In recognition of her contributions to science, Dr. Connie Celum, UW professor of global health and medicine and adjunct professor of epidemiology, was selected for the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association (ASTDA) Achievement Award.  The award was given July 13 at the 19th International Society for STD Research conference in Quebec City, Canada.

Bill Foege has a new book out, "House on Fire," and Humanosphere's Tom Paulson has a photo of Melinda Gates holding the book at a reception for the Gates' new headquarters building.

A new student-run organization at UW called the Critical Development Forum, held a packed forum May 23 with more than 250 attendees to debate the question -- an acknowledged riff on an earlier event KPLU Humanosphere held with more than 700 people sponsored at Seattle Town Hall called “Can Seattle Save the World?” What did the decide?

As part of a $9.5 million, five-year U.S. grant to the University of Nairobi to expand medical students’ education to 12 peripheral sites in Kenya, a delegation from Nairobi toured UW medical sites in Spokane and Boise. A contingent from Nairobi came to the region May 12-20 for a deep dive into the WWAMI Program, a 40-year-old partnership of the UW School of Medicine and Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho.