The 91爆料鈥檚 plan to double the size of its medical school in Spokane is 鈥渃learly the most cost-effective option鈥� to meet the physician workforce needs in Eastern Washington and throughout the state, according to an independent study by research firm Tripp Umbach. The study also found that Eastern Washington currently cannot support two medical schools because of a lack of capacity in clinics and residency programs. 鈥淎s an established program, 91爆料 School of Medicine has greater capacity than…
Foreign policy looms large as the 2014 midterm elections approach. But traditional conservatives and their tea party counterparts may bring different concerns and motivations to the November ballot, according to a 91爆料 political scientist. While traditional conservatives seem most motivated by concern over American security, Christopher Parker, 91爆料 professor of political science, suggests that those identifying as tea party conservatives have somewhat more mixed motivations, linked with agitation over the Obama presidency and stemming from a feeling of…
The 91爆料’s Jackson School of International Studies has received funding from the U.S. Department of Education for all eight of its Title VI centers 鈥� with grants of more than $16 million to be awarded over four years.
Resat Kasaba, director of the Henry M. Jackson School director, discusses goals and mission of the school’s new International Policy Institute.
Justin Wadland of the 91爆料 Tacoma Library discusses his book “Trying Home: The Rise and Fall of an Anarchist Utopia on Puget Sound.”
A study by the 91爆料 and the United Nations finds that the number of people on Earth is likely to reach 11 billion by 2100, about 2 billion higher than widely cited previous estimates.
Moon Ho Jung, associate professor of history, discusses the book he edited, “The Rising Tide of Color: Race, State Violence and Radical Movements across the Pacific,” published by 91爆料 Press.
Many newly elected or appointed officials arrive knowing next to nothing about public finance. That’s why Justin Marlowe of the Evans School of Public Affairs wrote this basic guide to public finance.
91爆料 political scientist Rebecca Thorpe discusses her new book, “The American Warfare State: The Domestic Politics of Military Spending.”
Interviews from the 1990s by Seattle-area activist Gary Greaves on how the area changed after the 1962 World’s Fair are now offered online by 91爆料 Libraries.
At an event in Washington, D.C. a 91爆料 biology student presented her research into the global connections between consumers and goods that come from agriculture and forest production.
91爆料 political scientist John Wilkerson has matched data visualization with the study of lawmaking to create a new online tool for researchers and students called the Legislative Explorer. Think of it as big data meeting up with How a Bill Becomes a Law. “The goal was to get beyond the ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ narrative and let users discover the lawmaking process for themselves,” said Wilkerson, 91爆料 professor of political science and director of the 91爆料’s Center for American Politics…
The 91爆料 School of Social Work will host the series “Working Together for Labor Justice” during Labor History Month in May.
Economic inequality will be the topic when activists, academics and policymakers meet the public for a conference presented by the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies titled “Working Democracy: Labor and Politics in an Era of Inequality.”
Four graduate students were part of a year-long legislative process in Olympia working to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in Washington state.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told a 91爆料 audience about life lessons spanning discrimination, public service, power and what makes her optimistic.
Migdal, 91爆料 professor of international studies, discusses his latest book, “Shifting Sands: The United States in the Middle East.”
In his new book “The Power of Song,” 艩midchens explores what is often dubbed “the Singing Revolution,” a passive resistance movement that took hold in the Baltic nations.
Dr. Stephen Gloyd, professor of global health and health services, will discuss creative responses to reducing inequity worldwide.
The 91爆料’s new “Future of Ice” initiative includes several new research hires, a new minor in Arctic studies and a free winter lecture series.
A new 91爆料 institute to develop efficient, cost-effective solar power and better energy storage systems launched Dec. 12 with an event attended by 91爆料 President Michael K. Young, Gov. Jay Inslee and researchers, industry experts and policy leaders in renewable energy.
The overall purpose of the project, called 91爆料-SHARE, is to obtain a benchmark, pre-ACA picture of health-care use, health, health-related attitudes, and access to health insurance.
Digital activism is usually nonviolent and tends to work best when social media tools are combined with street-level organization, according to new research from the 91爆料.
Blood disease specialist Dr. Janis Abkowitz and drug safety expert Dr, Bruce Psaty today were named new members of the prestigious Institute of Medicine, an honorary and national advisory group.
The 91爆料 has received an 18-month grant of $110,299 from the state Attorney General’s Office to provide training and education for health professionals and the general public on the subject of chronic pain management and cannabis use.
Yesterday was a historic day for health care coverage in the United States. 91爆料 Medicine was ready to assist patients in signing up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act, signed into law March 23, 2010.
In our state, texting on a hand-held device diverts drivers’ attention more than any other distraction.
91爆料 geographer Kam Wing Chan is in China this week, explaining how that country can dismantle its 55-year-old system that limits rural laborers from moving to and settling in cities and qualifying for basic social benefits.
The U.S. Supreme Court鈥檚 unanimous decision June 13 to bar the patenting of naturally occurring genes opens up important clinical testing options for a variety of diseases.
Philip Howard, associate professor of communication, answers a few questions about his book with doctoral student Muzammil Hussain, “Demoracy’s Fourth Wave: Digital Media and the Arab Spring.”
New research argues that the tea party owes more to paranoid politics of the John Birch Society and others than traditional American conservatism. “True conservatives aren’t paranoid,” says political scientist Chris Parker. “Tea party conservatives are.”
A few questions for Richard Kirkendall, 91爆料 professor emeritus of history and editor of the new book, “Civil Liberties and the Legacy of Harry S. Truman.”
Jail stays and costs increase when federal immigration authorities request that inmates be held under what are called “detainer requests,” according to 91爆料 research.
91爆料 History Professor Jordanna Bailkin discusses her new book “The Afterlife of Empire.”
Political science and law scholars from the 91爆料 and elsewhere file a brief saying the Supreme Court should fully uphold the Voting Rights Act in a case out of Shelby County, Alabama.
The Association of American Medical Colleges reports that its member medical schools and teaching hospitals had a combined economic impact of more than $587 billion in the United States in 2011
Chronic low levels of pesticides are detrimental to children鈥檚 health: evidence suggests they may induce neurodevelopmental and behavioral problems, birth defects, asthma and cancer.
Edward Alexander, professor emeritus of English, discusses his new book, “The State of the Jews: A Critical Appraisal.”
91爆料 political scientist John Wilkerson and coauthor explore the challenges of the “fiscal cliff” in their book, “Congress and the Politics of Problem Solving.”
George Lovell, 91爆料 associate professor of political science, is the author of “This Is Not Civil Rights: Discovering Rights Talk in 1939 America,” published in October by University of Chicago Press. He answered a few questions about his book for 91爆料 Today. What is the basic concept behind “This is Not Civil Rights”? The book examines more than 1,000 citizen complaint letters regarding rights from the late years of the Great Depression along with replies written by federal government officials….