Monday, March 18th at 8am, individuals gathered in the hotel lobby; many people were meeting for the first time, some were long-term colleagues or past co-workers. Some participates were able to explore the city for a day or two before …
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Change Stories project begins 4-day residential event in Bogotá, Colombia
The Change Stories project is an research project with collaboration from academics and their community-based partners in Belfast (Queen’s University), Northern Ireland, Belo Horizonte (Federal University of Minas Gerais Brazil and Observatory for Urban Health), Brazil, and Bogotá (Universidad de …
Assistant Professor Karen Chen awarded NASA early career investigator award
Assistant Professor Karen Chen is awarded the NASA early career investigator award for the program in earth science. Chen’s project will explore heat impacts on health in urban settings in the Mediterranean. Chen is also affiliated with the Department of …
Elizabeth Golden wins ASCA course development prize
The ASCA Course Development Prize was awarded for the course “Climate | Material | Shelter” developed by Elizabeth Golden, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, and Marc Neveu (Arizona State University).
“The course will advance the University of Washington and Arizona …
UW researchers issue state-level policy recommendations for transit-oriented development
CBE Researchers developed a report “Finding Common Ground: Best Practices for Policies Supporting Transit-Oriented Development,” with the Mobility Innovation Center and led by the Washington Center for Real Estate Research.
Project Team:
Mason Virant, Associate Director, Washington Center …
Catherine De Almeida selected for Community Engagement Lead Role
Catherine De Almeida, Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture was selected as one of twelve faculty and staff across the University of Washington Seattle, Bothell, and Tacoma campuses to focus on topics related to community engaged research …
Three CBE Researchers Awarded UW Royalty Research Funds
Three CBE researchers were awarded Royalty Research Funds. This cycle, 93 proposals were submitted to the University of Washington Office of Research. 25 were selected for funding, a success rate of 27%.
Vince Wang, Assistant Professor in the Runstad Department …
Charging Forward: reaching a zero-emission transit fleet with a public-private partnership project
UW researchers explore using public-private partnerships to convert bus bases for electric-powered vehicle charging.
Conversion of bus base facilities, the heart of transit operations, for electric vehicle charging is a large-scale project with many players and complex needs. One option
Architecture for youth program
The UW Continuum College Youth & Teen Program has an Architecture course, to introduce high school students to the profession and give them the opportunity to learn more about a field they may not have been exposed to previously. The …
Reducing Fatal Bird Collisions on UW Campus
College of Built Environments Ph.D. researcher Judy Bowes has been featured in a story, entitled “New research aims to reduce fatal bird collisions on campus” on UW News highlighting her project work. The video below dives into her work.
KOMO …