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 […]
Phyllis Wise, first Asian American president of the UW, maintains a passion for science
“I was always interested in biology. I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t.”