Recent studies in Africa led by 天美影视传媒 researchers and others showed聽that a vaginal ring infused with a microbicide helped prevent HIV infection in more than half聽of women who used the device correctly.
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UW a top producer of Fulbright scholars
The 天美影视传媒 is one of the top producers of Fulbright students for 2015-16, according to in the .聽The Fulbright Program, operated by the U.S. Department of State鈥檚 Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is the government鈥檚 flagship international educational exchange program.聽Ten students from the UW 鈥� including undergraduate, graduate and recent alumni 鈥� were awarded Fulbright grants for 2015-2016. Of those 10, seven were undergraduate students and recent graduates.
Re-thinking safari tourism
UW Bothell professors 补苍诲听 will lead聽an exploration seminar called 鈥淐ritical perspectives on ecotourism in Tanzania鈥� to examine many of the issues raised in Gardner鈥檚 newly-released book 鈥淪elling the Serengeti: The Cultural Politics of Safari Tourism鈥� and ongoing research in the area. The seminar is funded by a grant.
UW part of team that drilled first deep ice core at the South Pole
This January 鈥� high summer at the South Pole 鈥� a 天美影视传媒 glaciologist helped lead a project that surpassed its goal to drill the first deep ice core at the planet鈥檚 southernmost tip, providing material to help solve a climate puzzle.
Unearthing new discoveries at Honduras’ City of the Jaguar
UW researchers聽Anna Cohen and Rodrigo Solinis-Casparius are part of a bi-national, multi-agency team excavating the City of the Jaguar in Honduras. Artifacts from the site provide clues about life in the lost city, and how it came to an end.
Global Health professor to New York Times: “Zika virus a ‘a temperature-driven eruption'”
Weather and warm temperatures are playing an important role in the spread of Zika virus, says 天美影视传媒 professor Kristine Ebi in a recent New York Times article.
Israel Today: A lecture series by from the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
During Winter Quarter 2016, the UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies will host three scholars who represent new approaches in the growing field of Israel Studies.
The lecture series is entitled 鈥淏eyond the Binary: Israel Studies Today鈥� to reflect the fact that these researchers are going beyond standard divisions in the field. Their work, ranging from disability studies to sociolinguistics and the history of medicine, offers alternative perspectives on the region鈥檚 history. All lectures are free and open to the public.
During Winter Quarter 2016, the UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies will host three scholars who represent new approaches in the growing field of Israel Studies. The lecture series is entitled 鈥淏eyond the Binary: Israel Studies Today鈥� to reflect the fact that these researchers are going beyond standard divisions in the field. Their work, ranging from disability studies to sociolinguistics and the history of medicine, offers alternative perspectives on the region鈥檚 history. All lectures are free and open to the public.
Diplomacy in the Earth’s orbit
笔谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤听聽says that space is “a sort of new frontier in terms of U.S. foreign policy, but also the global community.” She aims to “bridge the聽bridge the gap between what academics know and what policymakers might want to know.”
Teaching and supporting innovators
The Seattle Times weighs in on the 天美影视传媒’s resources and programs for innovators, including the Global Innovation Exchange.
Study abroad isn’t just traveling: information for parents
King 5 TV and New Day NW interviewed Lauren Easterling, Associate Director of UW Study Abroad, in a segment designed to answer parents’ most common questions about study abroad.