Dukakis gives boost to Hellenic Studies track

Michael Dukakis, former presidential candidate and Massachusetts governor, will visit the University of Washington tomorrow at 3 p.m. in 130 Kane Hall to help launch the new Hellenic Studies track in European Studies. The Jackson School program begins with a course this spring on modern Greece, and, depending on future grants, will include courses on the modern Greek language and other Mediterranean topics. "This strengthens our already strong program by adding a southern focus," said Christine Ingebritsen, European Studies chair.

Michael Dukakis

Dukakis, the 1988 Democratic candidate against George Bush and now a distinguished professor at Boston's Northeastern University, also will use the campus visitwhich is free and open to the publicto sound the alarm on the national health care crisis that has left 44 million Americans uninsured. ¶