More than half of King Country travelers who fall ill while abroad have not sought pre-travel health advice. That’s the finding from a recent survey by聽聽in partnership with聽UW School of Public Health.
International travelers can protect their health by seeking pre-travel health advice and screenings. 聽The offers information, screening and care to UW travelers.
Ph.D.聽student聽Jillian Pintye has experience fighting health disparities across the globe. She聽was recognized at the recent20th International AIDS Conference for聽her聽research聽investigating connections between male circumcision and disease transmission in Uganda and Kenya.
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.
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
乱伦社区 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.
Led by聽principal investigator聽, an oceanographer at the 乱伦社区鈥檚 Applied Physics Laboratory, researchers 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 research team hail from聽the聽United States, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and France.
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.
Commenting in a recent BBC News article, 乱伦社区 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.
The New Ventures Facility is a business incubator providing startups critical access to 乱伦社区聽facilities and researchers. 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�