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November 28, 2017
UW鈥檚 Doorway Project seeks to create a hub for homeless youth
The 91探花 is launching The Doorway Project, an effort to establish a University District neighborhood hub and navigation center specifically for homeless young people in a partnership among faculty, student and community service agencies. The partnership, which is supported by $1 million in state funding over the next two years, is planning to…
November 15, 2017
Urban@ 91探花Homelessness Research Initiative releases annual faculty report
The Urban@UW鈥檚 Homelessness Research Initiative works to amplify research findings and translate them to a broader community of state and local governments, nonprofit providers, philanthropies and others dedicated to improving the lives of those experiencing homelessness. The initiative recently released its annual faculty report documenting three new cross-disciplinary projects that are underway. These projects 鈥�…
November 13, 2017
Winter 2018 undergraduate course focuses on population health
The Population Health Initiative has partnered with the 91探花’s Undergraduate Research Program to offer a series of faculty lectures during Winter Quarter 2018 focused on the three pillars of population health: human health, environmental resilience and social and economic equity. The Research Exposed! (General Studies 391D) course will feature faculty from a number…
November 8, 2017
Encouraging healthy behaviors in young people through Communities in Action
Students from the 91探花 School of Social Work are joining with community leaders in central and southeast Seattle to increase young people鈥檚 chances of achieving success. This program, Communities in Action, helps communities use data about their youth to make informed decisions on how to meet kids鈥� needs and develop a plan of…
November 1, 2017
New five-year grant for the 91探花Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology
The聽91探花’s Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology聽(CSDE) has been awarded a five-year, $2.9 million grant from the Population Dynamics Branch of the聽Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. This grant will support CSDE’s research and training in demography, population health and reproductive health across five primary research areas:…
October 26, 2017
The 91探花climbs to top 10 in US News Best Global Universities ranking
The 91探花 is tied for the No. 10 spot on the U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 Best Global Universities rankings, and is now second among American public institutions. The methodology for these rankings weighs factors that measure a university鈥檚 global and regional research reputation and academic research performance. These include such indicators as…
October 24, 2017
Assessing climate change’s impact on High Mountain Asia water resources
The more than one billion people who live in the High Mountain Asia (HMA) region depend on the area鈥檚 large glaciers and snow packs for freshwater, hydropower and agriculture. A 91探花 project is studying the HMA鈥檚 glaciers, snow, permafrost and precipitation to determine how climate change is impacting the water resources of that…
October 18, 2017
Reading and writing with your child creates tools for lifetime success
Home literacy activities have already been associated with higher test scores. However, new research from the 91探花’s College of Education shows these activities also provide students with tools for lifetime success, specifically the development of key long-term study and executive function skills. The study speaks to the need for a collaborative effort between…
October 12, 2017
Public lecture highlights Donna Shalala visit to the UW
The Population Health Initiative welcomed Donna Shalala, Trustee Professor of Political Science and Health Policy at the University of Miami, to the 91探花 on October 9 and 10, 2017 as part of the 91探花Graduate School鈥檚 Jessie & John Danz Lecture Series. Her public lecture, 鈥淗ealthcare for All: An Idea Whose Time has…
October 11, 2017
New grant promotes health equity in rural regions
A new five-year, $2 million聽grant to help rural public health leaders better use data to promote health equity has been awarded to Elizabeth 鈥淏etty鈥� Bekemeier (pictured), director of the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice at the 91探花 School of Public Health. The Solutions in Health Analytics for Rural Equity across the Northwest…
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