Since it was announced the 2026 FIFA World Cup would take place in North America during summer — one made even hotter by climate change — the potential impact of heat on the tournament has been a concern. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

"I want to take a moment to discuss an issue that has become increasingly urgent in the public health community: unpermitted food vendors," writes Dr. Herbie Duber, professor of emergency medicine, of global health and of health metric sciences in the UW School of Medicine.

For more than a decade, the US dramatically reduced its national smog levels, but since 2015 smoke from increasingly larger wildfires is reversing that clean-up trend and making the air dirtier and deadlier, a new study finds. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

Clapp, who was once honored by the Dalai Lama as an Unsung Hero of Compassion, founded several philanthropic organizations in Seattle and beyond, including Global Washington and the Initiative for Global Development. Together, he and Paula founded Global Partnerships and the Seattle International Foundation. He was the great-grandson of Matthew Norton, who co-founded the Seattle-based company Weyerhaeuser, and half brother to former Washington Gov. Booth Gardner.

Selena Liu, a UW undergraduate in the Public Health-Global Health minor program, is featured in UW's International Student Spotlight.