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Boomtown Seattle: Why we move here–and how we're all in it together
Department of History Professor, Margaret O'Mara weighs in on a changing Seattle.
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Does segregation beget segregation?
UW sociologist, Kyle Crowder, co-authors new book on the social forces reinforcing the cycle of segregation.
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Some Korean foods may taste familiar during the Olympics
Commentary from Clark Sorensen, Korea history professor and director of the UW's Center for Korea Studies/
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Nuclear Fallout in the Marshall Islands
UW professor Holly Barker on the lasting health impacts of mid-20th century U.S. nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands.
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How air pollution clouds mental health
A recent study led by UW Department of Sociology's Victoria Sass found that, on top of impacts on physical health, air pollution also affects mental health.
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Using Facebook data as a real-time census
UW-led study demonstrates how present-day migration statistics can be obtained by the same data that advertisers use to target their audience on Facebook.
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Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology Receives $2.9 Million
The Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology (CSDE) at the University of Washington, College of Arts & Sciences announced it received $2.9 million for a five-year grant from the Population Dynamics Branch of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).
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UW Center for Human Rights studies law enforcement collaboration with federal agencies on immigration
The center has released the first in a series of research memos under an initiative called Human Rights at Home.
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Initiative announces winners of inaugural pilot research grants
The Population Health Initiative has awarded five pilot research grants to faculty-led teams from 10 different UW schools and colleges including the College of Arts & Sciences.
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Malaria's Puzzling Variations in India
An international team is studying malaria in India, where malaria parasites are more diverse than anywhere else.
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Women's Center Leads Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts
A Women's Center report addresses human trafficking in Washington state.
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Q & A: Janelle Taylor on 'exemplary friends' of people with dementia
Anthropology professor, Janelle Taylor, started researching dementia about 10 years ago, after her own mother's diagnosis of dementia.
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As metro areas grow, whites move farther from the city center
In an era when the growth in the population of blacks, Latinos and Asians outpaces that of whites nationwide, a new study of who lives where provides insight into the geography of race.
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Vaccines do not cause autism; they save lives
The scientific debate over whether vaccines can cause autism spectrum disorder is over. Vaccines save lives, and there is no evidence they cause autism.
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UW-led scientists ‘closing the gap’ on malaria in India
The National Institutes of Health has renewed a major grant that funds a University of Washington-led research center to understand malaria in India.