Category: Community News & Events

UW and Tsinghua University of Beijing are partnering on a new graduate institute in Bellevue that will focus on technology and innovation.  The Global Innovation Exchange, or GIX, will be located in the Spring District in the Bel-Red Corridor.  Microsoft is donating $40 million in support to jump-start the effort.  This partnership is unique in that it is the first time a Chinese research university has established a physical  presence in the U.S.

GIX will open its doors in the fall of 2016 with an inaugural master’s degree in technology innovation, and will grow with additional degree and certificate programs and fields of study over the next decade.

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A study lead by Emilio Zagheni, a UW assistant professor of sociology is believed to be the first to break down unpaid caregiving in the United States by age and gender of caregivers and those they care for and reveals some surprising truths about caregiving in America.

The study found that almost one-third of the U.S. population are informal caregivers and collectively provide about 1.2 billion hours of unpaid work weekly.  But the so-called sandwich generation (people who care for their aging parents while supporting their own children) comprises just 3 percent of total informal caregivers, much less than researchers anticipated.  Also noted, there are fewer adults caring for their aging parents than anticipated.

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Seattle Parks and Recreation invites the community to a public meeting for the development of 1101-1137 NE Boat Street on Portage Bay. You are encouraged to attend and learn about the new shoreline park coming to the University District.

Date:        Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Time:       6-7:30 pm

Place:       Bryant Building, 1117 NE Boat Street, Seattle, WA 98105

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Seattle native and UW graduate student Vanessa Kritzer has been named the next student member of the UW Board of Regents, effective July 1. Kritzer brings extensive experience working on international and environmental policy. Kritzer came to UW to pursue a Master of Public Administration at the Evans School of Public Affairs and will begin work on a dual MPA/MBA at the Foster School of Business this fall in preparation for a career in public service and social change.

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University of Washington geography professors Victoria Lawson and Sarah Elwood are leading the effort to alter how we perceive and study poverty around the world. Co-founders of the Relational Poverty Network, they are looking to shift thinking about “the poor and poor others” to thinking about relationships of power and privilege at a time when issues of economic inequality are part of the national and local dialogue.

Read about this important work on UW Today or visit the Relational Poverty Network’s site.