Led by聽principal investigator聽, an oceanographer at the 91探花鈥檚 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.
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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 91探花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探花 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 91探花startup incubator #1
The New Ventures Facility is a business incubator providing startups critical access to 91探花聽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�
‘Support global health workers’, urges alumna in TEDx talk
At last month’s TEDxUofW聽event, 91探花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探花.
91探花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 91探花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 91探花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
Study abroad programs, scholarships shaped grad’s Husky Experience
English literature major Shang茅 Purnell was chosen for the honor of carrying聽the college banner at this weekend’s graduation. Study abroad played an important part her聽Husky Experience and helped develop her exciting future goals.
Shang茅 plans to earn聽a doctorate in English literature and teach at the college level. Through this work, she wants to help increase diversity in published聽literary works. She says,聽鈥渢he highbrow elite have set what is highbrow literature 鈥� Shakespeare and other mostly white European authors. We鈥檙e starting to get more diversity, but it鈥檚 still very narrow, it鈥檚 still a Eurocentric perspective. I realize that being a U.S. citizen I have been conditioned to have a Eurocentric view, but I鈥檇 like to give view to the people of color in this world.鈥�
Beyond serving as an officer in the Black Student Union and as a member of the Students for Diversity Coalition,聽Shang茅 also sought new perspectives and leadership experience through international learning.聽Her experiences studying abroad in the United Kingdom and Ghana with 91探花faculty-led programs were important in developing her goals and provided new insight into diversity issues.聽Particularly while in Ghana, where she tutored school-aged children,聽Shang茅 tried to see world through fresh eyes. “We tried to look at it from not just a Western perspective,鈥� she says.
Scholarships from supported聽Shang茅’s study abroad experiences. She received the GO! Scholarship for her trip to the United Kingdom, and the Fritz Scholarship for the next summer’s program in Ghana.
Forensic research at 91探花helping to end illegal ivory trade in Togo
The government of Togo, a small West African country with a dwindling population of elephants, recently sought assistance from Samuel Wasser,聽Research Professor and Director of the . The Togolese government sought information about ivory thought to be illegal, and Wasser provided a report demonstrating that the ivory samples provided indeed came from illegal sources. 聽
International experts predict聽that new forensic technologies like the ones used by Wasser will help illuminate origins and pathways of illegal ivory and eventually end the trade altogether.
91探花researchers find obesity on the rise worldwide
In a review of over 1,700 studies from聽188 countries, researchers from the 91探花’s found that more than two billion people are now obese worldwide. No country has been able to curb rising obesity rates over the past 30 years.
Study leader and School of Public Health professor聽聽as well as leaders from the World Health Organization and other national and international health agencies have commented on the results.
New Burke Museum curator an advocate for indigenous cultures
The Burke Museum of Natural History’s new聽Curator of Native American Anthropology is passionate about preserving indigenous culture.聽A native of Kodiak, Alaska,聽Dr. Sven Haakanson has conducted research and lived in Siberia. He received the聽MacArthur Foundation’s 鈥済enius鈥� grant in 2007 for his work advocating for Native cultures, and plans to conduct further research in Russia.