A work in progress MFA Student Matt Truitt hangs his untitled photographic work in the Jacob Lawrence Gallery. The piece is part of Works in Progress: First Year MFAs, an exhibit that opened yesterday. The Exhibit by MFA students in ceramics, fibers, metals, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and visual communication design runs through Feb. 23 in the gallery, 132 Art. Photo by Kathy Sauber PHOTO: KS20010075_6a

Theodor Jacobsen, the UW Astronomy Department for 37 years, is celebrating his 100th birthday by helping to create a fellowship fund for graduate students in the department. PHOTO: KS990514_19

Celebrating black history The Black Student Commission and the Black Student Union organized a singing of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” to kick off Black History Month Feb. 1, on the UW campus. Photo by Kathy Sauber PHOTO: KS20010057_15

Tales of Horror Speech communication students presented a staged reading of stories by Edgar Allen Poe, Edward Gorey and others last night in the Art Building. Rehearsing for the performance are, left to right, Alyssa Warner (on floor), Tiffany Jewell and Zack Mazzoncini. The students were directed by Speech Communication Professor Robert Post. Photo by Kathy Sauber PHOTO: KS20010054_27a

Lunch time, on a rainy winter day at Rogers High School, UW Tacoma student Kate Pasley, at right, with glasses, hangs out with Alexis Brown, president of the school’s “Illusions of Color” diversity club, as members practice the step-dance routine a day before tryouts for the school Step Team. Step is a popular new activity at Rogers - something the club helped initiate. Photo by Kathy Sauber PHOTO: KS20010067_32

Bruce Margon is known for teaching as well as research. Here, he demonstrates the action of a pulsar for an introductory class using a miner’s hat and a swivel chair. Photo by Mary Levin PHOTO: ML990315

Chemistry Professor Norman Dovichi examines equipment going into his new laboratory at the UW, where he recently moved from the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Photo by Mary Levin

Buddy Ratner in his lab, where he and colleagues in the UW Engineered Biomaterials (UWEB) program work on novel solutions to implant rejection. Photo by Gavin Sisk

Tom McCormick, at left, meets with medical student counselors Joanne Estacio-Deckard and Mark Wicks Photo by Gavin Sisk

Media relations workshop Stephen Dager, professor of psychiatry and radiology, was one of the speakers at a Jan. 31 workshop for health sciences faculty and staff who wanted to learn how to work effectively with the media. The free event was sponsored by Health Sciences/Medical Affairs News and Community Relations and included reporters from local media. Photo by Gavin Sisk

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