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SEFS researchers awarded climate change planning grants
The Population Health Initiative announced today the award of a dozen planning grants to University of Washington researchers to support the launch of new climate-focused collaborations
Congratulations to SEFS researchers Sameer Shah, Jonathan Bakker, Heidi Gough, Joshua Lawler, who were among the 12 teams awarded $10,000 grants to support the launch of new projects ranging from net zero emissions to native plant production to wastewater reuse.
Employee Spotlight: Perry Acworth, UW Farm Manager
Get to know SEFS staff! This series provides an opportunity to find out more about SEFS staff members — what they do in their daily job and how they spend their time outside the office.
Read moreSEFS students Max Perkins and Jonathan Kwong recognized in the 2023 Husky 100
Two SEFS undergraduate students in the Environmental Science and Resource Management major were recognized for their passion, leadership and commitment in the UW community as part of the 2023 Husky 100 list this week.
Read moreSEFS graduate student theorizes uncommon color trends for urban wildlife in recent paper
For most urban wildlife, elements of a city environment such as built environments, limited predation pressure, and highly fragmented habitats pose conditions that they would be unlikely to face in the wild.
Read moreBioresource Science and Engineering Students win the Spark Award at Environmental Innovation Challenge
A team from the SEFS Bioresource Science and Engineering program received a $1,000 Spark Award at the 2023 UW Alaska Environmental Innovation Challenge, an annual competition inspiring university students solve environmental and cleantech problems.
Read moreSEFS Professor of Practice Phil Levin to direct first-ever US National Nature Assessment
SEFS Professor of Practice and lead scientist at The Nature Conservancy in Washington state Phil Levin was appointed by the Biden-Harris Administration to direct the first-ever U.S. National Nature Assessment.
“Successful conservation, especially in the face of an uncertain climate, is built on the knowledge and collaboration of tribes, stakeholders, scientists, natural resource managers and local leaders.
SEFS students awarded National Science Foundation Fellowships
SEFS graduate students and staff were recently awarded fellowships through the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships Program (NSF GRFP). Awardees Turtle May, a graduate student in SEFS Research Associate Professor Ernesto Alvarado’s lab, and Lara Volski, a graduate student in SEFS Assistant Professor Alex McInturff’s lab participated in a UW NSF GRFP application workshop last fall.
Read moreSEFS remembers UW alumna and long-time SEFS supporter Mary Ellen Denman
Mary Ellen Moody Denman passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at 94 years old. Alongside her husband William “Dick” Denman, who passed in 2007, the Denman’s were significant contributors to the SEFS faculty and have left a lasting legacy in the form of three faculty endowments and a student excellence fund.
Read moreSEFS wildfire and forest management research highlighted in publications and presentations
SEFS Professor Brian Harvey and students in his lab recently published papers on wildfire and forest management, including how fire potential and carbon storage after beetle outbreaks can be changed by forest management decades prior (Ecosystems), how forest resilience is affected by the combination of wildfire severity and post-fire climate conditions across the western US (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), and how wildfire severity in areas experiencing more than one fire in recent decades are reshaping forest landscapes and forest resilience across the northwest US (Global Ecology and Biogeography).
Read moreSEFS Assistant Professor Gregory Bratman contributes to international report highlighting forest health benefits
SEFS Assistant Professor Gregory Bratman is an author on a recent report, “Forests and Trees for Human Health: Pathways, Impacts, Challenges and Response Options,” published by Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP) Program of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations.
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