The inaugural Healthy City Design Awards celebrated urban projects advancing health and sustainability. Dr. Helen Pineo, Research Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Design and Planning, won Best Research Paper for Storytelling Methodologies for Urban Health Research and Practice. …
Category: Faculty Scholarship and Practice
Professor Qing Shen Awarded 2024 PacTrans Outstanding Educator
Professor Qing Shen, Director of UW’s PhD Program in Urban Design and Planning, has received the 2024 PacTrans Outstanding Educator Award for his excellence in teaching, mentoring, and advancing urban transportation research.
Creating eco-friendly infrastructure design: Meet Jan Whittington
“I’m exactly where I want to be.”
For associate professor of Urban Design and Planning Jan Whittington, this statement sums up her feelings about being on the faculty of a large public university, doing what she loves, with good opportunities …
Washed away, not today— Westport schools participate in tsunami drill
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Visiting Scholar: Chung Ho Kim
As a visiting scholar in the Department of Urban Design and Planning, Chung Ho Kim has three goals: reconnect, research, and refresh.
Reconnecting to Seattle and the University
Chung Ho first visited Seattle and UW in 2005 at the recommendation …
Pride Month | Manish Chalana
Ahead of Pride, UW’s Manish Chalana describes the changing neighborhood of Capitol Hill
https://www.washington.edu/news/2021/06/23/ahead-of-pride-uws-manish-chalana-describes-the-changing-neighborhood-of-capitol-hill/…
Marina Alberti |The Benefits and Limits of Urban Tree Planting for Environmental and Human Health
Many of the world’s major cities have implemented tree planting programs based on assumed environmental and social benefits of urban forests. Recent studies have increasingly tested these assumptions and provide empirical evidence for the contributions of tree planting programs, as …
Marina Alberti | International Webinar on Urban Sustainability
Join CEDEUS (Centre of Urban Sustainable Development) of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago on March 9 at 10:00am PST for an International Webinar | “Urban Sustainability in an Eco-Evolutionary Perspective” a talk with Marina Alberti…
Manish Chalana | Upcoming Book :Heritage Conservation in Postcolonial India
Associate Professor Manish Chalana has a book coming out at the end of the month:
Heritage Conservation in Postcolonial India
Approaches and Challenges
Edited By Manish Chalana, Ashima Krishna
Copyright Year 2021
Heritage Conservation in Postcolonial India seeks to …
Bob Mugerauer | Decision Making
Dr. Bob Mugerauer has completed work that brings to fruition much of his research conducted over the last ten years on health, and well-being. Specifically, problems concerning decision-making in the professions cover not only the environmental disciplines and practices …