Published on December 31, 2016
December concludes a complicated year. The past month has seen a variety of changes, new research, and reflections on life in Seattle, the tech world, urban environmental justice, and our campus.
- Urban@UW and Climate Impacts Group collaborated on the Urban Environmental Justice in a Time of Climate Change symposium. Urban@UW published a reflection on the event’s conversation as well as a sample of resources pulled from the event’s guest speakers.
- The University of Washington has welcomed Tent City 3 residents to campus, a move President Ana Mari Cauce stated this is, “just one way in which the UW is contributing to solving the many intertwined issues that lead to homelessness.” Those looking to help the TC3 community should check out their interactive calendar.
- The Livable City Year initiative released its Request For Proposals for Washington cities, counties, and districts for its municipal partnership program for the 2017-2018 academic year.
- Professor of psychology and biology at UW, Eliot Brenowitz, co-authored research for Crosscut on the ‘chronically high noise levels’ present in Seattle, which surpass that of many other major cities.
- Techstars and Amazon have teamed up for the Alexa Startup Accelerator in Seattle to assist “early-stage companies advancing the state-of-the-art in voice-powered technologies, interfaces and applications.”
Also—stay tuned as the City of Seattle, MetroLab Network, and the University of Washington collaborate to bring the MetroLab Workshop on Big Data and Human Services.