Schmidt Science Fellows was established in 2018 to help researchers expand their work across areas of study and build a community of interdisciplinary thinkers dedicated to solving the world’s biggest challenges. It is an initiative of Schmidt Sciences, a philanthropic organization founded by Eric and Wendy Schmidt to advance exploration and discovery that deepen our understanding of the natural world and develop solutions to global issues.
Read more on the ATMOS website »Earth and Space Sciences' Cailey Condit awarded 2024 NSF CAREER Award
Cailey Condit, a UW Assistant Professor and petrologist in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, the most prestigious award presented by NSF to support junior faculty. Condit has exciting plans for her award, titled “CAREER: Connecting metamorphic reactions, fluid production, and deep slow slip in subduction zones”.
Read more at Earth and Space Sciences »UW’s Eric Steig awarded 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship
Eric Steig, a University of Washington glaciologist and geochemist, recently was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship, an honor given to 188 “culture creators” working across 52 disciplines.
Read more »Ice age climate analysis reduces worst-case warming expected from rising CO2
New research led by the University of Washington analyzes the most recent ice age, when a large swath of North America was covered in ice, to better understand the relationship between CO2 and global temperature. It finds that while most future warming estimates remain unchanged, the absolute worst-case scenario is unlikely.
Read more at UW News »UW Environment disciplines among top in nation, world in recent rankings
Several College of the Environment disciplines placed highly in two recent rankings: QS World University Rankings by Subject and U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Graduate Schools.
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