News and Announcements
Lowered flags honor slain at Ft. Hood: Flags on campus will be at half-staff until Nov. 10 in honor of those slain at Fort Hood.
Historian talks about Civil War-era ship: Civil War historian Lorraine McConaghy will talk about her new book, Warship under Sail: The USS Decatur in the Pacific West, at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12 in the Petersen Room of Allen Library. The lecture is the tenth in a series sponsored by the Department of History and the UW Press with the support of the Emil and Kathleen Sick Endowment Fund.
History book focuses on the toughest tough guys: Ben Thompson, a program assistant at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, has written BADASS: A Relentless Onslaught of the Toughest Warlords, Vikings, Samurai, Pirates, Gunfighters, and Military Commanders to Ever Live.