Congratulations to the one incoming graduate student, two current graduate students, one incoming undergraduate student and four current undergraduate students who received funding for the 2019-2020 academic year from the UW College of the Environment scholarships and funding!
Read moreAn environmental science and resource management (ESRM) student was recently awarded a Corbett Scholarship that will allow her to study in British Columbia.
Sierra Jade Red Bow, a member of the Oglala Sioux tribe and an American Indian studies and ESRM sophomore, will spend the autumn 2019 semester at the University of British Columbia.
While the Bioresource Engineering & Science (BSE) students who participated in the 2019 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge didn’t win any of the top awards, they did take home favor from the judges and a $1,000 prize.
Read moreA startling new report released by the United Nations warned that 1 million animals and plant species could quickly become extinct without a radical increase in conservation efforts.
The report was widely covered by U.S.
A UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences student was chosen as one of nine undergraduate students to be chosen as a 2019 Bonderman Travel Fellow.
Thadeus Sternberg, an environmental science and resource management (ESRM) with departmental honors student, plans to explore how people around the world rely on their natural spaces and resources, and how environmental protection laws may differ among countries.
After receiving support from the UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences (SEFS) Director’s Student Travel Fund, graduate student Jenna Morris was able to travel to and give an oral presentation at the 2019 annual meeting of the North American Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE-North America) on April 7-11 in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Read moreMorris Johnson, an affiliate faculty member at the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, was recently featured in a Crosscut story about his work as a research fire scientist with the U.S.
Read moreSchool of Environmental and Forest Sciences research associate professor Ernesto Alvarado has been named one of 33 Latinx University of Washington faculty honored this year by the Latino Center for Health for scholarly achievements, promotion, mentorship and contributions.
Read moreA School of Environmental and Forest Sciences graduate student was the only student from the school to be named to the 2019 Husky 100.
Catherine Kuhn, a PhD student, is studying global environmental change in rivers, lakes and streams.
The University of Washington and a School of Environmental and Forest Sciences doctoral student have collaborated with the U.S. Geological Survey to develop a tool that can map huckleberries, which can help track grizzly bears.
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