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Wise leaves UW, heads to Illinois

August 4, 2011 By Stacy Nguyen

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly University of Washington (UW) Provost Phyllis Wise, 66, has been named chancellor of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and vice president of the University of Illinois system. Wise, a Chinese American, recently served as interim president of the UW, until Michael Young took over in April. Wise will […]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: 2010, 2011, Chinese American, Michael Young, Northwest Asian Weekly, Phyllis Wise, Stacy Nguyen, Swarthmore College, UI, UW, Vol 30 No 32 | August 6 - August 12

Phyllis Wise, first Asian American president of the UW, maintains a passion for science

September 2, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“I was always interested in biology. I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t.”

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2010, Asian Americans, Beijing Union Medical College, Chinami Tajika, Colombia, National Academy, Northwest Asian Weekly, Northwestern University, Phyllis Wise, Puget Sound Business Journal, Swarthmore College, Teachers College, UW, United States, Vol 29 No 36 | September 4 - September 10, Yenching University

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