The penultimate day of the UW’s week of events in China featured the University’s inaugural Innovation Summit, preceded by a gathering of alumni leaders from around Asia.
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Huskies immerse in Chinese culture before the big game
With less than 48 hours left before the big Pac-12 China game, the UW Men’s Basketball team took in the sights of Shanghai, observing monks, visiting historic sites and practicing their Mandarin with locals. The Huskies also gave presentations at a temple as part of their class with English Professor Shawn Wong.
Scenes from the first half of #UWinChina
Photographers have been capturing scenes from the first half of the #UWinChina events, from a visit to Tsinghua University, to meeting Jack Ma at Alibaba’s headquarters, to experiencing some of the history and culture of China. Here are a few of our favorites.
All photos courtesy of Dan Schlatter (UW), Chad Ingraham (Shanghai) and the Pac-12
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Visit UW Athletics’ site for more photos of Huskies in China.
The Arctic Council at Twenty: A dialogue on the status and future of the Arctic Council
You are invited to join us for a day-long dialogue on the current status and future of the Arctic Council including some of the founding voices in the Arctic Council and heads of the Permanent Participant organizations. Please join us for all or part of the day (see the program for presentation times). No registration necessary.
The Arctic Council at Twenty: Permanent Participants, Arctic Policy in Canada and the United States, and Stewardship
Friday, 20 November 2015, 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m., Odegaard 220, University of Washington
The Arctic Council is the leading intergovernmental forum promoting cooperation, coordination and interaction among the Arctic states, Arctic Indigenous communities and other Arctic inhabitants on common Arctic issues. The Arctic Council is a unique international forum both historically and globally. It is the first international institution formed in dialogue with Indigenous peoples and the first where government and Indigenous organizations work on almost equal par to provide coordination for international decision making and activities in and concerning the circumpolar world. According the Griffith (2011) the Arctic Council was the result of a ground swell in civil society where scholars, practitioners and Indigenous leaders engaged in a dialogue concerning the need for an international coordinating body to address Arctic issues from a government and Indigenous perspective.
This workshop – supported by the Korea Maritime Institute, and hosted by the Canadian Studies Center/Arctic and International Relations in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies – will reflect on the almost 20-year history of the Arctic Council, its influence on Arctic policy in North America, and future options concerning its role. Participants will present and discuss their reflections on the Arctic Council including its influence on Canadian and U.S. Arctic policy, and the role of four of the six Permanent Participant organizations who are represented in the Pacific Northwest.
Jack Ma gives advice to UW students during Alibaba visit
Try everything. Be optimistic. Don’t be afraid of failure. And make sure the people around you are empowered. Those are Alibaba founder Jack Ma’s guiding principles, and the advice he gave student journalists at the company’s Hangzhou headquarters Tuesday.
Big data holds tremendous opportunities to solve health challenges, Cauce tells Tsinghua forum
The challenges of our time cross boundaries, so universities and nations must do the same to solve them. That was the message President Ana Mari Cauce delivered during her keynote address Monday at the Tsinghua University Innovation and Big Data Forum in Beijing.
UW and Tsinghua deepen partnership with new GIX degree agreement
A partnership created in June with the launch of the Global Innovation Exchange was further deepened Monday in Beijing as the University of Washington and Tsinghua University signed an agreement creating a 1+1 dual degree program.
Cauce, Gregoire highlight inclusive innovation in The Seattle Times
President Ana Mari Cauce and former Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire highlighted how the Puget Sound’s unique spirit of inclusive innovation presents international opportunities in today’s Seattle Times. Gregoire is taking part in the UW’s events in China this week.
“[T]he most meaningful innovations of the future will result from multidisciplinary, multi-institutional and multinational collaborations to address and solve some of the world’s most perplexing challenges,” the two wrote.
“We believe our two great countries have much to contribute to making our world better and that we can accomplish more if we work together.”
UW Department of Communication well represented during #UWinChina
In a trip all about building international partnerships and bridging two cultures, it makes sense that the Department of Communication would be well represented.
This week the department highlighted the faculty, students and alumni taking part in the events in China.
Associate Professor Gina Neff and UW Communication Hall of Fame member and former Gov. Chris Gregoire will both speak at the UW Innovation Summit.
Meanwhile, three students and a recent graduate are also part of the week. UW junior Joe Knight, a men’s basketball player, and sophomore Jane Yang, a teaching assistant, are part of the Pac-12 China game and related educational activities, and junior Olivia Fuller and alumnus Erik Erickson are reporting on the events for The Daily and HUA Voice.
Read more on the department’s blog and keep up with the trip through #UWinChina.
Cauce talks about the UW in China with Seattle, Austin media
Before departing for China, President Ana Mari Cauce and other UW officials, including Head Men’s Basketball Coach Lorenzo Romar, spoke with media from Seattle, as well as the home of the Huskies’ Pac-12 China game opponent.
The stories all encompassed the full range of activities — from academics and innovation to athletics — that will take place during the week. Follow all the events on Twitter at #UWinChina.
Media roundup:
- Geekwire: University of Washington visits China to celebrate partnerships, play in historic basketball game
- Seattle Times: UW president, other leaders part of Husky basketball trip to China
- The Daily / HUA Voice Radio: Q&A with Ana Mari Cauce before trip to China
- Austin American-Statesman: Texas, Washington headed to China: ‘This isn’t just a basketball game’