2. Celebrating our 2009-2010 Accomplishments

3. 2009 – 2010 It was a very good year

4. Ourfacultyare truly leadersin their fields

5. Heinz Award Biologist Dee Boersmareceived a prestigious award for her environmental work.

6. MacArthur “Genius” AwardPoet Heather McHugh

7. 2010 Hopkins Award Chemist Michael Gelb was inducted into the American Association for the Advancementof Science Michael Gelb and the Enzyme Team

8. National Academy of Sciences Inductees Lynn Riddiford Professor of Biology Patricia Kuhl Co-Director of I-LABS

9. Grand Opening of I-LABS MEG Machine

10. International COSMOS Prize Winner Estella Leopold Professor of Biology

11. 2010 Distinguished Teaching Awards Scott FreemanLecturer Biology AnuTaranath Senior Lecturer English/Comparative History of Ideas Cuong Vu Ass’t. Professor Music

12. 2010 Marsha L. LandoltDistinguished Graduate Mentor Award Victoria Lawson Professor of Geography

13. 2010 Excellence in Teaching Award Monique Lacoste Communication Beth Wheat, Ph.C.PreDoc Teaching Associate Biology

14. 2010-11 Fulbright Research Award Firoozeh Papan-MatinAssistant Professor Near Eastern Languages and Civilization

15. The K. Patricia CrossFuture Leaders Award Jentery Sayers Doctoral student English literature and language

16. We provide our students with abroad-based education that allowsthem to excel

17. Putnam Fellowship Will Johnson, SeniorMathematics Computer Science

18. 2010 Arts & Sciences Dean's Medalists

19. Dean’s Medalist – Natural Sciences Nate Bottman Mathematics Slavic Languages and Literatures

20. Dean’s Medalist – Art Shan (Susie) Lu Art Industrial Engineering

21. Dean’s Medalist – Humanities William (Cory) Potts EnglishFrench

22. Dean’s Medalist – Social Sciences AdityaGanapathiraju Psychology Philosophy minor in Human Rights and in Values in Society

23. A&S Students win the 2010 Foster School Business Plan Competition Kyung HeeYun, '09, Political Science &Jon Hickey, '84, Communicationwere part of a team awarded the Grand Prize

24. 2010 Graduate School Distinguished Dissertation Award Emily Walton, for her dissertation, “Exploring the Effects of Residential Segregation on Health Outcomes Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups”

25. Not only do our students excel in the classroom, but they are leadersin athletics

26. Danielle Lawrie Sociology 2009 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year ESPY Nominee Women's College World Series - Most Outstanding Player

27. Nick Taylor Economics 2010 Ben Hogan Award Winner Given annually to the top collegiate golfer

28. Jake Locker History Guy Flaherty AwardThe Washington football program's oldest and most prestigious teamaward

29. Quincy Pondexter Sociology Marv Harshman Award as the team's top rebounder 950 KJR Most Valuable Player 101 Club Scholar Athlete Award

30. Sami Whitcomb History All-Pac-10 selection All-Academic Honorable Mention

31. We provide our students with opportunities that promote the critical and creative thinking required to excel in a global society

32. UW’s Archaeological Excavationsand Field School at Tel Dor, Israel Gemstone found at Tel Dor in Israel identified as a carnelian stone, likely once part of a signet ring dating back to about 230 BCE.

33. UW Drama at theEdinburgh Festival Fringe The UW Drama Collective Pontlevoy presents a Basement Co. Event

34. Dean Ana Mari Cauce met the King and Queen of Spain at the opening of our León Center

35. The Crown Princess of Sweden visited campus to meet with Scandinavian Studies students

36. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon visited campus as part of the Jackson School’s centennial celebration

37. Our scholarship lays the foundation for innovation and leadership as shown by our alumni

38. National Medal of Science Alumnus Mike Posner is considered a leading pioneer in brain mapping and cognitive neuroscience.

39. PEN/Faulkner Award Artist-in-Residence Sherman Alexie

40. Thank you for helping us make 2009-2010 such a terrific year!