Learn more about WSDOT’s archaeological work on Foster Island as part of the 520 Project work.
Category: Community News & Events
Current news and events happening on campus and in the community designed to improve quality of life and foster economic vitality.
Front Porch Spring 2010
Read the latest version of the University’s community newsletter Front Porch Spring 2010.
UW’s SR-520 SDEIS Comments
Read the University of Washington’s comments on the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Study (SDEIS) for the SR-520 Project.
Campus Parkway Planting
University gardeners worked with the community to complete landscape restoration for Campus Parkway with new seasonal plantings. Plantings included colorful foliage plants such as shrubs & perennials and seasonal color from perennials & annuals.
The University worked with the community to complete landscape restoration for Campus Parkway with new seasonal plantings. Plantings included colorful foliage plants such as shrubs & perennials and seasonal color from perennials & annuals. The University of Washington took the lead on providing labor to design, install and maintain this project. In addition, the U-District Youth and Community Project (UYACP) provided ten homeless youth to assist with the planting under the supervision of the UW crews. The University provided $7300 in goods and services for this project. The remaining $3800 was paid for out of a City of Seattle Neighborhood Matching Fund grant.
Give Voice – Student Public Art Project on Campus Parkway
The smoothly rusted steel structures in the strip of land between Schmitz Hall and the Visitors Information Center comprise a public art project called “Give Voice,” entirely conceived, built and installed by undergraduate and graduate UW students. Students gathered from various artistic disciplines for a spring quarter class called Design-Build Studio, otherwise known as Art 332. The project sprang from the multi-million-dollar improvements to University Way last year. The budget included $25,000 for sidewalks along the site of the art project. For this relatively small amount, the student artists installed the entire public art project, plus sidewalks.