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We the people: Race & equity at the UW
The Race & Equity Initiative builds on the 91探花鈥檚 longstanding commitment to inclusion and social justice. The Initiative centers on creating an inclusive experience for students, faculty and staff, addresses institutional bias and racism, and engages our communities to help us work through our shared challenges for a world of good.
Twenty-seven 91探花faculty listed among 鈥榳orld鈥檚 most influential scientific minds鈥�
The 91探花 is home to 27 researchers included on Thomson Reuters鈥� list of 鈥�The World鈥檚 Most Influential Scientific Minds鈥� for 2015, which was released Jan. 14. The distinction, based on an analysis of over a decade of research paper citations among 21 general scientific fields, is meant to recognize scientists who are most cited by their peers.
鈥淭he awe-inspiring research being done every day at the 91探花 aims to create change and make the world a better place,鈥� 91探花President said. 鈥淭his recognition of so many of our faculty members as being among the world鈥檚 most influential minds is not surprising, but does serve as a reminder of the global impact of their innovative research and scholarship.鈥�
In Washington Post op-ed, professor addresses ethics and climate change
In his recent op-ed in The Washington Post, Professor of philosophy 聽argues that climate change is a pressing ethical challenge. He writes, ‘Climate change presents a severe ethical challenge, forcing us to confront difficult questions as individual moral agents, and even more so as members of larger political systems. It is genuinely global and seriously intergenerational, and crosses species boundaries. It also takes place in a setting where existing institutions and theories are weak, proving little ethical guidance.’
Arctic Encounter Symposium convenes policymakers, industry leaders and experts
Experts聽from the 91探花 are set to engage in next week’s Arctic Encounter Symposium. The largest annual Arctic policy event in the United States, the Symposium confronts the leading issues in Arctic policy, innovation, and development. It聽aims to raise awareness, engage challenges, and develop solutions for the future of a region and a people.
91探花Nursing alumna makes an impact on floating hospital
Nurse Emily Dunham left her job at the Harborview Medical Center to volunteer聽with聽Mercy Ships, a global charity which operates聽hospital ships in developing nations. Dunham聽worked off the coast of Africa for nine weeks, assisting with life-changing procedures including聽cleft palate repair, cataract removal and obstetric fistula repair.
Teaching a class on immigration during a refugee crisis
Professor Kathie Friedman discusses the evolution of her course on immigration, and聽what聽each of us can do to stay involved with the ongoing refugee crisis.
Biology professor advocates for Argentine penguins
The legislature for Chubut province in Argentina has established a new marine protected area off Punta Tombo, which would help preserve the feeding grounds for about 500,000 Magellanic penguins that make their home along this rocky stretch of Argentine coast.
91探花 biology affiliate associate professor Pablo Garcia Borboroglu聽says, 鈥淭his new [marine protected area] designation is an historical accomplishment, since [until now] there is only one protected area in Argentina that is exclusively marine and only 4 percent of the marine surface of the country is currently protected.鈥�
Law 103/15 passed the Chubut legislature with backing from the , its co-founder and president Borboroglu and teams of scientists led by Boersma, who provided key data about the penguins from their decades of research at Punta Tombo. The government and the Global Penguin Society agreed to the marine protected area in 2013, and Borboroglu drafted the proposal and designed the protected area. Critically, he also made regular trips to Rawson, the provincial capital, to explain its importance to legislators, answer questions, negotiate details and monitor the bill鈥檚 progress.
鈥淭his wouldn鈥檛 have happened without him,鈥� said UW聽biology professor Dee Boersma. 鈥淭he legislature had put off the vote for months, and then on Dec. 3 they voted 鈥� and just in the nick of time, too.鈥�
Celebrating Ladino culture and language
The 91探花 will host its third annual聽, celebrating Sephardic language and culture, in a free event at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, in Room 130 of Kane Hall. The event will be followed by a kosher reception.
This year鈥檚 featured speakers are members of Los Ladineros, a long-running local Ladino conversation group, and scholars of Vanderbilt University and of the University of California, Los Angeles, who is a former faculty member of the 91探花History Department. Cohen and Stein鈥檚 anthology 鈥溾�� won the 2014 National Jewish Book Award.
Slovenian Prime Minister visits campus
Prime Minister Miro Cerar of the Republic of Slovenia met with 91探花 President Ana Mari Cauce at the 91探花 on December 4, 2015 to express interest in sustained collaboration between the 91探花and academic institutions in Slovenia.
The Slovene Prime Minister was accompanied by His Excellency Ambassador Bo啪o Cerar, Slovene Ambassador to the U.S., Slovene Deputy Prime Minister Boris Koprivnikar, and other Slovene government officials. 91探花Vice Provost for Global Affairs Jeffrey Riedinger, Vice Provost for Digital Initiatives and Dean of Libraries Betsy Wilson, Divisional Dean for Humanities Michael Shapiro, Professor and Chair of Slavic Languages Katarzyna Dziwirek, Professor of Law Louis Wolcher, and Professor of Slavic Languages Michael Biggins also participated in the discussion.
Prime Minister Cerar praised the long-term impacts of the UW-University of Ljubljana Faculty Exchange, which has been in existence since 1979. He and President Cauce also discussed an initiative already underway at the 91探花to create an academic program in interdisciplinary Slovene studies, which would serve students at the 91探花and around the U.S. via distance learning.
91探花graduate students working in Slovene studies, 91探花post-doctoral researchers from Slovenia, and two 91探花undergraduates recruited from Slovenia to compete as part of the 91探花men鈥檚 rowing team greeted the Slovene delegation at Gerberding Hall.
This was the first visit by a Slovene prime minister to the 91探花and took place as part of a larger Slovene trade delegation tour of five major U.S. IT hubs. Former Slovene Ambassador to the U.S. Samo 沤bogar visited 91探花twice during his tenure, delivering a talk during a 2007 visit to a hundred students at the Jackson School of International Studies.
– Michael Biggins