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Dave Thau, of World Wildlife Fund, to present Feb. 19 SEFS Seminar
Dave Thau, data and technology global lead scientist from the World Wildlife Fund, will present the Feb. 19 UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Seminar.
Thau’s presentation is titled, “Forest Centaurs: The Past, Present and Future of Human and Machine Collaborative Learning.”
The seminar begins at 3:30 p.m.
Ph.D. candidate David Diaz selected for WA DNR Carbon Sequestration Advisory Group
David Diaz, a Ph.D. candidate at the UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, has been selected by the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to serve on its Carbon Sequestration Advisory Group.
Read moreUBC Forestry’s Tompalski to present Feb. 12 SEFS Seminar on 3D remote sensing
Piotr Tompalski, research scientists from the University of British Columbia‘s forestry program, will present the Feb. 12 UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Seminar.
Tompalski’s presentation is titled, “3D Remote Sensing for Forest Inventory and Monitoring.”
The seminar begins at 3:30 p.m.
SEFS professor to discuss bioeconomy at Feb. 5 seminar
A UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences professor will present the Feb. 5 SEFS Seminar.
Rick Gustafson, a Bioresource Science & Engineering (BSE) professor, will present, “Bringing the Bioeconomy to Life.”
The seminar begins at 3:30 p.m.
Lawler lead author on study that looked at climate change, future of biodiversity
Climate change will likely cause animals and plants species to migrate. That’s according to a new study by the University of Washington and The Evergreen State College, on which School of Environmental and Forest Sciences professor Joshua Lawler served as lead author.
Read moreCommunicating complex science to lay audiences
Science is complex, and communicating to lay audiences about the work is essential for most researchers. SEFS 561: Public Presentations in Environmental Studies is your source for bringing the technical information to professional and lay audiences.
Read moreCycling is Elemental
Elemental cycling is happening all around us, all the time. Graduate course SEFS 512: Biogeochemical Cycling in Soils and Forest Ecosystems focuses on these cycles as they happen in forests and soils.
Read moreSocial science research done your way
Forget everything you think about social science research. SEFS 504: Social Science Research Designs & Methods is making this kind of research fun by encouraging students to tailor the science to their interests.
Read moreUrbanization disturbs and changes ecosystems. Learn how to restore them.
It’s well known that disturbances like urbanization, agriculture, transport corridor construction and salt-marsh filling change ecosystems. ESRM 479: Restoration Design has an answer for that.
The course covers the design process in ecosystem restoration by presenting a series of weekly design problems that students solve as teams.
Dean Graumlich joins UW-SER clean up party for MLK Day
University of Washington College of the Environment Dean Lisa Graumlich spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day with UW’s Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) for its Heron Haven work party. Heron Haven is a spot on the University of Washington campus, just south of Drumheller Fountain, that UW-SER is working to re-establish with native flora.