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When internationally acclaimed artists perform through the UW World Series, many also visit local schools or University classes through residencies. 

There have been big changes in the College of Arts and Sciences in the past few years as long-standing departments have joined together to create new, more effective units. 

After Frith Maier retraced adventurer George Kennan's 1870 route through the Caucasus Mountains, the journey became the basis of her UW master's thesis and a new book. 

Astronaut Michael Anderson, who perished in the space shuttle Columbia, earned his B.S. from the UW College of Arts and Sciences in physics and astronomy. 

An ancient manuscript, recently acquired by the UW Libraries, offers new insights into the history of Buddhism. 

At the Summer Institute in Life Science, offered by UW Biology Program, middle school teachers do a lot of hands-on learning--and gain ideas for their own classrooms. 

Canadian and American students collaborate through an innovative course offered jointly by the UW, Western Washington University, and University of British Columbia. 

Through a three-quarter program in Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Cyprus, UW students explored the causes of conflict. 

Although Yehuda Hayuth (Ph.D., '77) is president of the University of Haifa in Israel, he still makes time to teach at the University of Washington each summer.