Months of warning signs from Mauna Loa, on Hawaii’s Big Island, prompted the U.S. Geological Survey to recently start releasing weekly updates on activity at the world’s largest active volcano. For now, such warning signs can only rely on external clues, like earthquakes and gas emissions. But a University of Washington simulation has managed to demonstrate what’s happening deep inside the volcano.
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Four outstanding new faculty members with a wide range of experiences and expertise have recently started at UW’s College of the Environment. The College community—its undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff—will benefit immensely from their contributions during the 2015-2016 academic year and beyond.
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During the 2015 fiscal year, which closed June 30, the College of the Environment was the fortunate beneficiary of a record number and amount of gifts and private grants—$13.8M from 3,030 distinct donors, including alumni, friends, corporations, foundations, and other organizations! We are grateful for every donor who supported the College and its many academic units and programs in the past fiscal year.
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UW’s David R. Montgomery, professor of Earth & Space Sciences, knows there’s more to our planet’s surface than what’s at surface level. The geomorphologist studies the ground beneath our feet; both its propensity to shift and evolve and how those processes might affect ecological systems and human societies past and present.
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Dream big A question from one of her students at Hudson’s Bay High School in Vancouver, Wash., changed the trajectory of Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger’s life: “Mrs. ML, how do astronauts use the restroom in space?” The Earth sciences and astronomy teacher looked for the answer online, but got more than she bargained for: NASA wanted to send math and science teachers to space.
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