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UW Chapter of the Wildlife Society to hold virtual talk with conservationist Chris Morgan
The UW Chapter of the Wildlife Society is looking ahead to a year of interesting virtual talks and activities, starting with a conservation talk with filmmaker and KUOW host Chris Morgan.
Katherine Kim joins SEFS as Student Services Manager
The UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences is proud to welcome Katherine Kim as the new Office of Student and Academic Services Manager.
Kim joined SEFS from the Jackson School of International Studies at UW, where she has worked for the last two years directing their Office of Academic Services.
Read moreHarvey interviewed for wildfire photo essay, National Geographic story
Brian J. Harvey, assistant professor with the UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, provided expert input for a wildfire story by National Geographic and a photo essay published by the University of Washington.
Read moreArun Agrawal to present “Cash transfer programs and climate resilience” at Oct. 14 SEFS Seminar
On Oct. 14, SEFS will welcome Arun Agrawal, Professor at the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan, as the SEFS Seminar speaker.
Agrawal will present “Cash transfer programs and climate resilience.” Here is the abstract for his presentation:
“This review focuses on the relationship between cash transfer-based social assistance programs and the climate resilience of households and communities.
SEFS Ph.D. student Maria Blancas’ work profiled in Crosscut
A UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Ph.D. student and her work on the affect wildfires and smoke have on farmworkers is the subject of a recent story in Crosscut.
Read moreWorld Forest Week held Oct. 2-12
The seventh annual World Forest Week, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is Oct. 2-12.
A number of virtual activities, meetings and events are being held in celebration of the week.
Wirsing publishes paper in Ecology Letters on predator-prey relationships
A UW School of Environmental and Forest Science professor recently published a paper in Ecology Letters on how predators affect the behaviors of their prey.
Professor Aaron Wirsing co-authored the study along with four other authors.
SEFS Seminars kick off with State of SEFS, Oct. 7
The Autumn Quarter 2020 SEFS Seminars kick off Wednesday, Oct. 7 with a “State of SEFS” address from School of Environmental and Forest Sciences director Dan Brown.
Please join us at 3:30 p.m.
SEFS assistant professor talks wildfires with multiple media outlets
UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences assistant professor Brian J. Harvey has been busy these last few weeks. In addition to starting a new quarter, Harvey has spoken with numerous media outlets about the wildfires currently burning, how climate change is connected and how the land recovers after a blaze.
Read moreSEFS Director Dan Brown’s Autumn Quarter 2020 Message
To the SEFS Community,
Welcome to Autumn quarter 2020 at SEFS! And what an Autumn quarter it promises to be. I want to start this somewhat long message by acknowledging that so many of you are struggling to keep up your productivity in very challenging circumstances.