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Eric Gilbertson at Colfax Peak, September 2024 (photo by Ross Wallette)

Peak Performance

Engineering Professor Eric Gilbertson measured Mt. Rainier and found global warming had shrunk Washington state’s iconic peak but that’s just one of his discoveries.

A Legend to Many

November 7, 2025

Mary Yu, Washington State Supreme Court Justice and Jurist-in-Residence at the Seattle University School of Law, may be retiring from the bench, but not from service.

A Legend to Many

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