Recent honors to 91̽»¨ faculty and staff have come from the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the World Register of Marine Species.
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A teacher discusses respectful world travel, a historian explores Silicon Valley’s evolution, a professor and violist plays the music of Robert Schumann and a late English faculty member’s meditation on Seattle returns … Here’s a quick look at some gift-worthy books and music created by 91̽»¨faculty in the last year — and a reminder of some recent favorites. O’Mara’s ‘Code’: History professor Margaret O’Mara provides a sweeping history of California’s computer industry titans in her book “The Code:…
Recent notable books by 91̽»¨faculty members explore the legal history of Indigenous nations and the mentoring benefits of fan fiction. Plus, a 91̽»¨anthropologist’s book is honored, a former English faculty member is remembered in a biography, and 91̽»¨Press brings out paperback editions of three popular titles.
Eight decades ago to the day, the Faculty Senate met for the first time at the 91̽»¨.
Seattle’s homeless crisis isn’t confined to one part of town – nor does it hinge on one solution. The University District community includes as much as one-third of King County’s homeless youth over any given year. It’s a neighborhood where a food bank and youth shelter are available, and where young people on the streets can blend in. But more needs to be done in the U District and beyond to help homeless young adults become self-sufficient over the…
Faculty members from the 91̽»¨College of Built Environments, Jackson School of International Studies and departments of French and Italian studies and history will team up in 2017 to give a new, three-week course for university and college instructors on urban environmental humanities.
When Thaisa Way put a call out last spring to see if 91̽»¨ faculty members working on urban issues wanted to join forces, she wasn’t sure what the response would be. “There were a lot of people who said, ‘You’re not going to get anyone to show up,’” said Way, a 91̽»¨associate professor of landscape architecture. But more than 80 people representing 12 of the UW’s colleges and schools turned up to the gathering, held on a Monday…
Thaisa Way, associate professor of landscape architecture in the 91̽»¨College of Built Environments, discusses her book, “The Landscape Architecture of Richard Haag: From Modern Space to Urban Ecological Design.”