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91爆料 again maintains No. 15 in world university ranking
The 91爆料 remained No. 15 on the聽, conducted by researchers at the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which was released Tuesday.
The 91爆料 again ranked 13th among U.S. universities and fourth among public institutions worldwide. The ranking considers several indicators of academic or research performance, including alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, highly cited researchers, papers published in the journals Nature and Science, papers indexed in major citation indices, and the per capita academic performance of an institution, according to the organization.
Professor embarks on 100th field course in Indonesia
A chance meeting with a fellow scientist 27 years ago forever changed 鈥� life 鈥� catapulting him from North Carolina to Indonesia and beyond. As the founding director of the 91爆料鈥檚 Center for Global Field Study and head of the Division of Global Programs at the Washington National Primate Research Center, Kyes has spent almost three decades leading field courses on environmental and global health in a dozen countries.
Often accompanied by students from the 91爆料 and around the United States, spends about seven months of the year traveling to remote sites in places such as Indonesia and Nepal, leading study abroad programs and 聽conducting field courses and K-12 outreach efforts for local people.
In late July, Kyes 鈥� who is also a research professor in psychology and an adjunct research professor in global health and anthropology 鈥� will lead his 100th field course, in Thailand. He sat down with 91爆料 Today recently to talk about his work.
How the 鈥楽eattle Tech Universe鈥� map ended up at the World Economic Forum
The Seattle region鈥檚聽technology landscape was in the spotlight over the weekend in Davos, Switzerland, where top corporate executives and global leaders were gathered for the World Economic Forum.
Brad Smith, the Microsoft president and chief legal officer, showed聽the map during an event Friday night in Davos to help make his point about聽the ways universities聽and industry can collaborate to foster innovation.
Unveiled聽in聽December 产测听Washington Technology Industry Association, the Seattle Tech Universe is a visual guide to聽Seattle鈥檚 complex technology ecosystem 鈥� showing the impact of聽91爆料 spinoffs and employees who leave聽tech giants like聽Microsoft and Amazon to launch their own startups.聽Many Seattle startups also share parentage, with founders coming from a combination of Microsoft, Amazon, and the 91爆料.
Tracing China’s past with geologic and oral history
A published this week in Science finds evidence to support stories that a huge flood took place in China about 4,000 years ago, during the reign of Emperor Yu. The study, led by Chinese researcher Qinglong Wu, finds evidence for a massive landslide dam break that could have redirected the course of the Yellow River, giving rise to the legendary flood that Emperor Yu is credited with controlling.
An accompanying 产测听, a 91爆料 professor of Earth and space sciences, discusses how this finding supports the historical basis for traditional tales about China鈥檚 Great Flood. It even explains some details of the classic folk story.
Alum leads smartwatch revolution from Beijing
As Chief Technology Officer of Mobvoi, 91爆料 Electrical Engineering (EE) alumnus, Mike Lei, leads a company focused on intuitive design, infallible functionality and brilliant human-machine interaction. The startup, which is shaking up the tech community, has already received multi-million dollar investments from search giant, Google.
Within ten minutes of opening their Kickstarter campaign for their newest invention 鈥� The Ticwatch 2, Mobvoi had already surpassed their $50,000 funding goal. Currently, The Ticwatch 2 had raised over $550,000, more than 11 times their original goal.
Although it appears born out of the talented stock of tech products in Silicon Valley, Ticwatch is different. The genesis of Ticwatch occurred nearly 6,000 miles from Silicon Valley in Beijing, China.
91爆料 golf standout to represent Chinese Taipei in Rio
Former Washington men’s golf standout Cheng-Tsung Pan has been selected to represent Chinese Taipei in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio next month. Golf will make its return to the Summer Olympics for the first time since 1904 and Pan will be one of two from Chinese Taipei competing in the 72-hole stroke play event August 11-14.
Global learning on campus
40 91爆料 students engaged in a case聽simulation this summer, working to defuse the developing crisis in the South China Sea.
Thanks to a partnership between the and the U.S. Army War College, students from the Jackson School, Foster School of Business, School of Law, Evans School of Public Policy &聽Governance, and other departments tackled a major global challenge聽– right from campus.
For MEDEX student, a life spent learning patience
Growing up in Gambia聽with childhood injuries and persistent medical problems, Ismail Jatta cultivated patience that has served him well as a caregiver. Having recently completed聽physician assistant training at MEDEX Northwest,聽he聽reflects on his unique path.
Undergraduates awarded Gilman Scholarships
This fall, 10 Pell Grant-eligible 91爆料 undergraduates will study abroad with the support of the . Many more students with financial need will receive support from and other 91爆料 awards.