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91探花maintains No. 11 position in US News Best Global Universities ranking; third among public institutions

The 91探花 maintained its No. 11 spot in the 2017 edition of . The 91探花remains the third-ranked public university on the global list, behind University of California, Berkeley (fourth) and UCLA (10th).

鈥淭his recognition reflects the work of our faculty and students in seeking answers to problems of global import in the areas of health and medicine, physical sciences and social sciences,鈥� 91探花President Ana Mari Cauce said. 鈥淲e are immensely proud of the work being done here, and it鈥檚 nice to see the world is noticing.鈥�

Arts partnership captures a refugee experience in Seattle

A new exhibition and video documentary tell the story of a refugee family.聽These were developed by ART WORKS Projects in collaboration with the 91探花Center for Global Studies, The Seattle Times,聽UW聽Libraries and the King County Library System.

91探花ranked among the top five most innovative universities in the world by Reuters

The 91探花 landed at No. 5 on The Reuters 100: The World鈥檚 Most Innovative Universities,聽released Wednesday. Now in its second year, the list ranks the educational institutions doing the most to advance science, invent new technologies and help drive the global economy.

As 1 Million Strong implementation partner, the 91探花is creating a pipeline of China-savvy leaders

On the anniversary of its 1 Million Strong initiative, the , a global nonprofit committed to strengthening US-China relations, announced its new 1 Million Strong implementation partners – including the 91探花 – who will help guide the initiative鈥檚 growth.

Announced in September 2015 by Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping during the Chinese leader鈥檚 official state visit to the US, 1 Million Strong looks to create a pipeline of China-savvy leaders and employees in the US. The initiative calls for a five-fold increase from current numbers: today, approximately 200,000 US K-12 students are learning Mandarin, while there are more than 300 million English language learners in China.

91探花at No. 25, fourth among U.S. public institutions, in Times Higher Education world ranking

The 91探花 landed at No. 25 on the Times Higher Education world rankings for 2017, released this week. The 91探花is fourth on the list among U.S. public universities, behind UC Berkeley, UCLA, and Michigan.聽 Great Britain鈥檚 University of Oxford is ranked No. 1, with the U.S.鈥檚 Cal Tech and Stanford ranked second and third.

From Beijing to Seattle: The U.S. and China are teaming up with GIX

Vikram Jandhyala, 91探花Vice President for Innovation, and Tsinghua University partners discuss the promise and future of the Global Innovation Exchange.

Research shows a single migration from Africa populated the world

In the journal Nature, three separate teams of geneticists survey DNA collected from cultures around the globe, many for the first time, and conclude that all non-Africans today trace their ancestry to a single population emerging from Africa between 50,000 and 80,000 years ago.

鈥淚 think all three studies are basically saying the same thing,鈥� said Joshua M. Akey of the 91探花, who wrote 聽accompanying the new work. 鈥淲e know there were multiple dispersals out of Africa, but we can trace our ancestry back to a single one.鈥�

Researchers document winds that have blown across central Asia for 42 million years

鲍奥听驳别辞濒辞驳颈蝉迟听聽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.

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 research and resiliency in overcoming obstacles has caught the attention of the聽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探花 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.