BLACK HISTORY
MONTH 2021Black History Month was created in 1926 by Dr. Carter
G. Woodson, Ph.D. and his organization, the ASALH.
Our Department is proud to celebrate Black
achievement and contributions to society, but
we must also remember planning's history.
PUSHING BACK ON
DISPLACEMENTAssociate Professors Branden Born and Rachel Berney have published
an article with Affiliate Professor Donald King, Mark Jones, and graduate
students Olivia Baker and Dylan Marcus, Pushing Back on Displacement:
Community-Based Redevelopment through Historically Black Churches.-
SOCIO-ECO-EVOLUTIONARY
DYNAMICS IN CITIESLed by Urban Ecology Lab's postdoc Simone Des Roches the Urban
Eco Evolutionary Research Team has published an article,
Socio‐eco‐evolutionary dynamics in cities. Learn about how
cities are uniquely complex systems regulated by interactions
and feedbacks between nature and human society. -
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT:
STEVEN C. SMITHSteven C. Smith is NASA STEM Education Specialist and MIPM alumnus. He inspires students to imagine and design habitats and communities in space.
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RACIAL JUSTICE IS AN
URBAN ISSUESee below for a curated list of resources from UW faculty
addressing the histories of racial injustice in the US,
the current Black Lives Matter protests, and the
need for deep structural change. -
SEATTLE COULD BE THE
NEXT 15-MINUTE CITYAssociate Professor Rachel Berney talks about Seattle's future with
Crosscut. By making sure essential services are just a short walk
or ride away, the city could recover from the pandemic and
fight climate change at the same time. -
UW RANKINGS
UW rises to #16 in the world and #3 among US public
universities, while UW Bothell and Seattle campuses
lead list of colleges that 'pay off the most.' -
HUSKY 100
Congratulations to Rawan Hasan, Julia
Jannon-Shields, and Dalton Owens for being
recognized as #Husky100 students! This award
acknowledges 100 UW undergraduate and
graduate students across all three campuses.
