UW
Environment A-Z
See
below for a complete listing of environment related colleges,
departments, and programs at the UW.
Colleges
and Departments
College
of Architecture and Urban Planning
College
of Arts and Sciences
Business
School
College
of Engineering
College
of Forest Resources
Interdisciplinary
Arts & Sciences, Bothell
Interdisciplinary
Arts & Sciences, Tacoma
School
of Law
College
of Ocean and Fishery Sciences
Daniel
J. Evans School of Public Affairs
School
of Public Health and Community Medicine
Centers
and Programs
Air
Pollution Training Center
- Providing training opportunities for air pollution
professionals.
Alaska
Salmon Program - Research
and teaching on Alaska salmon since the mid-1940s.
Berman Environmental
Law Clinic - Familiarizing
students with emerging issues in environmental law.
Center
for American Politics and Public Policy
- Collaborative research on American politics and public policy,
including environmental management and natural hazards policy.
Center
for Conservation Biology
- Developing tools to monitor human and other environmental
impacts on threatened and endangered species throughout the
world.
Center
for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health
- Identifying ways that genetic and environmental factors
combine to affect susceptibility to diseases and disorders.
Center
for Environmental Visualization
- Combining environmental modeling with applied technologies
such as scientific visualization, virtual reality, interactive
multimedia and Web development.
Center
for Quantitative Science in Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife
- Providing high quality instruction in mathematical and applied
statistical methods in the biological sciences, renewable
resources management, and environmental studies.
Center
for Science in the Earth System
- Integrated research on the impacts of climate on the U.S.
Pacific Northwest and the application of climate information
in regional decision-making processes. This center includes
the following groups:
Center
for Sustainable Forestry at Pack Forest
- Discovering, teaching and demonstrating the concepts
of sustainable forestry.
Center
for Water and Watershed Studies
- A source of comprehensive aquatic resources and
water management information.
Center
for Studies in Demography and Ecology
- Supporting education, research, and scholarly exchange in
population studies.
Center
for Urban Horticulture
- Applying horticulture to natural and human-altered landscapes
to sustain natural resources and the human spirit.
Columbia
Basin Research Group
- Investigating issues surrounding salmon biology in the Columbia
and Snake River basins.
Design
for Environment Laboratory
- Life cycle assessments and management of environmental design information.
Fire
and Mountain Ecology Laboratory
- Investigating climatic change, fire, and forest ecology
in mountain ecosystems of western North America.
Forest Systems and Bioenergy Program - Finding alternative uses for low value, overly abundant forest materials through emerging technologies in the renewable-energy sector.
Geophysical
Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
- Studying real fluids in the laboratory as scale models of
the globally circulating ocean and atmosphere.
Herbarium
- Houses over half a million dried specimens of vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, algae, lichens, and fungi.
Institute for Hazards Mitigation Planning and Research - Exploring ways to integrate hazards mitigation principles into a wide range of crisis, disaster, and risk management opportunities.
Joint
Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean
- A cooperative institute between NOAA and the UW that complements
the research at the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
in climate variability, environmental chemistry, estuarine
processes and interannual variability of fisheries recruitment.
Laboratory
for Energy and Environmental Combustion
- Specializing in both fundamental and applied combustion research.
Marine
Molecular Biotechnology Laboratory
- Using molecular/genetic techniques to address ecological
questions in freshwater and marine ecosystems.
Marine
Population Assessment and Management Group
- Applying a multi-disciplinary approach to develop quantitative
methods for use in marine resource management.
NEPTUNE
- A regional ocean observatory in the northeast Pacific Ocean
that will enable regional-scale, long-term, real-time observations
and experiments with the ocean, seafloor, and subseafloor.
Northwest
Center for Particulate Matter and Health
- Studying the effects of particulate air pollution on human
health.
Northwest
Environmental Forum -
A collaborative meeting and work space to bring together
decision makers and stakeholders to apply scientific and policy
information to address critical environmental and natural
resource management issues.
Olympic
Natural Resources Center
- Conducting research and education on natural resource management
practices which integrate ecological and economic values.
Polar
Science Center - Observing and modeling the physical
processes that control the polar environment.
Program
on Climate Change -
Understanding physical climate variability and how humans
influence climate, climate change, and climate impacts.
Program
on the Environment -
Fostering and promoting interdisciplinary environmental education
at the UW.
Puget
Sound Regional Synthesis Model (PRISM)
- Creating a virtual reality version of Puget Sound to help
provide integrated solutions to well-known environmental problems
and to identify emerging issues.
Quaternary
Research Center - Interdisciplinary
research on the last two million years of the global environment.
Rare
Plant Care and Conservation Program
- Conserving Washington's native rare plants through methods
including conservation, rare plant monitoring, reintroduction,
and education.
Restoration
Ecology Network - Advancing
higher education in restoration while helping the Pacific
Northwest region meet the growing needs and challenges of
ecological restoration.
River
Systems Research Group
- Exploring the processes that ultimately control the role
of rivers in the global cycles of water, carbon, and nutrients.
Rural Technology
Initiative
- Promoting better technology in rural areas for managing
forests for increased product and environmental values in support of local communities.
Stand
Management Cooperative
- A source of high-quality information on the long-term effects
of silvicultural treatments and treatment regimes on stand
and tree growth and development and on wood and product quality.
Urban Ecology
Project
- Seeking to better understand the ways in which humans interact with their
environment and apply that knowledge effectively.
Volcano
Systems Center
- Understanding volcanic processes as a foundation for various practical applications.
Washington
Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
- Improving the management of the nation's fish and wildlife.
Washington
Sea Grant Program
- Serving communities, industries and the people of Washington State,
the Pacific Northwest and the nation through research, education
and outreach in the marine environment.
Wind
River Canopy Crane
- Providing access for scientists to gather samples, install instruments
and conduct experiments in the canopies of trees as tall as
220 feet.
University
of Washington Field Stations - Field work is an essential
component of research and instructional programs in many academic
disciplines, and access to appropriate field sites is vital
and necessary for research universities.
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