August 15, 2007
Less than a year ago, Haddis Tadesse and David Makonnen, both originally from Ethiopia, decided they wanted to build a high school in their former country. Shortly after they made their decision, they pitched the idea to the UW Business School.

July 4, 2007
Ultrasound technology has been used in numerous ways, but a UW professor has invented a new use — as a toothbrush. Pierre Mourad used ultrasound to transform bubbles into sources of mechanical energy and applied it to an electric toothbrush, named Ultreo.

May 29, 2007
Comparative literature professor Willis Konick, 77, who is famous to many for his open-mindedness and eccentric style of teaching, is retiring at the end of this quarter after more than 50 years at the UW.