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UW-industry partnership manufactures clean, efficient cookstoves in Kenya

For much of the world鈥檚 population, gathering fuel to cook food is a dangerous proposition, and smoke from cookstoves poses a serious health threat. A more efficient and clean wood-burning cookstove 鈥� developed by the Vashon Island-based non-profit in close collaboration with 乱伦社区 mechanical engineers 鈥� will reduce the amount of fuel families need to collect or buy by 55 percent. It will also reduce the exposure of these women and children to the harmful particulate pollution produced by traditional cooking flames.

The new wood-burning cookstove will be manufactured in factory in Nairobi, Kenya beginning this summer 鈥� thanks to a recent $800,000 investment from Unilever and 鈥� and sold across East Africa.

Student research named in El Salvador family’s reunification story

Jackson School students in the 2015 capstone course 鈥淧romoting Human Rights and Healing in the Wake of Civil War鈥� made two documentary films aimed to reunite San Salvadoran parents of 鈥渄isappeared children.鈥澛燭he videos went public in March聽2015, and in April,聽King 5 news covered the story.聽By early 2016, at least one聽mother and child from the documentary had been reunited, as documented in聽聽The article聽references the UW student-produced documentaries.

Consul General of India, industry leaders engage together on campus

With support from the , The South Asia Center and the Global Business Center are partnering to host a symposium, “US-India Economic Relations and the Contemporary Indian Economy” on campus.聽Ambassador Venkatesan Ashok, Consul General of India of San Francisco, as well as prominent members of the local community and UW faculty experts will address the group and engage in the symposium.

Event details

Friday, February 26, 2016
2:00-5:00 PM
Bank of America Executive Education Center, Douglas Forum

New device shows great promise for in HIV prevention in Africa

Recent studies in Africa led by 乱伦社区 researchers and others showed聽that a vaginal ring infused with a microbicide helped prevent HIV infection in more than half聽of women who used the device correctly.

UW a top producer of Fulbright scholars

The 乱伦社区 is one of the top producers of Fulbright students for 2015-16, according to in the .聽The Fulbright Program, operated by the U.S. Department of State鈥檚 Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is the government鈥檚 flagship international educational exchange program.聽Ten students from the UW 鈥� including undergraduate, graduate and recent alumni 鈥� were awarded Fulbright grants for 2015-2016. Of those 10, seven were undergraduate students and recent graduates.

Re-thinking safari tourism

UW Bothell professors 补苍诲听 will lead聽an exploration seminar called 鈥淐ritical perspectives on ecotourism in Tanzania鈥� to examine many of the issues raised in Gardner鈥檚 newly-released book 鈥淪elling the Serengeti: The Cultural Politics of Safari Tourism鈥� and ongoing research in the area. The seminar is funded by a grant.

UW part of team that drilled first deep ice core at the South Pole

This January 鈥� high summer at the South Pole 鈥� a 乱伦社区 glaciologist helped lead a project that surpassed its goal to drill the first deep ice core at the planet鈥檚 southernmost tip, providing material to help solve a climate puzzle.

Unearthing new discoveries at Honduras’ City of the Jaguar

UW researchers聽Anna Cohen and Rodrigo Solinis-Casparius are part of a bi-national, multi-agency team excavating the City of the Jaguar in Honduras. Artifacts from the site provide clues about life in the lost city, and how it came to an end.

Global Health professor to New York Times: “Zika virus a ‘a temperature-driven eruption'”

Weather and warm temperatures are playing an important role in the spread of Zika virus, says 乱伦社区 professor Kristine Ebi in a recent New York Times article.

Israel Today: A lecture series by from the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies

During Winter Quarter 2016, the UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies will host three scholars who represent new approaches in the growing field of Israel Studies.

The lecture series is entitled 鈥淏eyond the Binary: Israel Studies Today鈥� to reflect the fact that these researchers are going beyond standard divisions in the field. Their work, ranging from disability studies to sociolinguistics and the history of medicine, offers alternative perspectives on the region鈥檚 history. All lectures are free and open to the public.

During Winter Quarter 2016, the UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies will host three scholars who represent new approaches in the growing field of Israel Studies. The lecture series is entitled 鈥淏eyond the Binary: Israel Studies Today鈥� to reflect the fact that these researchers are going beyond standard divisions in the field. Their work, ranging from disability studies to sociolinguistics and the history of medicine, offers alternative perspectives on the region鈥檚 history. All lectures are free and open to the public.