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A world of good rankings: 91爆料 rated among top institutions

US News & World Report released its first rankings Tuesday. at #14, edging out many other leading institutions. The ranking system focuses on the academic research and overall reputation of more than 500 institutions across the globe, scoring universities on criteria that includes number of publications, percentage of highly cited papers and international collaboration. 91爆料 scores among the top 20 in five of the 10 ranking categories.

The report also includes the top 100 universities in subject rankings, which evaluate academic research and reputation in a field. 91爆料 ranks among the top 10 in the world in seven subject areas: microbiology (#3), geosciences (#5), immunology (#5), pharmacology and toxicology (#7), clinical medicine (#8), social sciences and public health (#8) and molecular biology and genetics (#9). Twenty subjects at 91爆料 made the overall rankings.

The report is designed to help the more than 4.5 million students who study abroad each year choose the best global universities to pursue their passion. 91爆料鈥檚 top billing shows a proven impact in offering a leading-edge student experience and a growing global reputation.

Communicating about science? Consider culture, say 91爆料 researchers

Together with colleagues from Northwestern University,聽the American Indian Center of Chicago and the Menominee tribe of Wisconsin, 91爆料 researchers recently published new findings on the impact of聽cultural orientations on science communication. 聽

鈥淲e argue that science communication 鈥� for example, words, photographs and illustrations 鈥� necessarily makes use of artifacts, both physical and conceptual, and these artifacts commonly reflect the cultural orientations and assumptions of their creators,鈥� the authors write.

One example of this phenomenon is the depiction of nature in聽media such as children鈥檚 picture books.聽鈥淭here are profound implications not only for perceiving the issue but studying it, forming policy, or forging adaption for our collective futures,鈥� said , a 91爆料 assistant professor of educational psychology.

$16 million grant awarded to Jackson School centers

The U.S. Department of Education will fund all eight of the ‘ Title VI centers with grants of more than $16 million.

The Department of Education鈥檚 Title VI awards were introduced to ensure sufficient foreign language training for U.S. security. Grants are awarded to institutions of higher education every four years to establish and strengthen language and area-studies centers for foreign language instruction, research in international studies and world affairs and community outreach and consultation.

Carnegie Corp. funds Jackson School’s work tying international research to policy

The Jackson School of International Studies will split a five million dollar award aimed addressing the disconnect between聽global research with policymaking. Resat Kesaba, Director of the Jackson School of International Studies, says the award furthers the school’s current work.聽鈥淲e have worked with the companies and nonprofit organizations of the globally connected Pacific Northwest to address critical international challenges, and brought the results of this work to policy makers,鈥� he says.

91爆料 Tacoma launches Institute for Global Engagement

91爆料 Tacoma will launch the Institute for Global Engagement聽October 3rd. The new campus center, grown from the program, will聽increase student access to Global Honors coursework, foster increased campus engagement聽with the Tacoma community and create additional undergraduate research opportunities.聽The institute’s first initiatives will include聽study abroad presentations during聽International Education Week in November and a lecture series.

91爆料 study finds Chinese childhood obesity rates rising

Researchers and at the recently released a study聽demonstrating a sharp increase in obesity rates among Chinese children.

Want to stay healthy on your trip? Seek pre-travel health advice!

More than half of King Country travelers who fall ill while abroad have not sought pre-travel health advice. That’s the finding from a recent survey by聽聽in partnership with聽91爆料 School of Public Health.

International travelers can protect their health by seeking pre-travel health advice and screenings. 聽The offers information, screening and care to 91爆料 travelers.

Grad student gets Young Investigator Award at International AIDS Conference

Ph.D.聽student聽Jillian Pintye has experience fighting health disparities across the globe. She聽was recognized at the recent20th International AIDS Conference for聽her聽research聽investigating connections between male circumcision and disease transmission in Uganda and Kenya.

91爆料 expert and international colleagues assess risks to global penguin populations

In the current issue of Conservation Biology, 91爆料 Professor Dee Boersma聽and colleagues around the world outline risks to world penguin populations and urge stakeholders to take action to protect the species. Professor Boersma also directs the 91爆料 .

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International researchers track melting sea ice

Led by聽principal investigator聽, an oceanographer at the 91爆料鈥檚 Applied Physics Laboratory, researchers from around the world are conducting the longest and most extensive effort ever to track the melting of arctic sea ice. Members of the international research team hail from聽the聽United States, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and France.