SEFS Associate Professor, Dr. Laura Prugh, writes that ditching daylight savings, as many are in favor of, would be a mistake.
Prugh writes, “It’s not just that our afternoons and evenings would be shrouded in more darkness, which often comes with higher crime, more vehicle collisions and fewer opportunities to enjoy the outdoors after work or school.
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Students competing in this year’s Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge showed up in a big way. Taking home the $15,000 Grand Prize was AgroFilms, a team of graduate and undergraduate students from the UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Bioresource Science and Engineering program as well as a technology management MBA student.
Browse recent mentions of SEFS researchers in the news. Have news to share? Send your updates to sefscomm@uw.edu.
SEFS PhD student, Autum Maust, shares how UW researchers are monitoring Yoshino cherry trees on campus in an effort to predict peak bloom time.
Read moreAn Interview with Director John Hayes
We had the opportunity to speak with MRI Director John Hayes about the importance of outdoor, immersive experiences and what they mean for the future of ecological literacy and environmental stewardship.
Spring at the University of Washington is a much anticipated season. This week all 29 Yoshino cherry trees in the quad are in peak bloom and the campus is energized with visitors.
Read moreBrowse recent mentions of SEFS researchers in the news. Have news to share? Send your updates to sefscomm@uw.edu.
Ernesto Alvarado, research associate professor at the University of Washington’s School of Environmental and Forest Sciences comments on the Amazon’s crucial water cycle and its risk of collapse in NBC News.
Read moreAs Winter quarter draws to a close and the days get longer, I reflect with pride on our numerous successes in SEFS’ research, teaching, and engagement activities. This issue of our newsletter highlights some important research successes: in identifying and mapping stored carbon in forested wetlands, and in understanding the recovery of west-side forests after fire.
Read moreTogether with the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, SEFS hosts the Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (WACFWRU), part of a national network of research cooperatives founded to bring federal resources to bear on state wildlife management issues.
Read moreSEFS Professor L. Monika Moskal and researcher Meghan Halabisky were among 15 multidisciplinary teams awarded funding through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Accelerator program. Their project, Mapping the Nation’s Wetlands for Equitable Water Quality, Monitoring, Conservation, and Policy Development, is part of an NSF effort to develop innovative technologies and solutions to improve U.S.
Read moreGet 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.
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