RUPAL SANGHVI:
HEALTH BY DESIGNJoin us Wednesday, April 21st at 6:00pm for a lecture
by Rupal Sanghvi, MPH, Founder and Principal of
HealthxDesign, "Exploring a New Future: Health
by Design."
TRUMAN SCHOLAR
Congratulations to CEP Junior Naomi See who has been
selected for the prestigious Truman Scholarship! This
scholarship recognizes aspiring leaders nationwide
who are driven to make change at the policy level.
We are so proud of you!-
NOT QUITE A BLOCK PARTY
Associate Professor Rachel Berney and colleagues present a comparison of Covid-19 street reallocation projects in Seattle, WA, and Vancouver, BC. They examine street closures' location concerning communities of color, setting the stage for further impact analysis.
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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
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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.
