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Dec 30, 2025Global Recognition for Livable City Year PartnershipThrough its partnership with Pacific County, the Livable City Year program is earning international recognition for its collaborative approach. Discover how students, faculty, and community leaders worked together to create lasting change.Read more Dec 19, 2025How Landscape Design Supports Rest and AttentionProfessor Daniel Winterbottom explores how thoughtfully designed landscapes support rest and cognitive recovery through “soft fascination,” reframing leisure as essential to wellbeing rather than wasted time.Read more Sketch by Daniel WinterbottomDec 18, 2025Food Waste to Fuel: The Biodigester Project in South ParkA University of Washington–led, EarthLab-funded study explores how food waste could support climate justice, clean energy, and community resilience through a proposed biodigester in South Park.Read more Group of people wavingDec 10, 2025Rooted in Community: The Lasting Impact of Steve BadanesSteve Badanes brought a hands-on, community-rooted approach to architectural education at UW. Through the Neighborhood Design Build Studio, he empowered students to build with purpose and serve the public good.Read more Steve Badanes at Cultural Kitchen Build
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