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CBE students, faculty, community members, and programs are often featured in local, national, and campus media. Learn about groundbreaking research and other accomplishments, and hear from faculty with expertise on issues impacting the built environments. Be sure to check our event listings for upcoming lectures, meetings, and more.

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Sep 24, 2025Welcome to the College of Built Environments, new students!As you begin this exciting journey, we’ve planned a series of events to help you get acclimated, meet your fellow students, and learn more about your program.Read more students showing husky spiritSep 4, 2025Tim Lehman: Seattle’s First Indigenous Planning StrategistTim Lehman’s path from teen masonry worker to Seattle’s first Indigenous planner began at UW, where a love for design and justice shaped his career. His work now centers Native voices in the built environment through equity-driven urban planning.Read more Three people working together outside. Lehman and others work to retrofit urban shorelines with sweetgrass — a plant with cultural significance for many Indigenous communities — to improve water quality, increase salmon habitat and restore keystone species.Aug 16, 2025Hands-On Learning in Construction ManagementThrough industry engagement, cohort learning and applied projects, UW Construction Management students graduate with practical experience and the skills to lead in the field.Read more Group of construction management students at graduation cheeringAug 6, 2025Seattle Weighs Costly Seismic Retrofits for Historic Brick BuildingsSeattle weighs mandatory seismic retrofits for 1,100 historic brick buildings, balancing earthquake safety with preserving heritage and keeping housing affordable.Read more Exterior of a historic building in Pioneer Square. Many of these will require seismic retrofits.
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