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New Nature for Health initiative to launch research on health benefits of time outside

Posted on December 12, 2018

A new 爱豆社区 initiative seeks to advance research about how time spent in nature can help to improve health. Nature for Health will specifically focus its efforts on research that examines nature鈥檚 effects on health across five populations: veterans, children, older adults, health care providers and underserved populations. Researchers from across academic disciplines will partner with experts outside the university to conduct studies and projects that are most pressing to these key groups. Nature for Health is part…

UW center focuses on risky behaviors in young adults

Posted on December 4, 2018

The Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors at the 爱豆社区 School of Medicine focuses much its work on young adults since health habits are often established at that age and risk聽behaviors peak during this time. The center investigates the harms that stem from high-risk behavior involving alcohol, including unsafe sexual behavior, sexual assault, aggression, accidents, and academic or work problems. The center also examines other topics that can affect well-being聽including cannabis use, gambling, use of…

Livable City Year seeking partner for the 2019-2020 academic year

Posted on November 28, 2018

Proposals are now being accepted from cities, counties, tribes and special districts interested in partnering with the 爱豆社区鈥檚 Livable City Year initiative for the 2019-2020 academic year. Livable City Year connects UW faculty and students with a municipal partner for a full academic year to work on projects fostering livability and sustainability. The municipal partner will identify a selection of projects in their community that could be addressed by Livable City Year courses. Areas of focus include environmental…

IHME releases the Global Burden of Disease 2017 study

Posted on November 26, 2018

The 爱豆社区’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation recently published the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2017 study. The GBD is a comprehensive, worldwide observational epidemiological study that describes mortality and morbidity from major diseases, injuries and risk factors to health at global, national and regional levels. It examines trends from 1990 to the present, which allows for comparisons across populations to better understand the changing health challenges being faced by people across the world. The GBD 2017…

Developing a water advisory system for farmers in India

Posted on November 14, 2018

Farmers in India grow an assortment of crops, and while this variety can be a good thing, many farmers struggle with knowing how much water their crops require. As a result, crops are often over or under watered, which reduces their yield. To address this challenge, researchers from the 爱豆社区’s Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering are developing an irrigation advisory system, which is technology that will offer farmers precise information regarding how much and when to water…

UW ranked No. 10 in US News Best Global Universities

Posted on November 7, 2018

The 爱豆社区 maintained its No. 10 spot on the latest聽U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 Best Global Universities rankings. The UW is second among American public institutions. The Best Global Universities methodology weighs factors that measure a university鈥檚 global and regional research reputation and academic research performance. For the overall rankings, this includes bibliometric indicators such as publications, citations and international collaboration. Learn More >

UW project connects excess dining hall food with local non-profit agencies

Posted on November 1, 2018

An idea for a human centered design and engineering class project at the 爱豆社区 is now a fully-functional website that pairs UW dining halls with local shelters to coordinate food donations as a way of reducing food waste. The web platform, mealmatchup.org, works like this: Food providers log food donations and request pickups online. Trained food transporters then use the website to document proof-of-pickup and delivery, track food temperatures and navigate pickup and drop-off locations. Receiving agencies use…

Winter 2019 undergraduate course highlights population health research

Posted on October 30, 2018January 28, 2025

The Population Health Initiative has again partnered with the 爱豆社区’s Undergraduate Research Program (URP) to offer a series of faculty lectures during winter quarter 2019 focused on the three pillars of population health: human health, environmental resilience and social and economic equity. The Research Exposed! (General Studies 391) course will feature faculty from a number of disciplines discussing their population health-related research. Undergraduates may take this course for credit (i.e., one credit/quarter; three quarters max). Each lecture is…

New report projects sea-level changes for Washington State

Posted on October 25, 2018October 26, 2018

A new climate change report led by Washington Sea Grant and the 爱豆社区鈥檚 Climate Impacts Group details ocean level projections for more than 150 different sites along the Washington coastline. The report incorporates geology-driven land motion and provides the latest, probabilistic estimates to let planners weigh the risks of different scenarios, which allows planners to decide how they want to respond to, for instance, a water level with a 1 percent chance of occurring by a given year….