Community Impact

GeoAI Prompt Contest 2024

(October 22, 2024)

Arts & Sciences Guide to UW Family Weekend

(October 18, 2024)

Anti-Eviction Lab Research Internship Opportunity

(October 1, 2024)

Humanistic GIS Lab Research Internship Opportunity

(October 1, 2024)

ArtSci Roundup: Kicking the school year off with gallery exhibitions, a faculty comedy show, filming screening, and more!

(September 20, 2024)

Geography Faculty Michael Brown and Larry Knopp Featured in The Seattle Times

(July 2, 2024)

Catching Up with Ph.D. Candidate Natalie Vaughan-Wynn

(May 10, 2024)

Richard Morrill holding a map while speaking to a class

Remembering Geography Professor Emeritus Richard L. Morrill

(April 2, 2024)

Street sign showing the intersection of The Ave (University Way) and 45th Street in U-District on Feb 14, 2024.

Behind The Daily: Reporter Shira Zur Applies Geography Skills to Data Journalism

(February 21, 2024)

Erin McElroy’s Research Discusses Dis/possessory Data Politics in the Context of Tenant Screening

(February 5, 2024)

The Guardian Reports on New Research into the Geography of Social Deprivation in England and Wales

(December 11, 2023)

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Announcement: Winners of the GeoAI Prompt Contest

(November 16, 2023)

Statement of Support from the Department of Geography Faculty

(November 14, 2023)

New Faculty in the Department of Geography

(October 26, 2023)

Flyer with details for GeoAI Prompt Contest

GeoAI Prompt Contest: Visioning Grand Challenges for Humanity and Earth

(October 24, 2023)

Dawg Daze Digest: Planetarium Shows, Art Tours, Trivia, Information Sessions and more!

(September 7, 2023)

Washington GIS Association Awards First Place Prize to UW Geographers Shane Dang and Alex Kirchmeier

(July 13, 2023)

Portrait Photography of Isaac Rivera, Ph.D.

Meet Isaac Rivera, One of the 2023 College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Medalists

(July 13, 2023)

The Satisfying Work of Empowering Workers

(April 30, 2023)

Without affirmative action, colleges face a tough path to diversity

(April 26, 2023)

2023 Husky 100: Katelyn Saechao

(April 23, 2023)

Kels and Toby Gallant from the Student Disability Commission stand together to the right of the emergency contraception vending machine located on the first floor of Odegaard Library in the cafe section

Announcing Our 2023 Halmo Geography Scholar: Kels Rizzo!

(April 5, 2023)

Humanistic GIS Lab Leverage GIS with Humanism

Humanistic GIS Lab Brings Together Students and Faculty for Innovative Research Opportunities

(April 3, 2023)

Portrait Photograph of Geog Alum Stanley Toops

Remembering Geography Ph.D. Alum Stanley Toops

(February 1, 2023)

Geography Alum Thai Nguyen sits on the right, with Shoreline resident Patti Shah Karam seated on the left.

How to fix the mental health workforce? WA has an underutilized resource: peer counselors

(January 30, 2023)

Portrait Photograph of Geog Alum John Parr

Remembering Geography Ph.D. Alum John Brian Parr

(January 25, 2023)

Ethnic segregation in England and Wales on the wane, research finds

(January 17, 2023)

Thumbnail image of Julian Barr from Going Public Episode 6

Ph.D. Candidate Julian Barr Featured in Going Public Podcast Episode 6:"Politics of Memory"

(January 4, 2023)

Seattle Parks workers and Police sweep and dismantle a community of improvised shelters in Ballard Commons in December 2021. In the foreground are fuel canisters (for heating, cooking, and electricity) left behind by residents.

Understanding Unequal Access to Thermal Comfort and Safety to Address Urban Climate Justice Challenges

(December 6, 2022)

Q&A with Geography Ph.D. Alum Rob Anderson: Managing Washington’s gray wolf population – through fear

(November 21, 2022)

Yuying Xie Receives the Frank Jenkins Jr. Fellowship in Labor Studies

(November 18, 2022)

ArtSci Roundup: Assessing the 2022 Midterm Election Results With Implications for the Next Two Years and for 2024, Empires Strick Back: Football and Colonialism, and more

(November 2, 2022)

In 2020, consumers turned to Black-owned businesses. But where has that support gone?

(October 27, 2022)

UW Alums Share Their Stories as "Geographers in Practice"

(October 1, 2022)

40 Under 40: Natasha Rivers, BECU

(September 26, 2022)

From Student Activist to Intersectional Labor Organizer: Meet Yasmin Ahmed

(September 7, 2022)

The past, present and future of tipping and tipped workers in Seattle

(September 6, 2022)

Boost in support for Black-owned restaurants short-lived, UW study finds

(September 5, 2022)

The past, present and future of tipping and tipped workers in Seattle

(September 1, 2022)

How Black-owned businesses suffered during pandemic, per UW study

(August 30, 2022)

This graph shows the weekly visitation patterns of restaurants with a Black-owned label (red line) versus those without the label (blue lines) in 20 major U.S. cities in 2020.

Black-owned restaurants disproportionately impacted during pandemic

(August 29, 2022)

Black-owned restaurants disproportionately impacted during pandemic

(August 28, 2022)

Remembering Geography Professor Emeritus Guenter Krumme

(August 24, 2022)

Remembering Geography Professor Emeritus George Hiroaki Kakiuchi

(August 24, 2022)

HSD Selects University of Washington to Conduct Comparable Worth Wage Analysis of Human Services Work in Seattle and King County

(August 2, 2022)

SEAC community mourns loss of Joe Hannah

(July 7, 2022)

How we decided what stories to tell in our Black Arts Legacies project

(June 15, 2022)

2022 Awards, Honors and Achievements

(June 15, 2022)

Celebrating Pride Month

(May 31, 2022)

Announcing Our 2022 Halmo Geography Scholars!

(March 25, 2022)