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Category: UW researchers
Putting computer security to work for journalists
A new study by University of Washington and Columbia University researchers shows that journalists need better security tools to manage and store information safely.
‘The Postcolonial Animal’ considers human, nonhuman lives and indigenous ways of knowing
A new cross-disciplinary research project hosted by the UW’s Simpson Center for the Humanities “[puts] the human back into animal studies.”
Sephardic Studies Chair comments on Spain’s offering of citizenship
Dr. Devin Naar, the Marsha and Jay Glazer endowed chair in Jewish Studies and chair of the UW Sephardic Studies program, shared his own family history and commented on Spain and Portugal’s recent offering of citizenship to the Sephardic diaspora.
UW researcher presents on campus today: Climate Dynamics and Global Change
Dr. Tra Dinh of the University of Washington’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory will present a special session today on the global impact of climate dynamics.
International ocean experts gather on campus
UW oceanographers Virginia Armbrust and Micaela Parker are helping to host a gathering on campus of 170 diatom scientists from the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, U.K., Ireland, Israel, Japan, China and Taiwan. The group will discuss the perils and promise of diatoms – the microscopic algae that live throughout the world’s oceans.
UW Bothell to host Global Engagement through Technology Symposium
UW Bothell Global Initiatives and the Teaching and Learning Center will host the Global Engagement through Technology Symposium on September 18, 2015. The event brings together faculty, staff and administrators interested in implementing international collaboration components into courses across the curriculum and sharing best practices to create a physical and virtual learning community.
International symposium discusses future of Arctic seas
The UW will host the 10th annual meeting of the international Ecosystem Studies of Sub-Arctic Seas Program, or ESSAS June 15 – 17. ESSAS includes members from the U.S., Canada, Iceland, Norway, Japan and other nations. Members take a scientific look at what increasingly ice-free summers will mean for the Arctic Ocean and surrounding waters.
UW scientists partner with spies to save wildlife
Conservation biologists from the University of Washington are working together with spy agencies and international partners to save wildlife worldwide.
Treasured UW Sephardic document featured in PBS documentary
A precious document from the UW Sephardic Studies Program’s Digital Library & Museum is featured in a new PBS documentary called The Jewish Journey: America.
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