Student scholarships offered through the College of the Environment for the 2015-2016 academic school year are now open! Most importantly, note that all scholarship application materials are due by Friday, April 17, 2015. Available scholarships include Clarence H. Campbell Endowed Lauren Donaldson Scholarship, College of the Environment Scholarship, Del Rio Environmental Studies Scholarship, Nancy Wilcox Scholarship, and the Yakama Nation Endowed Fund for Student Support.
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For more than a century, scientists at UW have utilized Friday Harbor Laboratories’ unique location on the shores of the Puget Sound to study a variety of marine species. With the debut of the Ocean Acidification Environmental Laboratory in 2011, research at Friday Harbor Labs expanded into monitoring the water’s pH and dissolved oxygen levels, total alkalinity, effects of ocean acidification, and strategies for adaptation.
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“A New History of Life” by Earth and Space Sciences’ Peter Ward and Joseph L. Kirschvink from the California Institute of Technology draws on their years of experience in paleontology, biology, chemistry, and astrobiology to illuminate recent scientific developments about the evolution of life on Earth. More than 150 years after Darwin published his evolutionary theories, Ward and Kirschvink argue that chaos and catastrophe shaped the evolution of life on Earth; that it was not an elegant, gradual process.
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Last week, hundreds of students packed into Mary Gates Hall Commons for the University of Washington’s annual Environmental Career Fair. Hosted by the College of the Environment, the event included more than 30 of the region’s most noteworthy organizations working in the environmental and natural resource fields. The goal was for students to see what the job market might look like, and to make meaningful connections with industry professionals.
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Spearheaded by the College of the Environment and aimed at jump-starting conversations about science communications, Last Tuesday’s Amplify event focused on identifying strategies researchers can use to effectively communicate their science with elected officials and other decision-makers. For centuries, scientists have skillfully discerned and built upon our common understanding of the natural world and how it works. Often their discoveries occur in a research lab, the field, or the classroom, but today—more than ever—there’s a need to connect those findings to discussions about public policies and procedures.
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