Helen Louise Noyes had a long career with the CIA before retiring in 2006. Inspired by her work and her love of languages, she has created the Jonathan & Helen Louise Noyes Language Scholarship Fund in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies for students studying languages. As Helen recognized, “We can’t get along

A report co-authored by Angelina Godoy, director of the UW’s Center for Human Rights, on the juvenile Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facility and the Cowlitz County Youth Services Center in Washington state accusing the two facilities of operating unlawfully, is featured in an article titled “Oregon prison to end ICE contract.”

In his recent essay for The Guardian, Dr. James Lin, Assistant Professor at the Jackson School of International Studies, analyzes the economic implications of China’s national security law criminalizing dissent in Hong Kong. Lin observes that the new Chinese law applies beyond just protests — it effectively dismantles the legal institutions that insulated Hong Kong from

In his latest piece for Business Insider,  “Democrats may beat Trump in November and still not learn the most important lesson from his presidency,” Associate Professor Daniel Bessner analyzes the importance of holding policymakers accountable if Trump loses the U.S. presidential election in November 2020. After surveying how elite policymakers have routinely escaped accountability for their

Angelina Godoy, chair of the University of Washington Center for Human Rights which is housed in the Jackson School, and Tony Lucero, Jackson School professor and chair of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, are among 32 faculty members from the Tacoma, Bothell and Seattle campuses who received the UW Latinx Faculty Recognition honor this year by the

Starting July 9, 2020, UW students are invited to join FIUTS for a weekly virtual discussion series focusing on race in the context of current protests across the U.S. and around the world against systemic racism and police brutality against Black people. The discussions will provide a safe space for international and U.S. students to learn with

EarthLab’s popular lunch and learn series on transdisciplinary collaboration has gone virtual! Join the next Lunch & Learn event online: From Knowledge to Understanding: Lessons Learned from Integrating Research and Stakeholder Engagement in a Water & Agriculture Project Day: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 Time: 12:30 – 2:00 PM Location: Online Panelists include: Kathryn Brasier, Penn State University Barbara

The University of Washington’s Jackson School of International Studie’s professor Daniel Chirot has recently published a new book, entitled, You Say You Want a Revolution?: Radical Idealism and Its Tragic Consequences. The book focuses on the iconic and bloody revolutions of modern times and the lessons that can be drawn from these failures today in the

The UW Center for Global Studies was proud to co-sponsor the inaugural Global Studies Virtual Symposium with the Institute for Global Studies at the University of Minnesota, and Minneapolis Community and Technical College School of Liberal Arts and Cultures. The Global Studies Virtual Symposium was a one-day conference connecting global  studies scholars across campuses. The Symposium offered

May of us have been asked to stay at home during this unique time as we face the challenges presented to us by COVID-19. It is important to stay active, both physically and mentally, and monitor our emotions. One way this can be done is by searching for virtual tours of museums, wonders of the