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Category: Urban Design and Planning
Q&A: UDP welcomes new faculty member Karen T Chen
How did you get into your field of study?
Growing up in Taiwan, I witnessed heat stress, summer storms, and landslides every year. Yet, it wasn’t until a visit to a tribe just before college that the real impact hit …
Student Profile: Sarah Samdin
Can you tell us a bit about yourself?
S: Certainly! My name is Sarah Samdin, and I use she/her pronouns. I’m currently based in Los Angeles, California. For my undergrad, I went to UC Davis, where I studied Environmental Policy …
Tsunami preparedness in WA
WESTPORT, Grays Harbor County — The phone call Westport had been waiting on for three years finally came in November.
City administrator Kevin Goodrich, at his desk early, was the first to get the news: The Federal Emergency Management Agency …
Homeownership has long been a cornerstone of the American Dream. But should it be?
For E. David Blum, there’s one reason for the current state of the market: supply. Blum is a teaching associate with the Department of Urban Design and Planning at the University of Washington’s College of Built Environments.
He said the …
Chuck Weinstock – UW Department of Urban Design and Planning Lecture Series
Chuck Weinstock, former director of Capitol Hill Housing (Seattle) and a former VP with Chase Community Development Banking, spoke on November 1, 2023 at the University of Washington campus in Seattle. His presentation was titled “Affordable Housing: If
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 …
Lecture Recap: Planning a Resilient and Equitable Food System
Tuesday, May 24
Food systems planning is a relatively new discipline; it was not until the first decade of the 21st century that cities and counties began to pilot food systems planning, with a major takeoff and acceleration in …
Q&A: UDP welcomes new faculty member Dylan Stevenson
How did you get into your field of study?
My interest in studying the built environment as a distinct subject first came out of my community outreach work during the third year of my undergraduate degree. During these outreach trips, …
Seattle Urban Eco-Evo Research Collaboration Network Workshop
Dr. Marina Alberti recently led the 2023 Seattle Urban Eco-Evo Research Collaboration Network Workshop, hosting a total of 40 in-person and virtual attendees from 25 universities around the globe. The Urban Eco Evo NET is a NSF funded collaboration research …