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Maisha and podcast host Seattle Growth Podcast: Finding Community in Public Spaces In this episode of Professor Jeff Shulman's Seattle Growth Podcast, he chats with Maisha Barnett, an alumnus of our college. Maisha Barnett is a public space developer with over a decade of experience shaping community gathering spaces. Read More
Students and judges gather for a photo in front of project board pin-ups Team of UW seniors wins ‘Re-imagining Red Square’ design competition “Re-imagining Red Square” - a design contest that explore the idea of a redesigned Red Square at the UW Seattle Campus - announces the winning team. Read More
Aerial view of the University of Washington campus looking toward Lake Washington UW students face food, housing insecurity, survey shows A survey of food and housing insecurity at the University of Washington’s three campuses shows that an estimated 190 students may lack a stable place to live, and about one-quarter of students have worried recently about having enough to eat. Read More
Team members pose for a photo with their hands in the shape of a W for UW. Husky Builders Go For Gold in Green Energy Challenge Students from the College of Built Environments' Construction Management department are once again participating in the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) Green Energy Challenge. Read More
Meet our College’s 2019 #Husky100 Each year, the Husky 100 recognizes 100 UW undergraduate and graduate students from Bothell, Seattle and Tacoma in all areas of study who are making the most of their time at the UW. Meet the three students from the College of Built Environments named to the Husky 100. Read More
Faculty and staff with the Livable City Year program pose with the award for Bellevue Bellevue named national “Outstanding Community Partner” for Livable City Year Partnership In a partnership with the University of Washington expected to generate out-of-the-box solutions to civic challenges, the City of Bellevue has been named Outstanding Community Partner by a national group of universities. Read More
A diverse group of individuals discussing documents at a table Designing for Resilience How a design studio at the University of Washington’s College of Built Environments engaged students in defining strategies for a community to evolve amidst disruptions. Read More
Renee Cheng Building equity: A talk with Renée Cheng, new dean of the UW College of Built Environments Renée Cheng comes to UW from the University of Minnesota, where she was professor and associate dean of its school of architecture and design. A licensed architect, Cheng is a leader in the American Institute of Architects and advocates for equity in the architecture field and practices related to the built environment. Read More
Cardboard model of a building $250,000 gift from NBBJ to the UW College of Built Environments will advance applied research in the built environment NBBJ – a global architecture, planning and design firm – will donate a quarter of a million dollars to establish a ground breaking partnership with the University of Washington’s College of Built Environments. Read More