Office with a view David Powell, a Denholme and Mohr Inc. employee, tapes a window frame in Denny Hall earlier this week in preparation for painting. Improvements to 22 Denny Hall classrooms should be completed by Feb. 1. The work is part of the Capital Projects classroom improvements project. Fourteen rooms in the Mechanical Engineering Building are scheduled for work this quarter, while 19 classrooms in Smith and 15 in Thomson are on the schedule in spring, along with 110 Kane and 108 Parrington. During the summer, 130 Kane will be renovated. Photo by Kathy Sauber PHOTO: KS2001008_21a

Stardust will be just 3,700 miles from the Earth’s surface on Jan. 15 in order to get a boost from the planet’s gravitational pull. Following the that pit stop, the spacecraft will then begin on its route toward comet Wild 2, which it should meet in January 2004. Illustration: Jet Prepulsion Laboratory

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The arboretum, which attracts thousands of visitors every year, would get some improvements under a new proposed master plan. Photo by Mary Levin PHOTO: ML8809593_3a

Tiffany Myles gets a look through the microscope as several other girls wait their turn during a hands-on lab session of the Making Connections program. UW Women’s Center Photo

Amy Lee, left, and Adrian Fehr unveil a portrait of the late Mary Gates during a ceremony last year dedicating the new Mary Gates Hall. Both Lee and Fehr are Mary Gates scholars. Photo By Mary Levin PHOTO: ML20000350_34

Takin’ a load off Gilbert Bombon, left, takes a break while Eric Martin puts the finishing touches on a bench the two installed recently near Thomson Hall. The bench is one of 12 funded by the state in an effort to bring the UW into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The federal law requires the resting benches about every 150 feet. Photo by Kathy Sauber PHOTO: KS2001005_17a

Arthur Grossman will play his Heckelphone at a School of Music concert next week. Photo by Cynthia StClair

A news conference in September announced the new Endowed Chair for Women’s Sports Medicine and Fitness. Photo by Jordan Rehm

At a luncheon held to honor the Magnuson Scholars, seated from left are Dr. Bruce Ransom, holder of the Magnuson Chair; Jermaine Magnuson, wife of the late Senator, and her daughter Juanita Garrison. Standing, from left, are Magnuson Scholars Kristin Marciante, Thomas Davis, Jennifer Shultz and Richard Jurevic. Photo by Gavin Sisk

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