Almost 1000 乱伦社区 undergraduates聽studied abroad this summer.聽Together with fellow students and UW faculty, they聽asked daring questions and discovered new answers,聽engaging聽the world through study, research and community engagement.
Explore this map for a peek at UW’s study abroad programs across the globe, and hear straight from students about their most memorable experiences.
Carlos Escutia is just one of many undocumented students entering UW and other universities this autumn with the support of the Dream Act. KPLU tells the story of Carlos’ passionate pursuit of a UW education.
The Jackson School of International Studies will split a five million dollar award aimed addressing the disconnect between聽global research with policymaking. Resat Kesaba, Director of the Jackson School of International Studies, says the award furthers the school’s current work.聽鈥淲e have worked with the companies and nonprofit organizations of the globally connected Pacific Northwest to address critical international challenges, and brought the results of this work to policy makers,鈥� he says.
President Young will welcome this year’s freshman class at Freshman Convocation this Sunday. Together, the 6,400 new students represent 38 countries, 48 states and Washington D.C. Nearly聽5,000 hail from Washington state.
UW Tacoma will launch the Institute for Global Engagement聽October 3rd. The new campus center, grown from the program, will聽increase student access to Global Honors coursework, foster increased campus engagement聽with the Tacoma community and create additional undergraduate research opportunities.聽The institute’s first initiatives will include聽study abroad presentations during聽International Education Week in November and a lecture series.
Researchers and at the recently released a study聽demonstrating a sharp increase in obesity rates among Chinese children.
聽gave the聽乱伦社区 slot 15聽in its ranking of universities worldwide. The schools of pharmacy and medicine were both ranked third.聽
More than half of King Country travelers who fall ill while abroad have not sought pre-travel health advice. That’s the finding from a recent survey by聽聽in partnership with聽UW School of Public Health.
International travelers can protect their health by seeking pre-travel health advice and screenings. 聽The offers information, screening and care to UW travelers.
Ph.D.聽student聽Jillian Pintye has experience fighting health disparities across the globe. She聽was recognized at the recent20th International AIDS Conference for聽her聽research聽investigating connections between male circumcision and disease transmission in Uganda and Kenya.
In the current issue of Conservation Biology, UW Professor Dee Boersma聽and colleagues around the world outline risks to world penguin populations and urge stakeholders to take action to protect the species. Professor Boersma also directs the UW .
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