Research Newsletter – May 14, 2024
News
Hackathon co-supported by Urban Design and Planning featured in GeekWire
Urban Design and Planing Chair Branden Born and UDP Associate Professor Dan Abramson participated in an “Urban Resilience Hackathon” facilitated by the non-profit organization, DemocracyLab, with additional support from the National Science Foundation’s LEAP-HI project and the Department of Urban Design and Planning. Read the full article here.
Change Stories project residential knowledge exchange 4-day event in Bogotá, Colombia
Research Associate Professor Helen Pineo in the Department of Urban Design and Planning, Postdoctoral Scholar Magdalena Haakenstad, and Office of Research Administrative Specialist and Master of Public Health candidate Sarah Randall participated in a residential knowledge exchange event in Bogotá, Colombia for the Change Stories project. Stories below share details about the 4-day event:
EarthLab Awards Innovation Grants to Two Projects with CBE Researchers
EarthLab announced their Innovation Grants for 2024-25 for projects focused on Climate and Social Justice. The awardees were announced in March 2024, and 2 of the 5 selected projects include CBE researchers, including Associate Landscape Architecture Professor Catherine De Almeida, Associate Architecture Professor Gundula Proksch, and Landscape Architecture Lecturer Rebecca Bachman.
Gregg Colburn cited in the Council of Economic Advisors 2024 Economic Report of the President
Associate Professor Gregg Colburn in the Runstad Department of Real Estate was cited in the Council of Economic Advisors 2024 Economic Report of the President.
Events
May 22, 2024, 3:00-4:00PM, “State of Sustainability at UW” Zoom Webinar
Learn about sustainability efforts across the University of Washington and what is planned for the future. This is part of UW Sustainability’s “Creating a Sustainable Campus” webinar series highlighting sustainability work happening across the university. These talks will be recorded and videos posted to the series website after the events. Please sign up in advance.
Join the College of Built Environments for our inaugural Community of Practice Climate Solutions Symposium, where students, faculty, and other experts will engage in exciting discussions about climate research, teaching, and learning initiatives currently underway. Please register in advance.
Please submit a poster for the symposium! Poster submissions are due Sunday, May 12, 2024 at 11:45pm. Posters should be formatted using the Climate Solutions template. Click here for more details.
View more events on the CBE Events Calendar.
Recent Publications
- “Post-pandemic transit commute: Lessons from focus group discussions on the experience of essential workers during COVID-19” co-authored by Qing Shen, Anne Vernez Moudon, Lamis Ashour, Mingming Kai and Yiyuan Wang
- “Interactions between climate change and urbanization will shape the future of biodiversity” co-authored by Marina Alberti and Anna Malesis
- “A-state-of-the-art review of risk management process of green building projects” co-authored by Amos Darko
- “Assessing the equity and evolution of urban visual perceptual quality with time series street view imagery” co-authored by Zeyu Wang
- “Challenges to energy retrofitting of existing office buildings in high-rise high-density cities: The case of Hong Kong” co-authored by Amos Darko
- “Building equity into public park and recreation service investment: A review of public agency approaches” co-authored by Helen Beck, Rachel Berney and Ken Yocom
Find all publications on the Research Portal
Resources
Research MeetingsDiversity, Equity, and InclusionOther Resources
- Research in CBE training series ongoing throughout February and March. To be added to the calendar invites, email be-research@uw.edu
Anti-Racist Community Engagement: Principles and Practices – a virtual speaker and workshop series that explore how students, community members, staff, and faculty put anti-racist principles into practice at college and university campuses and in communities. Please register in advance. The next speaker/workshop event will be occurring on May 16, 2024.
How to Center DEI in Teaching – a comprehensive online resource from Carnegie Mellon’s Eberly Center on incorporating DEI principles into course design and delivery.
Check out the ITHS calendar for REDCap training opportunities.
- Add your active research projects to the Research Portal – Please enter your project information here!
- Schedule office hours to meet with Carrie Sturts Dossick, Associate Dean for Research. Please email be-research@uw.edu or use this link to schedule an appointment.
Research Opportunities
FundingConferencesStudent OpportunitiesAwards & Competitions
Featured Funding Opportunities:
FY25 Project Solicitation | USGS-Directed Funding (deadline for statements of interest is May 23, 2024)
2025 Faculty Fellowship Program | Consortium-Directed Funding (deadline for proposal submissions is July 15, 2024)
See the Research Funding Opportunities webpage for all upcoming opportunities.
Reminder: When you receive a Notice of Award email, forward it to be-grants@uw.edu!
Nothing coming up this month!
Applications for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Industrial Decarbonization Fellowship are open now and due July 15, 2024. Apply Now!
None this week! If you have something we should feature, send it to be-research@uw.edu!
We strive to curate opportunities that are relevant across the CBE research community. Please email your resources to be-research@uw.edu and we’ll add them to the list!
The Office of Research works to connect, coordinate, elevate, and accelerate research throughout the College of Built Environments. Learn more about CBE’s research on the Research Portal and on the Research Intranet Pages.