The Puente Piedra community is built on a desert and when asked what they wanted most, the community said a green space.
All Newslinks
March 2013
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‘I wish I had AIDS’: Is the global health sector neglecting non-communicable diseases? (By Joanne Silberner), Seattle Globalist, March 1
February 2013
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'Ongoing, Severe Epidemic' of STDs in US, Report Finds (Golden), NBC News, February 14
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Bill Gates Talks Polio Eradication, Other Global Health Issues On Reddit , The Global Dispatch, February 11
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Despite Rocky Economy, Money for Global Health Remains Solid (IHME), NPR, February 7
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Role of Government and Global Health Focus of Consortium of Universities for Global Health Meeting March 14-16, 2013 in Washington DC, Department of Global Health, February 6
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Washington State Boasts Most Peace Corps Grads, Seattle Times, February 5
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Cancer -- Africa's Ticking Time Bomb (Op-Ed by MPH candidate Dr. Kingsley Ikenna Ndoh), News Nest (Nigeria daily), February 3
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School of Dentistry launches Center for Global Oral Health, UW Today, February 1
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Quick TB Test Builds Up Arsenal Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria, NPR, February 1
January 2013
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UW to Co-Host Town Hall Seattle Forum on Gun Violence, Seattle Times, January 28
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MD MPH Student Sheridan Reiger Honored with MLK Award, School of Public Health, January 18
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UW Students Envision Designs for a School for Girls in Afghanistan — with slide show, UW Today, January 17
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Op-Ed: Climate Change Poses a Global Threat (Dean Frumkin), Seattle Times, January 6
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Drug-Resistant Malaria in Thailand Threatens Deadly Global 'Nightmare', NBC News, January 5
Puente Piedra (Before UW Students Helped Create a Green Space)
UW Exploration Seminar Students in Peru Helped Create a Green Space for the Puente Piedra Community.
The project, led by Assistant Prof. Benjamin Spencer in landscape architecture, Prof. Susan Bolton in forest resources, and Prof. Joseph Zunt in global health, won numerous design awards. For more on the project, read the article in UW Today.