Buildings and Grounds

News Digest: Recognition for UW waste management, nurturing communities, Honor: Danny Hoffman, disability-policy posters, undergraduate research conference

Association honors UW for waste management, sustainability || New book explores creating, supporting livable communities || 'New Directions' award to Danny Hoffman || Disability, Law, Policy and the Community poster session || Minority Affairs and Diversity hosts undergraduate research conference

News Digest: Honor: Clay Schwenn, Tower Green Fair May 15, check out Campus Tours Central, Honor: Seth Cooper

Honor: Academic counselor Clay Schwenn wins national award || Tower Green Fair May 15 features sustainability efforts || Visitors? Relatives here for commencement? Check Campus Tours Central || Seth Cooper, chief architect of Foldit, wins national doctoral dissertation award

Video Friday: Clip about fighting invasives takes cue from 'The Artist'

The almost-silent-movie "The Artist" recently won five Oscars. The producer and stars of a video mimicking that movie-making style hope to win $10,000 to fight invasive plants and provide wildlife habitat on the University of Washington campus.

UW awards six Husky Green Awards for 2012

Winners of the third annual Husky Green Awards were announced Friday during Earth Day activities.

Dirty to Digital: UW introduces ‘intelligent’ kiosks for composting, recycling, garbage

As part of a just-launched pilot, a number of the existing outdoor garbage and recycling cans on Red Square have been will be replaced with high-tech, automated kiosks that collect more types of materials.

Video Friday: April edition of UW|360, just out, includes cherry-tree feature

Watch a clip from Sunday's episode of UW|360 where campus arborist Sara Shores talks about the Quad's cherry trees and how they were rescued in the mid-60s from the arboretum, where they were in the path of the 520 bridge, then under construction.

Photo Friday: Open window to campus wild areas

Enjoy plants and animals of the University of Washington Botanic Gardens as captured by UW alumnus Art Wolfe in a slideshow for the current edition of Columns magazine.

D.C. cherry trees: Blooms won't wait in warming world, UW research finds

Cherry trees in full bloom in our nation's capital could be as much as four weeks earlier by 2080 depending on how much warming occurs. So says an analysis conducted at the University of Washington that relied on the UW's own cherry trees as one test of a computer model used in the project.

Design begins this spring for longhouse-style Intellectual House

Design should begin this spring, with construction scheduled to start in the summer of 2013, for Intellectual House, a longhouse-style facility on the University of Washington campus that will be a resource for the university, tribal and surrounding communities.

UW launches technology startup incubator, aims to double startups in three years

A business incubator unveiled today is one element in a larger commercialization initiative announced by UW President Michael Young that will double the number of startups produced by the university – from an average of 10 a year to 20 – during the next three years.

If a tree falls in the ‘forest,’ UW Botanic Garden arborists hear -- view slide show

Like dominoes, two of Seattle’s signature oaks in the Washington Park Arboretum toppled under January’s heavy snows. It turned out that the root balls of each tree had not pulled out of the ground and thus began an effort to pull a 60-foot oak tree, estimated to weigh more than 8,000 pounds, back into the upright position in order to save both trees.

UW Tacoma’s Joy Building receives highest green-building certification

The University of Washington Tacoma’s Russell T. Joy Building has earned LEED Platinum certification, the highest, most rigorous certification under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design system.

At Ethnic Cultural Center building site, fencing tells a story

A new system of construction fences designed by a UW group make campus building sites look neater. They also offer history of the building project and explain what's being built.

'Community Photos' contributors capture snowy UW

Catch a dozen photos of last week’s snowfall at UW News and Information’s “Community Photos.” Be sure to contribute your own photos of UW buildings, landmarks, people – snow or not – to this ever-evolving collection.

Campus trees not available as holiday decorations

UW Arborist Sara Shores reports that people have been cutting trees and tree limbs on campus, presumably for Christmas decorations. For those people, she has one message: Don’t.

Open house slated for planned light rail station

North Link Light Rail will hold an open house on the planned Brooklyn Station for light rail from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, at the Neptune Theater.

New courtyard and rain garden created behind Community Design Center

At first glance, the new courtyard behind the Community Design Center looks like a simple square with benches. However, there’s a rain garden on the perimeter to capture, cleanse and slow storm water entering the drainage system.

Century-old tool found in dirt near Hansee Hall

UW maintenance mechanic Eric Martin seems to know his historical artifacts. It was Martin who figured out what his Maintenance and Alterations crew ran into while excavating outside Hansee Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 18.

Ground broken for new Ethnic Cultural Center

A groundbreaking for the new Ethnic Cultural Center took place Oct. 12. The event was celebrated by student leaders, administrators from the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity, and others.

Open house planned for new Poplar Hall and Cedar Apartments

The campus community is invited to an open house at the new Poplar Hall and Cedar Apartments from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27.

 


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