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Study: Most tweets following fall Paris attacks defended Islam, Muslims
Researchers at the UW聽 and the Qatar Computing Research Institute analyzed 8.36 million tweets beginning seven hours after the November 13, 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris and continuing for 50 hours. Searching for words and hashtags relevant to the event, the team identified about 900,000 tweets relating to Islam and Muslims.聽They found that while anti-Islam and anti-Muslim sentiments arose on Twitter, most tweets in the huge stream following the Paris attacks actually condemned the negative hashtags and expressed support for Islam.
Husky Presidential Ambassadors Leadership Institute facilitates inclusive engagement
Universities across the nation are working to further聽connect international students and create a globally聽engaged campus environment for all students.聽Increasing globalization also raises the demand for聽graduates with increased competencies in cross-cultural communication and practice. Engaging together in聽cross-cultural leadership studies, undergraduates learn聽to think and connect across boundaries, enhancing all聽students鈥� Husky Experience.
Student research named in El Salvador family’s reunification story
Jackson School students in the 2015 capstone course 鈥淧romoting Human Rights and Healing in the Wake of Civil War鈥� made two documentary films aimed to reunite San Salvadoran parents of 鈥渄isappeared children.鈥澛燭he videos went public in March聽2015, and in April,聽King 5 news covered the story.聽By early 2016, at least one聽mother and child from the documentary had been reunited, as documented in聽聽The article聽references the UW student-produced documentaries.
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.
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.
We the people: Race & equity at the UW
The Race & Equity Initiative builds on the 天美影视传媒鈥檚 longstanding commitment to inclusion and social justice. The Initiative centers on creating an inclusive experience for students, faculty and staff, addresses institutional bias and racism, and engages our communities to help us work through our shared challenges for a world of good.
Teaching a class on immigration during a refugee crisis
Professor Kathie Friedman discusses the evolution of her course on immigration, and聽what聽each of us can do to stay involved with the ongoing refugee crisis.
MBA students pitch poverty solutions in D-Prize competition
Together, aspiring social entrepreneurs from the Foster School of Business are working to address global poverty. The D-Prize competition, hosted by the Global Business Center,聽challenges social entrepreneurs to develop better ways to distribute proven life-enhancing technologies, while providing crucial funding and support so that these ideas can launch a pilot.聽
The message at Entrepreneur Week? Dare to do.
Entrepreneur Week聽is an annual window into the world of entrepreneurship, around the corner and across the globe.
This year, from October 13-17,聽the Buerk Center will host events featuring Seattle鈥檚 high-profile thinkers, dreamers, innovators and doers.聽There’s something for everyone: die-hard entrepreneurs, students interested in working for a startup and those who just want to learn more.聽