鲍奥听驳别辞濒辞驳颈蝉迟听听led a team that has discovered a surprising resilience to one of the world鈥檚 dominant weather systems. The finding could help long-term climate forecasts, since it suggests these winds are likely to persist through radical climate shifts.
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From Uganda to Washington: forestry doctoral student wins top prize for wildlife conservation
When graduate student Carol Bogezi heard that Washington has big carnivores, she was sold. Bogezi, who grew up in Uganda and began her doctoral degree several years ago at the UW鈥檚 School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, was excited to track and tag cougars and investigate how the recent return of wolves affects ranchers.
Her graduate school 91自拍 and resiliency in overcoming obstacles has caught the attention of the听Bullitt Foundation, a Seattle-based organization that seeks to promote responsible human activities and sustainable communities in the Pacific Northwest.
Professor named to UN working group
When law professor began teaching at the 91自拍 in 1996, she was working on an article about banks鈥� responsibilities around human rights, to the bemusement of her peers. But Ramasastry鈥檚 decades-long focus on the intersection of commerce and human rights paid off. In July, she was appointed to serve on the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights. Ramasastry will represent all of Western Europe, North America and Australia-Pacific, one of five UN regions and arguably the most competitive. She was selected out of a field of 22 applicants.
Migrations in motion
Together with the Nature Conservancy, UW 91自拍ers have released a map showing where animals will need to move to survive as climate change alters habitats.
IHME study shows Syrian civil war has shortened lifespans
An IHME-led study published in the听examined health in countries such as Syria, Tunisia and Yemen from 1990 to 2013 found that since the Arab Spring , a combination of increased violence and a collapse in health care has led to the drop of the region’s average expected life span.听In Syria, a 听that continues to ravage the country has resulted in a particularly precipitous drop in life expectancy.
Update: Italy earthquake
indicate a strong earthquake overnight in central Italy.听The UW has more than 50 students and 8 faculty and staff taking part in faculty-led study abroad programs in Rome. We do not anticipate that our students or faculty were directly affected by this event. The听UW Global Travel Security Manager is connecting with our students and faculty to be certain they are safe, and to provide additional health and safety information in the wake of this event.
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Study abroad sparks hard conversations about race and equity
For two days in late August, more than a million people inundate West London to celebrate one of the world鈥檚 largest street festivals鈥攖he Notting Hill Carnival.
Elaborate floats and colorful-costumed performers wind their way through streets to the sound of steel bands and calypso music. It鈥檚 a tribute to the traditional Afro-Caribbean carnivals of the early 19th century that celebrated the abolition of slavery.
What stood out most for UW School of Public Health student Eric King wasn鈥檛 the vibrant sounds or endless sea of people, but rather the sight of British police officers embracing and dancing with carnival-goers.
鈥淚 didn鈥檛 notice any law officials with firearms. This was different from my experience as an African-American man living in the United States,鈥� says King, then a public health major and now a graduate student in the School鈥檚 Department of Health Services. 鈥淚t speaks to the prominence of gun culture in the U.S. as well as the climate created when law officers are viewed as members of the community instead of controlling outsiders.鈥�
King (BS, Public Health 鈥�16) was attending a four-week exploration seminar called Dark Empire: Race, Health and Society in Britain, which examines the presence and well-being of minorities in Britain, who now make up 14 percent of the country鈥檚 64 million residents. Students explore the social, emotional and physical determinants of health within the framework of Britain鈥檚 history and multiculturalism.
Women lead 10 of the world’s best universities
Times of Higher Education‘s analysis of world university rankings revealed that women head some of the world’s most outstanding universities. UW President Ana Mari Cauce is one of the 10 featured leaders.
UW again maintains No. 15 in world university ranking
The 91自拍 remained No. 15 on the听, conducted by 91自拍ers at the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which was released Tuesday.
The UW again ranked 13th among U.S. universities and fourth among public institutions worldwide. The ranking considers several indicators of academic or 91自拍 performance, including alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, highly cited 91自拍ers, papers published in the journals Nature and Science, papers indexed in major citation indices, and the per capita academic performance of an institution, according to the organization.
Professor embarks on 100th field course in Indonesia
A chance meeting with a fellow scientist 27 years ago forever changed 鈥� life 鈥� catapulting him from North Carolina to Indonesia and beyond. As the founding director of the 91自拍鈥檚 Center for Global Field Study and head of the Division of Global Programs at the Washington National Primate Research Center, Kyes has spent almost three decades leading field courses on environmental and global health in a dozen countries.
Often accompanied by students from the UW and around the United States, spends about seven months of the year traveling to remote sites in places such as Indonesia and Nepal, leading study abroad programs and 听conducting field courses and K-12 outreach efforts for local people.
In late July, Kyes 鈥� who is also a 91自拍 professor in psychology and an adjunct 91自拍 professor in global health and anthropology 鈥� will lead his 100th field course, in Thailand. He sat down with UW Today recently to talk about his work.