Last week 13 students who have been working closely with faculty presented their work during a poster presentation session in Allen Library. Meet some of this Spring’s capstone students and learn more about the environmental research happening here at SEFS!
Read moreSpring quarter is quickly winding down and as the SEFS community anticipates our commencement ceremony this Friday, I’m reflecting on the excellent work of our graduating students and the important research and engagement activities in which they participate in during their time at SEFS.
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The SEFS community is saddened to hear of the loss of School of Forest Resources alumni, Toby Atterbury. He was 88 years old and passed away peacefully in Seattle surrounded by loved ones.
Read moreSEFS Assistant Professor Alex McInturff runs the People and Wildlife Lab here at the University of Washington. McInturff’s recent research published in People and Nature helps us better understand a human-altered planet by bringing social science to life in niche ecology – his team is calling this concept “The Socio-Ecological Niche” or SEN for short.
Read moreCameron Crump is currently the Forest Resources Division Manager at the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) where she leads the Silviculture, Informatics, and Habitat Conservation Plan sections for 2.1 million acres of forested state trust lands.
Read moreThis spring, UW President Ana Mari Cauce and Provost Tricia Serio announced the recipients of the 2025 Awards of Excellence. For over 50 years, these awards have honored and celebrated outstanding faculty, staff, students and alumni whose achievements exemplify the University’s mission.
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This spring, Associate Professor Brian Harvey was named a Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences. The honor recognizes 87 of the nation’s brightest young scientists from industry, academia and government and invites them to take part in the Kavli Frontiers of Science symposia in 2025.
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On April 10, 2025 SEFS will be welcoming the Former Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands to Kane Hall for its annual Sustaining Our World lecture series. This year’s topic is “Climate Change And Resilience: How Science And Solutions Can Bring Society Together.”
Climate change can be a great unifier, if we will let it.
Who: Please join us in welcoming Dr. Richard Vlosky from Louisiana State University. Dr. Vlosky is a UW alumni and is the Crosby Land & Resource Endowed Professor of Forest Sector Business Development at LSU.
Read moreThis is the second donor spotlight in a series. This series of stories reveals the impact that donors have on students, faculty and research here at the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences and more broadly at the College of the Environment.
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