All (179) Alumni & Industry (10)Architecture (13)Climate (11)Community (13)Construction Management (11)Dean (5)Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (13)Faculty (14)Honors & Awards (7)In the Media (15)Landscape Architecture (13)News (24)Real Estate (10)Research (15)Students (15)Urban Design & Planning (11) Climate (11) Professors Collaborate with Tribes on EV Charging Map Tool College of Built Environments Professors Lingzi Wu, Hyun Woo “Chris” Lee, and Dylan Stevenson are collaborating with tribal communities to co-create a scalable, data-driven mapping tool that will support the expansion of electric vehicle charging infrastructure (EVCI) in tribal areas. Read More Carb talk: CBE’s Climate Solutions Community of Practice sparks interdisciplinary collaborations Is there a way to break through knowledge barriers and foster climate change collaboration within and without CBE? Professor Kate Simonen and other faculty think they’ve found it: CBE’s new Climate Solutions Community of Practice (CoP), a group dedicated to generating climate solutions across disciplinary frameworks that encourages student, staff, and faculty participation. Read More Building a more just and beautiful future: CBE’s new faculty cohort makes strides on campus The College of Built Environments at the University of Washington has big dreams. Faculty, staff, and students are tackling issues of social and environmental justice and climate change. They’re seeking out innovations in sustainability, breaking out of disciplinary silos, and forging new collaborations Read More Youth Perspectives on Disaster Planning project wins Population Health Initiative grant Among the awarded projects was "Incorporating Youth Perspectives to Improve Disaster Planning: Piloting Drone-Based Photovoice to Explore Cultural Assets" whose investigators include UDP Associate Professor Daniel Abramson and UDP Masters' student Matias Korfmacher, in collaboration with researchers from DEOHS. Read More CBE welcomes Dr. Amos Darko to interdisciplinary faculty cohort In pursuit of our vision for a more just and beautiful world, the College of Built Environments continues to implement an important part of our strategic framework: growing our capacity for collaborative interdisciplinary work with the goal of advancing climate solutions. Read More $2 million award from National Science Foundation will support team to develop 3D printed microorganisms for sustainable construction materials An interdisciplinary research team, including University of Washington Associate Professor of Architecture Gundula Proksch, received $2 million in funding from the National Science Foundation’s Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) program. The funding will be used to combine engineered microorganisms with 3D printing to create materials for sustainable built environments. Read More UW receives $1.2M climate change research grant from EPA Catherine De Almeida, assistant professor of landscape architecture, is part of the interdisciplinary UW team working on a community-based project researching ways to preserve water, soil and sediment along the Duwamish River, famously polluted by decades of industrial contamination. | Fox 13 News Read More UW’s Green Futures Lab: Building wetlands to sustain salmon The Green Futures Lab strives to create habitat and cleaner waterways through the use of floating wetlands. Check out this great video from King County summarizing our Duwamish floating wetland project. | King County TV Read More ‘Something has to change:’ These architecture students are challenging Seattle’s housing norms Architecture 508 Graduate Research Studio students talked about their ideas and solutions to add more housing in Seattle -- a well-timed discussion as Seattle is updating its comprehensive plan. | KUOW Read More Search Results Navigation Page01 02
