Mar 30, 2016

Philanthropy: Making a Difference

Every gift that the College receives makes a difference to our programs, students, and faculty. We’re happy to announce that the College received 17 gifts that qualified for a gift match offered through the UW. These gifts, $3 million in donor funds and matching funds of $1.5 million, will benefit funds across many units in the College! One of the funds that has benefited from the matching campaign is the Doug Walker Endowed Faculty Fellowship in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, which honors the late Doug Walker, beloved founding co-chair of the College’s Advisory Board.

UW Environment’s Leah Litwak champions better food assistance integration at local farmers markets

Environmental Studies senior explores how farmer's markets might make nutritious, local food an option for entire communities.

Geology and art connect at UW light rail station

UW's new light rail station near Husky Stadium.

Tens of thousands of people will pass through the new University of Washington light rail station that opened in mid-March. While most riders will focus on their destination, they may also learn something as they pass through the station. “Subterranium,” by UW alumnus Leo Saul Berk, lines the walls with 6,000 unique backlit panels inspired by the geology of the site that was excavated to create the station.

Arboretum trail project underway to expand public access

Construction started this month on the Washington Park Arboretum‘s new Arboretum Loop Trail, one of the largest improvement projects to date in the Seattle public garden.

UW Environment’s Abigail Swann and Alex Gagnon receive NSF Early Career Award

Abigail Swann, assistant professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences and Department of Biology and Alex Gagnon, assistant professor with the School of Oceanography, each recently received an Early Faculty Development (CAREER) Program Award from the National Science Foundation. Swann works to understand when, where, and how plants influence the climate, and will receive support for her project titled “Ecosystem-driven Accelerations and Oscillations in the Coupled Earth System.”