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Grad student Jenna Morris presents at ecology annual meeting
After receiving support from the UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences (SEFS) Director’s Student Travel Fund, graduate student Jenna Morris was able to travel to and give an oral presentation at the 2019 annual meeting of the North American Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE-North America) on April 7-11 in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Read moreSEFS alumnus, affiliate faculty member Morris Johnson featured in Crosscut story
Morris Johnson, an affiliate faculty member at the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, was recently featured in a Crosscut story about his work as a research fire scientist with the U.S.
Read moreErnesto Alvarado honored by Latino Center for Health
School of Environmental and Forest Sciences research associate professor Ernesto Alvarado has been named one of 33 Latinx University of Washington faculty honored this year by the Latino Center for Health for scholarly achievements, promotion, mentorship and contributions.
Read moreSEFS graduate student Catherine Kuhn named to Husky 100
A School of Environmental and Forest Sciences graduate student was the only student from the school to be named to the 2019 Husky 100.
Catherine Kuhn, a PhD student, is studying global environmental change in rivers, lakes and streams.
Hunting huckleberries to track grizzly bears
The University of Washington and a School of Environmental and Forest Sciences doctoral student have collaborated with the U.S. Geological Survey to develop a tool that can map huckleberries, which can help track grizzly bears.
Read moreSEFS professor quoted in UW alumni magazine
A common story reported these days is about the benefits of going outside and into nature. A story in the March 2019 issue of Columns, a University of Washington alumni magazine, touched again on these benefits, and also shared that scientists don’t know exactly why we benefit from time in the outdoors.
Read moreSEFS Students Make Meal for 120+ in Homeless Community
Just before the end of the winter 2019 quarter, a group of School of Environmental and Forest Sciences students prepared and served more than 120 burritos for the residents of Tent City 3, a community of men and women who are homeless and living under shelters managed by Seattle Housing and Resource Effort and the Women’s Equality and Enhancement League.
Read moreResearch team awarded grant to study ethnoforestry
In March, The University of Washington Population Health Initiative announced it would be awarding about $280,000 in grant funding to six teams at UW. The School of Environmental and Forest Sciences is proud to congratulate a team of three investigators from the school who were awarded some of this funding.
Read moreEmeritus professor receives American Horticultural Society award
Congratulations to John Wott, an emeritus professor with the UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, recently received a national award from the American Horticultural Society.
Wott received the organization’s Professional Award for his significant influence on horticulture in the Pacific Northwest over the course of his career.
Emeritus professor receives American Horticultural Society award
Congratulations to John Wott, an emeritus professor with the UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, recently received a national award from the American Horticultural Society.
Wott received the organization’s Professional Award for his significant influence on horticulture in the Pacific Northwest over the course of his career.
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