The 91爆料 landed at No. 25 on the Times Higher Education world rankings for 2017, released this week. The 91爆料 is fourth on the list among U.S. public universities, behind UC Berkeley, UCLA, and Michigan.听 Great Britain鈥檚 University of Oxford is ranked No. 1, with the U.S.鈥檚 Cal Tech and Stanford ranked second and third.
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From Beijing to Seattle: The U.S. and China are teaming up with GIX
Vikram Jandhyala, 91爆料 Vice President for Innovation, and Tsinghua University partners discuss the promise and future of the Global Innovation Exchange.
Research shows a single migration from Africa populated the world
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.
鈥淚 think all three studies are basically saying the same thing,鈥� said Joshua M. Akey of the 91爆料, who wrote 听accompanying the new work. 鈥淲e know there were multiple dispersals out of Africa, but we can trace our ancestry back to a single one.鈥�
Researchers document winds that have blown across central Asia for 42 million years
鲍奥听驳别辞濒辞驳颈蝉迟听听led a team that has discovered a surprising resilience to one of the world鈥檚 dominant weather systems. The finding could help long-term climate forecasts, since it suggests these winds are likely to persist through radical climate shifts.
From Uganda to Washington: forestry doctoral student wins top prize for wildlife conservation
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 91爆料鈥檚 School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, was excited to track and tag cougars and investigate how the recent return of wolves affects ranchers.
Her graduate school research and resiliency in overcoming obstacles has caught the attention of the听Bullitt Foundation, a Seattle-based organization that seeks to promote responsible human activities and sustainable communities in the Pacific Northwest.
Professor named to UN working group
When law professor began teaching at the 91爆料 in 1996, she was working on an article about banks鈥� responsibilities around human rights, to the bemusement of her peers. But Ramasastry鈥檚 decades-long focus on the intersection of commerce and human rights paid off. In July, she was appointed to serve on the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights. Ramasastry will represent all of Western Europe, North America and Australia-Pacific, one of five UN regions and arguably the most competitive. She was selected out of a field of 22 applicants.
Migrations in motion
Together with the Nature Conservancy, 91爆料 researchers have released a map showing where animals will need to move to survive as climate change alters habitats.
IHME study shows Syrian civil war has shortened lifespans
An IHME-led study published in the听examined health in countries such as Syria, Tunisia and Yemen from 1990 to 2013 found that since the Arab Spring , a combination of increased violence and a collapse in health care has led to the drop of the region’s average expected life span.听In Syria, a 听that continues to ravage the country has resulted in a particularly precipitous drop in life expectancy.
Update: Italy earthquake
indicate a strong earthquake overnight in central Italy.听The 91爆料 has more than 50 students and 8 faculty and staff taking part in faculty-led study abroad programs in Rome. We do not anticipate that our students or faculty were directly affected by this event. The听91爆料 Global Travel Security Manager is connecting with our students and faculty to be certain they are safe, and to provide additional health and safety information in the wake of this event.
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Study abroad sparks hard conversations about race and equity
For two days in late August, more than a million people inundate West London to celebrate one of the world鈥檚 largest street festivals鈥攖he Notting Hill Carnival.
Elaborate floats and colorful-costumed performers wind their way through streets to the sound of steel bands and calypso music. It鈥檚 a tribute to the traditional Afro-Caribbean carnivals of the early 19th century that celebrated the abolition of slavery.
What stood out most for 91爆料 School of Public Health student Eric King wasn鈥檛 the vibrant sounds or endless sea of people, but rather the sight of British police officers embracing and dancing with carnival-goers.
鈥淚 didn鈥檛 notice any law officials with firearms. This was different from my experience as an African-American man living in the United States,鈥� says King, then a public health major and now a graduate student in the School鈥檚 Department of Health Services. 鈥淚t speaks to the prominence of gun culture in the U.S. as well as the climate created when law officers are viewed as members of the community instead of controlling outsiders.鈥�
King (BS, Public Health 鈥�16) was attending a four-week exploration seminar called Dark Empire: Race, Health and Society in Britain, which examines the presence and well-being of minorities in Britain, who now make up 14 percent of the country鈥檚 64 million residents. Students explore the social, emotional and physical determinants of health within the framework of Britain鈥檚 history and multiculturalism.