Office of Global Affairs
UW and Tsinghua University students explore leadership in Beijing
The Husky Presidential Ambassadors Leadership Institute connected Chinese and American students for a week of cross-cultural learning
Globally-engaged leaders from the Husky 100
Beleqsa Tamaami '16 made the most of her time at UWT - inside and outside of the classroom - by engaging in study abroad, Global Honors, and service learning.
Improving health, in Washington and around the world
President Cauce invites the UW community and our partners to join in developing a 25-year vision to advance human health and well-being.
Partnering for safe water
Eric Stowe, '01 and '03, and his non-profit, Splash, are bringing clean water used by restaurants and hotels to schools and orphanages. They provide safe water to hundreds of thousands of children living in urban poverty in Asia and Africa.
Latest News
UW at No. 25, fourth among U.S. public institutions, in Times Higher Education world ranking
September 23, 2016
The University of Washington landed at No. 25 on the Times Higher Education world rankings for 2017, released this week. The UW is fourth on the list among U.S. public universities, behind UC Berkeley, UCLA, and Michigan. Great Britain’s University of Oxford is ranked No. 1, with the U.S.’s Cal Tech and Stanford ranked second…
From Beijing to Seattle: The U.S. and China are teaming up with GIX
September 23, 2016
Vikram Jandhyala, UW Vice President for Innovation, and Tsinghua University partners discuss the promise and future of the Global Innovation Exchange. Read more from GeekWire...
Research shows a single migration from Africa populated the world
September 21, 2016
In the journal Nature, three separate teams of geneticists survey DNA collected from cultures around the globe, many for the first time, and conclude that all non-Africans today trace their ancestry to a single population emerging from Africa between 50,000 and 80,000 years ago. “I think all three studies are basically saying the same thing,”…
Researchers document winds that have blown across central Asia for 42 million years
September 15, 2016
UW geologist Alexis Licht led a team that has discovered a surprising resilience to one of the world’s dominant weather systems. The finding could help long-term climate forecasts, since it suggests these winds are likely to persist through radical climate shifts. Read more...
From Uganda to Washington: forestry doctoral student wins top prize for wildlife conservation
September 14, 2016
When graduate student Carol Bogezi heard that Washington has big carnivores, she was sold. Bogezi, who grew up in Uganda and began her doctoral degree several years ago at the UW’s School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, was excited to track and tag cougars and investigate how the recent return of wolves affects ranchers. Her…