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Category: Urban Design and Planning
Q&A: UDP welcomes new faculty member Karen T Chen
Learn more about new faculty member, Karen T Chen, in this Q&A including her interdisciplinary appointment and NASA funded projects.
Student Profile: Sarah Samdin
We sat down with Master of Infrastructure Planning and Management (MIPM) student, Sarah N Samdin, to hear how the program has enhanced her career.
Tsunami preparedness in WA
UW Urban Design & Planning faculty and other many partners have been working with Westport and their neighbors to help them face the threat of tsunamis head-on. | The Seattle Times
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 only way to create more supply is to build more housing.
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 It Was Simple, We’d Have Solved It By Now. We Still Can.”
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 to secure research funding. Read Jan’s interview with The Whole U.
Lecture Recap: Planning a Resilient and Equitable Food System
On May 24th, our guest panel described the emerging food systems planning paradigms and how they are infused with values of equity, social justice, and resilience.
Q&A: UDP welcomes new faculty member Dylan Stevenson
Learn more about new faculty member, Dylan Stevenson, in this Q&A including his focus on indigenous issues within the built environment and his passion for sewing!
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 network to advance the study and understanding of urban eco-evolutionary dynamics and potential implications for human and ecological wellbeing.