University of Washington Law Professor Louis Wolcher recently won a $15,800 prize for his essay “Time’s Language.” The international competition attracted almost 2,500 writers from around the world.

This 28-foot long cast of a 10,000-year-old crocodile has been mounted at the UW’s Allen Library. The Late Pleistocene croc is on loan from the Burke Museum. It will reside on the wall of the Allen Library South Wing entry foyer of the Natural Sciences library.

Yegor Gaidar makes a point during a recent speech. Gaidar, the former minister of economics and acting prime minister of Russia, will speak at the University of Washington on Jan. 18. His new book, “Days of Defeat and Victory,” is being published this month by the University of Washington Press.

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Lisa Dekker-Reed, a third-year student, works in the lab during an endodontics class. She can refer to the image on the screen above as she works on the robotic head. Photo by Gavin Sisk.

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