The 天美影视传媒 Press recently published ““, by聽, Associate Professor of聽聽and head of the UW Baltic Studies Program. 艩midchens’ work examines the use of song in聽passive resistance movements in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia聽during Soviet rule.
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Studying world’s largest carnivores, scientists call for preservation
Together with colleagues from the US, Australia, Italy, and Sweden, UW’s聽聽recently co-authored a review paper on the world’s largest carnivores. The co-authors examined 31 of the Earth’s largest meat-eaters and highlighted their important ecological roles.聽
Global public good? Examining strategies to combat global warming
UW researchers led a three-year project bringing together scholars from diverse disciplines to consider new geoengineering techniques designed to counteract the effects of climate change.聽
UW researchers ask what works in global digital activism
Examining hundreds of international news stories, UW researchers identified and studied over 400 well-documented cases where digital activism was used to affect social change. The study found that digital activism is most effective when聽social media tools and street-level organization are used in concert.聽