In the current issue of Conservation Biology, UW Professor Dee Boersma聽and colleagues around the world outline risks to world penguin populations and urge stakeholders to take action to protect the species. Professor Boersma also directs the UW .
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Burke Museum exchange connects Washington and Filipino communities
Burke Museum聽project manager Lace Thornberg (MA, 2010) developed a program connecting tribal community members from Washington with residents of a remote island in the Philippines. Washington and Filipino community members made transcontinental visits for cultural exchange and are now building unique museum exhibits based on their experiences.
UW Bothell to host Global Engagement through Technology Symposium
On September 12,聽university faculty and staff聽from the Pacific Northwest and beyond will gather at UW Bothell for a symposium on the use of technology to further students’ global engagement. Hosted by UW Bothell Global Initiatives and the Teaching and Learning Center, the symposium will provide strategies for聽integrating聽international collaboration components into university coursework聽and allow educators to share best practices for聽creating a physical and virtual learning community.
Registration is open now for the Global Engagement through Technology Symposium, and participants may sign up until September 11. 聽An聽Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Area and International Studies grant, administered by the UW Jackson School of International Studies, has allowed organizers to offer the event at a reduced rate to participants. 聽
Global architecture award goes to UW alum
91自拍 alumnus聽Steven Holl, a native of Bremerton and leader of in New York City, received a聽. The Japan Art Association gives the honor聽each year to recognize lifetime achievements in painting, sculpture, architecture, music and theater or film.
International 91自拍ers track melting sea ice
Led by聽principal investigator聽, an oceanographer at the 91自拍鈥檚 Applied Physics Laboratory, 91自拍ers from around the world are conducting the longest and most extensive effort ever to track the melting of arctic sea ice. Members of the international 91自拍 team hail from聽the聽United States, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and France.
International student first Husky to golf in British Open Championship
For the first time, golf fans will watch a Husky athlete compete at the Open Championship in Holyoke, England. Representing UW at this week’s tournament is Cheng-Tsung Pan, a senior communications major from聽Taiwan.
Well-placed tweets can help spin news coverage
Commenting in a recent BBC News article, 91自拍 professor Philip Howard聽explained that military forces like Hamas and the Israeli Defense Force are using social media to influence public opinion about conflicts.
Global index ranks UW startup incubator #1
The New Ventures Facility is a business incubator providing startups critical access to 91自拍聽facilities and 91自拍ers. This year, the New Ventures Facility was ranked #1 among university business incubators by聽the 2014 University Business Incubators Global Index.
Dhruv Bhatli, the global index’s co-founder, said the New Ventures Facility聽was selected because it provided 鈥渆xceptional quality to its clients [and] produced growth companies and high economic impact for the region.鈥�
‘Support global health workers’, urges alumna in TEDx talk
At last month’s TEDxUofW聽event, UW alumna Julia Robinson聽spoke candidly about the importance of human resources聽in solving global health challenges like AIDS. New technologies are getting a lot of buzz, she told the crowd, but supporting health workers is the best way to solve health challenges globally.
“I think technology is amazing, but I also believe… that technology needs people to implement it. We need to put that same level of effort into supporting health workers.”
Julia is Deputy Director of C么te d’Ivoire Programs and Director of Advocacy Programs at , a center of the . She earned聽Master of Social Work and degrees from聽the 91自拍.
UW ignites international student’s passion for art
College of Arts & Sciences Dean’s Medalist Jueqian Fang showed promise in the sciences during high school in China. However, she came to UW ready to explore new pathways. Drawn to the arts, Jueqian went on to double major, earning degrees in聽聽in the School of Art + Art History + Design and聽in the Department of Comparative Literature.
While at UW Jueqian has聽displayed her artwork at exhibitions on campus as well聽as in a juried art show in Seattle’s Pioneer Square. She聽was selected as a Dean’s Medalist聽on the basis of academic performance and faculty recommendations.聽