Congratulations to this year's Husky 100 awardees from the College of the Environment!
Read more »Students from UW Environment honored in 2018 Husky 100
UW undergrads set sail on an immersive adventure
Students on the 2018 Spring at Sea trip are doing oceanographic research, studying celestial navigation, reading ancient literature, and gaining hands-on experience aboard a research vessel.
Read more »Environment students win grand prize with innovative gardening product
The grand prize winners at the Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge proved to judges that gardening and innovation go together naturally. BioPots took home the $15,000 Wells Fargo prize with their biodegradable planter pots made from biomass waste like spent beer grains. A team including students from the Bioresource Science and Engineering program captured the top prize ahead of 22 other teams from universities in Washington and Oregon.
Read more on the Foster School's blog »Bowhead whales, the ‘jazz musicians’ of the Arctic, sing many different songs
A University of Washington study has published the largest set of recordings for bowhead whales to discover that these marine mammals have a surprisingly diverse, constantly shifting vocal repertoire. The study, published April 4 in Biology Letters, a journal of the United Kingdom’s Royal Society, analyzed audio recordings gathered year-round east of Greenland. This population of bowhead whales was hunted almost to extinction in the 1600s and was recently estimated at about 200 animals.
Read more at UW Today »New arboretum trail daylights creek, gives greater access to wetlands
Seattle's largest public garden is more accessible than ever with the opening of the new Loop Trail.
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