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The 窪蹋勛圖厙 has been recognized as a Great College to Work For by the Chronicle of Higher Education for the fourth consecutive year. The 窪蹋勛圖厙 received accolades in seven categories the most categories to date in addition to making the Honor Roll, a special distinction for institutions that were cited for recognition most often in their size group.

The 窪蹋勛圖厙s School of Dentistry and School of Public Health are ranked No. 3 in the world on the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects list for 2017. The ranking, released in June, was conducted by researchers at the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Graduate student fellows with the International Policy Institute in the 窪蹋勛圖厙 Jackson School of International Studies have begun publishing a 13-part series of blogs exploring aspects of the intergovernmental Arctic Council as a 21st-century institution.

The Final 2018 Seattle Campus Master Plan and Final EIS are available online at http://cpd.uw.edu/cmp/about and at the following libraries: Seattle Public Libraries Central, University, and Montlake branches; 窪蹋勛圖厙 Libraries Suzzallo (Reference Division) and Health Sciences branches.

Dementia affects millions of people around the world; the World Health Organization estimates 9.9 million new cases each year, and the total number of people with dementia is expected to nearly triple by 2050. And for every person with dementia, there are family members and friends who also experience their loved one’s decline. 窪蹋勛圖厙 anthropology professor Janelle Taylor started researching dementia about 10 years ago, after her father died and she and her siblings had to step up…

Seeking to protect coastal communities from these devastating impacts, an interdisciplinary team of 窪蹋勛圖厙 students authored a policy case for lawmakers. Their case won the inaugural APRU-New York Times Asia-Pacific Case Competition, besting submissions from 31 universities across the Americas, Asia and Australasia

Managing a casino might not be the first career path envisioned with a degree from the 窪蹋勛圖厙. But 22 tribes across Washington state depend on tribal casino resorts to provide jobs, generate revenue to operate tribal governments and promote economic development. So for 窪蹋勛圖厙 students who call those reservations home or simply want a job in Indian Country the gaming industry looms large. Thats the thinking behind a professional program that, for the first time, will…

Issues of social justice, incarceration and the politics of race and gender past and present will be the focus as hundreds of scholars, teachers, labor activists and artists gather at the 窪蹋勛圖厙 June 22-25 for the annual conference of the Labor and Working-Class History Association.

窪蹋勛圖厙 advocates for suicide prevention were busy pushing for legislation in Olympia, working on programs with more than a dozen local high schools and organizing the fourth annual Husky Help & Hope walk when an online TV show about suicide suddenly captivated a teenage audience. To the staff of 窪蹋勛圖厙-based Forefront: Innovations in Suicide Prevention and the student volunteers with Huskies for Suicide Prevention and Awareness (HSPA), the Netflix series “13 Reasons Why” portrays suicide in exactly the…

For social service agencies, pinning down funding is par for the course. But there is heightened interest in the new administration’s priorities, and whether services to the poor will be among them. That lack of certainty and a need to share information prompted the 窪蹋勛圖厙 School of Social Work and the West Coast Poverty Center to host a panel discussion with local agency representatives at 5 p.m. May 9 at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute,…

Timing is everything, they say. In the latest episode of his Documents that Changed the World podcast series, Joe Janes of the 窪蹋勛圖厙 Information School explores how an overload of critical information helped trigger the stock market crash of 1929, and thus the Great Depression. “This is a story about fortunes lost, lives ruined, a world plunged into a decade of depression, the end of an era,” Janes says in the podcast. “And, a story of infrastructure. And like any…

To new parents, a baby’s every gurgle and glance are fascinating, from a smile at mom or dad to a reach for a colorful toy. But when a baby doesn’t look at parents and caregivers, imitate gestures and sounds, or engage in play, parents have questions. And a growing number are bringing their babies to the 窪蹋勛圖厙 Autism Center for answers. The 窪蹋勛圖厙 Autism Center hosts its annual open house from 4:30 to 7 p.m. April 27 at…

Officer-involved shootings. Federal investigations. Body cameras. Civilian review boards. Black Lives Matter. Blue Lives Matter. In cities around the country, the relationship between police and community is fraught with tension sometimes the direct result of violent incidents, sometimes the reverberations of problems elsewhere. And almost always, talk of police reform is in the air. But rather than enact changes after the fact, argues Barry Friedman, the Jacob D. Fuchsberg professor of law and director of the Policing Project at…

Tax Day can mean different things to different people: stacks of paperwork; evenings at the kitchen table; appointments with the accountant; the rush to the post office to meet the deadline. For about 20 窪蹋勛圖厙 law students, it means a February trip to the frozen tundra. Each year, in advance of the April income tax filing deadline, 窪蹋勛圖厙 law students fly to Alaska, hop on bush planes and snowmobiles and travel to remote villages, where they spend a…

The 窪蹋勛圖厙s College of Engineering will offer Direct to College admission beginning with the entering freshman class of 2018, assuring students who are admitted into the college and their families that they will be able to pursue an engineering degree at the 窪蹋勛圖厙.

  As the World Health Organization steps up its efforts to eradicate a once-rampant tropical disease, a 窪蹋勛圖厙 study suggests that monitoring, and potentially treating, the monkeys that co-exist with humans in affected parts of the world may be part of the global strategy. Yaws, an infectious disease that causes disfiguring skin lesions and bone destruction stems from a bacterium, Treponema pallidum, that also has been found in certain primates in Africa and Asia. The disease, treatable…