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Health Impacts of Climate Change

Posted on April 28, 2012 by newstudent

By Peder Digre | @pederdigre LuAnne Thompson, Director of the UW Program on Climate Change and Professor of Oceanography, headed a session entitled, “Health Impacts of Climate Change.” Dr. Thompson introduced the session as an excursion into the “impacts of … Continue reading →

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Class helps deaf Bhutanese refugees restart lives

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Roger Simpson

By Allison Barrett Dhan Biswakarma and his wife, Bee Biswakarma, who live in Kent, are among several deaf Bhutanese refugees who have been learning American Sign Language at Highline Community College. Nancy Allen, an American Sign Language (ASL) teacher at … Continue reading →

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