What’s happening inside a crow’s brain when it thinks about using a tool? Researchers at the University of Washington used to peer inside the brains of crows as they were challenged with a difficult task that required stone tools to solve.
Read moreSEFS affiliate associate professor and UW alumna Nalini Nadkarni was appointed an Explorer at Large by the National Geographic Society this month for her work as a distinguished forest canopy researcher.
Read moreDespite increasing wildfire activity over the last few decades, contemporary fire years burn less than a quarter of the area burned on average historically. A recent study led by SEFS affiliate faculty members and Washington Department of Natural Resources forest ecologists Dan Donato and Josh Halofsky, and SEFS associate professor Brian Harvey, compared fire activity between 1985 and 2020 to historical fire amounts and severities.
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.
Read moreTwelve students in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences have been awarded scholarship funding for the 2023-24 academic year from the College of the Environment, including ten undergraduate and two graduate students.
Read moreSEFS continued a longstanding tradition this week, hosting our annual salmon barbeque in the Anderson Hall Courtyard! Throughout the evening, we hosted over 300 SEFS students, faculty, staff, friends, and family, serving up fresh salmon, corn, and more.
Read moreSEFS alumna Lucy Hutyra, an environmental ecologist studying the impacts of urbanization on environmental carbon cycle dynamics, has been named a 2023 MacArthur Fellow. The MacArthur Fellows Program recognizes people of outstanding talent and enables recipients to exercise their own creative instincts for the benefit of human society.
Read moreAs we kick off a new semester, we’re excited to share an update on the upcoming renovation of Anderson Hall. Last spring, the Washington State Legislature passed the 2023-25 state budget, including $28.65M toward the $40M cost to renovate Anderson Hall.
Read moreWe’re pleased to share the SEFS 2023-2028 Strategic Plan. Thanks to our faculty for their hard work in developing the strategic goals that will bring a renewed energy to our mission, and support SEFS researchers, faculty, and students working to improve the long-term sustainability and resilience of ecological and socio-environmental systems.
Read moreSEFS Associate Professor Heidi Gough was recognized in the inaugural cohort of UW Excellence in Global Engagement Award Nominees as part of the UW Awards of Excellence Ceremony in June of 2023.
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