Since 1995, the Bonderman Travel Fellowship, created by UW alum David Bonderman, has been sending students across the globe to inspire individual transformation and a deeper understanding of the complex and interconnected world we live in.
Read moreDr. Julie Larson will be joining the SEFS community in September as an assistant professor of ecological restoration and management. As a plant ecologist, she aims to address major challenges in these areas by understanding the mechanisms driving variation in plant performance and community response to restoration and management actions.
Read moreAndrea (Lindstrom) Anderson and Erik Anderson met at the University of Washington College of Forest Resources in 1981 and have been together ever since!
Andrea received her B.S. degree in Forestry/Land Use Planning in 1985.
Dr. Gaj Sivandran is an environmental engineer specializing in ecohydrology, sustainable development, and climate resilience. Holding a PhD from MIT and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Western Australia (referred to by Aussies as “U DUB”) in finance and environmental engineering, Gaj’s research focuses on integrating plant-water interactions into land surface models, studying contaminant fate and transport of nonpoint source pollution, and enhancing the climate resilience of water resources.
Read moreIn an interview with Discover Magazine, SEFS Associate Professor, Laura Prugh points to her team’s research that reveals why coyotes have been taking to the suburbs in what appears to be increasingly large numbers over the years.
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 moreBrowse recent mentions of SEFS researchers in the news. Have news to share? Send your updates to sefscomm@uw.edu.
SEFS Students win big at 2024 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge. Read the article in GeekWire.
Read moreSEFS Associate Professor, Heidi Gough and Assistant Professor Sameer Shah have been selected for the second installment of the Research to Action Collaboratory (RAC) cohort. They will be joined by Amy Kuhl, Resiliency Program Manager of World Relief Western Washington and Lucas McClish, WRWW’s Community Garden Coordinator.
Read moreDr. Susan J. Prichard, a fire ecologist and SEFS Research Scientist co-led a report team that looks at “braiding” Indigenous and Western knowledge of forest adaptation strategies to combat climate change.
Read moreSEFS 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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