Led by聽principal investigator聽, an oceanographer at the 天美影视传媒鈥檚 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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Well-placed tweets can help spin news coverage
Commenting in a recent BBC News article, 天美影视传媒 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 UW startup incubator #1
The New Ventures Facility is a business incubator providing startups critical access to 天美影视传媒聽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�
Forensic research at UW 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.
UW researchers find obesity on the rise worldwide
In a review of over 1,700 studies from聽188 countries, researchers from the 天美影视传媒’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.
Launch party celebrates book by study abroad students
A May 12 launch party will celebrate the publication of聽, a book by students from Professor Anu Taranath’s 2013 study abroad to Bangalore, India.
Through the unique medium of students’ letters to Things, Ideas and People (TIPS), the book “offers a simple method to help travelers- students and tourists alike- reflect on how moving from one culture to another sparks questions about identity, society and the meaning of travel itself.”
Professor Taranath’s unique approach to teaching abroad integrates on-campus classroom learning with international immersion. Students participate in quarter-long seminars on campus before and after the study abroad to allow time for in-depth preparation for and reflection on the experience. TIPS to Study Abroad is the culmination of the group’s experience and learning.
Community members are welcome at the book launch party at 7pm on Monday, May 12. The event will be held at .
Undergrad presents global land use research to DC lawmakers
major Mollie Holmberg was one of 60 US undergraduates to present research at last week’s event in Washington D.C. Supported by Luke Bergmann聽from the Department of Geography, Mollie investigates the impact of the global economy on agricultural land worldwide.
International researchers document Clean Air Act’s success
Funded by the National Science Foundation, UW researchers partnered with colleagues from the US and France to document changes in the Greenlandic Ice Sheet since the 1970 passage of the US Clean Air Act.
Should English be the ‘global language’ of science?
The journal Science recently reviewed Scott Montgomery’s book聽. Montgomery, a lecturer and consulting geologist the UW , explores in the book the use of English as a “global language” for scientific researchers.