The arrival of spring on the University of Washington campus can be marked by the annual celebration of cherry blossoms, bringing visitors and locals alike to admire the display of color on the Quad.
Read moreFrom soil to state policy, SEFS alumnus Jonathan Chen has had a hand in elevating environmental justice concerns for communities in Washington. Chen graduated from UW in June, 2021 with a Master of Science degree.
Read moreSitting here in Anderson Hall at the end of my sixth Winter quarter at UW, I have an opportunity to reflect with gratitude and humility on the opportunity I’ve been given to serve another term as director of SEFS.
Read moreSEFS Assistant Professor Alex McInturff is a co-author on a new study in Nature Climate Change, highlighting increasing human-wildlife conflict in a warming world. Led by the University of Washington’s Center for Ecosystem Sentinels, the paper found that climate shifts can drive conflicts by altering animal habitats across terrestrial, marine, and freshwater ecosystems, and involved mammals, reptiles, birds, fish and even invertebrates.
Read moreUW was awarded a $1.2 million grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a community-based effort to improve water and soil testing programs along the Duwamish River, which has suffered decades of industrial contamination.
Read moreSEFS soil scientist Sally Brown was featured in a Washington Post article for her research on composting and food waste solutions. Brown consulted for at-home composting Mill, which has created a device that grinds up food scraps and then dehydrates them.
Read moreThis new series will provide 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 Emeritus professor, mentor, and friend Bruce Lippke passed away on Tuesday, February 14th. He left peacefully surrounded by his family at 89 years old.
Bruce was a long-time researcher on the role of wood products in economic and environmental sustainability.
As a local and international leader in the field, Dr. Trainer was awarded the Seattle Aquarium Conservation Research Award this month for her work on understanding harmful algal blooms (HABs): proliferations of algae that cause environmental and economic damage.
Read moreSEFS Emeritus Professor Dr. Kristiina Vogt and UW colleagues Dr. Samantha De Abreu and Dr. Maria Blancas are working to understand how using holistic storytelling practices common among Indigenous communities could improve environmental science education.
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