With human activity accelerating climate change, it is important to acknowledge the vast impacts climate change has on the environment and humans. Climate change impacts are different around the world,

In a country where scientific beliefs are closely tied to social identity and politics, it is difficult to represent objective scientific data to the public. There are hardships for both

On the northwestern coast of Greenland, the Iron Age began hundreds of years before iron was brought to southern Greenland by Icelandic farmers (Wilken, 2015). Meteoric iron has been present

Rising temperatures due to climate change disproportionately impact the Arctic by opening up the Arctic Ocean to mineral exploitation and increased shipping traffic, resulting in increased global attention on the

In a world ever threatened by climate change, it is increasingly important to be aware of how oppression and colonial histories may affect our actions and institutions. These oppressions divide

Access to safe and sustainable housing is an issue that affects many people around the world, but Indigenous people in Arctic Canada and in Greenland face distinct challenges. The lack

Fourteen undergraduate students, led by Dr. Michelle Koutnik and graduate student John Christian from the Department of Earth and Space Sciences (ESS), as well as co-instructor Dr. Hans Christian Steen-Larsen

Kelsey Hallahan graduated from the University of Washington in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in History and Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations.  In her sophomore year at UW, she received

Speakers from the public and private sector spent the afternoon addressing the emerging and persistent data privacy issues while calling attention to future challenges and potential threats. The speakers were Frances Dewing, the CEO and Co-Founder of Rubica, Inc.; Ivana Lichtscheidl, the Director of Compliance, Privacy, and HIPAA Security Officer of Pioneer Human Services; and Ann Nagel, the UW’s Associate Vice Provost for Privacy, University Privacy Officer, and European Union General Data Protection Officer. The Jackson School of International Studies’ Professor Sara Curran was the moderator of the panel.

In “Let’s give new meaning to college seniors,” Jackson School Lecturer Taso Lagos urges to get the over 60 generation into degree-granting college programs, and not to treat them as