 1, 2013 | Deanna Isaacs

The UW has some very interesting juxtapositions — our rose garden looks out over a active volcano, for example — so it is no wonder that the people who make up the university’s population have the same kind of wonderful yet quirky combinations.

The Outdoor Dawg: Preparing for the park

April 17, 2013 | Deanna Isaacs

There are many differences between city parks and their more wild cousins, the greater outdoors. One difference is how preparation changes. What you take in your mind and what you take in your pack can save your life out there.

Citizen scientists get digital blue-nose

April 3, 2013 | Deanna Isaacs

The scientists have observed recordings of meteorological data in ship logs for centuries. Today, climate researchers are hoping to tease out this data to tell us something about the history of the environment.

The outdoor Dawg: Getting into the quarter one steppe at a time

April 3, 2013 | Deanna Isaacs

Within a mile or two of the UW lie many small, grassy parks. Gas Works Park, just down North Pacific Street, is a grassy knoll with a cool historical gasification plant overlooking Lake Union and Seattle.

The outdoor Dawg: A trip to the east, a trip to the west

March 13, 2013 | Deanna Isaacs

As the quarter comes to a close, many Dawgs are looking forward to some time off, rest, and relaxation. Outdoor Dawgs look forward to all that too, but they look for it in the wild green yonder that is Washington’s playground.

UW’s Lamborghini Lab shapes the supercars of tomorrow

March 6, 2013 | Deanna Isaacs

Designing cars can be more than just a job: It can be an art form, a dream — and for some, that dream starts at the UW’s Automobili Lamborghini Laboratory (Lambo Lab).