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Autumn 2024 | Environmental Justice, Natural Science & Restoration

Creating Green: Native Plant Restoration in Urban Spaces

Tess Petrillo

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Autumn 2024 | Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration, Policy & Regulation

Bridging Divides: Holistic Approaches to Managing Salmon and Forest Ecosystems Amidst Increasing Wildfires

Nina Pursai

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Autumn 2024 | Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach

Is the Perspective Changing; Assessing the Relationship between Young Christians and the Environment

Christina Rhoades

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Autumn 2024 | Natural Science & Restoration

Bark & Ambrosia Beetle Dynamics: A New Lens for Forest Management Practices

Abigail Rocke

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Autumn 2024 | Natural Science & Restoration

Oysters in Acidic Waters: Pioneering Research in Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal and Pacific Oysters (Crassostrea gigas)

Talia Russom

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Autumn 2024 | Arts & Humanities, Business & Sustainability, Natural Science & Restoration

Achieving a Sustainable Future Through Design & Planning

Jack Ryan

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Autumn 2024 | Education & Outreach

Citizen Science: Transforming Community Members into Environmental Educators

Annie Schlanger

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Autumn 2024 | Natural Science & Restoration

Fishing Gear Modifications to Reduce the Bycatch of Green Sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris)

Daniele Scroggins

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Autumn 2024 | Environmental Justice

Integrating Environmental Justice into NGOs: The Challenges and Opportunities

Natasha Shafer

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Autumn 2024 | Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice

Bridging the Gap to Nature: Finding Solutions to Green Space Access Inequality

Chloe Stafford

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Autumn 2024 | Business & Sustainability, Environmental Justice

Social Sustainability – The Unmapped Pillar at the University of Washington

Kellie Telis

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Autumn 2024 | Business & Sustainability, Environmental Justice

Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals: Opportunities and Challenges in the Arctic Region

Amber Wang

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Autumn 2024 | Agriculture and Food Systems, Environmental Justice

Urban Agriculture: A Method for Reducing Food Insecurity in Seattle’s Food Deserts

Zoe Warren

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Autumn 2024 | Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice

Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges: Youth Entering Natural Resource Careers

Amy Whitham

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Autumn 2024 | Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice

Are our Green Spaces Adequate? The Impact of Nature Immersion on Emotional Well-Being

Jaelyn Yanni

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Autumn 2024 | Business & Sustainability

Light Rail Heavy Impacts: How a Toxic Relationship can Halt the Expansion of Seattle’s Light Rail System

Miles Crook

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Autumn 2024 | Policy & Regulation

The Dangers of Weak Policy: Voluntary Corporate Participation in Standardized Date Labeling as an Enabler of Food Waste

Olivia Hallas

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Autumn 2024 | Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice

Emotion in Science: The Role of Emotion in Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western Science Methods in Environmental Science

Zachary Flagler

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Autumn 2024 | Education & Outreach

Nature’s Crucial role in Child Development through the Lens of a Pandemic

Liam Griffith

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Autumn 2024 | Climate Change, Natural Science & Restoration

Use Your Indicators! The Significance of Baseline Data of Indicator Species on Future Marine Research

Anika Remmers Jansen

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2024 Spring | Education & Outreach

Go RainWise: Outreach and its Impacts on Community Perception of Green Stormwater Infrastructure

Hibo Abdi

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2024 Spring | Best Poster, Education & Outreach, Policy & Regulation, ★ Award Winner

Why Should We Consider Them a Stakeholder Group? Increasing Youth Engagement with Complex Waste Management Policies

Gracia Anderson

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2024 Spring | Natural Science & Restoration

Listen Up! Remote Acoustic Bird Monitoring for Assessing Forest Management Actions

Jeron Atlas

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2024 Spring | Natural Science & Restoration

Snowpack and Snow Water Equivalent: Monitoring in a Washington Forest Treated By Thinning

Dray Banfield

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2024 Spring | Agriculture and Food Systems, Education & Outreach

To Seed or Not To Seed: How A Community Garden Can Combat Food Deserts

Bella Bartlett

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2024 Spring | Business & Sustainability, Policy & Regulation

Using Data To Bring UW Air Travel Emissions Down To Earth

Forrest Baum

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2024 Spring | Business & Sustainability, Education & Outreach

Transportation Transformation: How Seattle Wants the Link Light Rail to be Fixed and Why

Sydney Belden

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2024 Spring | Natural Science & Restoration

Act Now? Evaluating Local Perception and Implementation Limitations of Assisted Plant Migration

Chelsea Bressler

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2024 Spring | Natural Science & Restoration

Advancing Healthcare Sustainability: UW Medicine’s Energy and Waste Dashboard

Mara Bridwell

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2024 Spring | Natural Science & Restoration

Surf, Sand, and Sediment: Forage Fish Sediment Surveys as a Case Study for Responding to Insufficient Datum

Sierra Briggs

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2024 Spring | Business & Sustainability, Environmental Justice

Brilliant Biomethane: Opportunities of Renewable Natural Gas in Propelling a Sustainable Future

Joe Bruun-Jensen

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2024 Spring | Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice

The Complexity of Inequity: Investigating Accessibility to Environmental Education Resources for Underrepresented Students

Abigayle Cariño

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2024 Spring | Natural Science & Restoration, Policy & Regulation

Threatened Green Sturgeon: How Video Analysis Can Be Used To Quantify & Reduce Bycatch

Taylor Clementz

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2024 Spring | Education & Outreach, Policy & Regulation

Tracking the eco-pulse, community environmental awareness and light rail development

Kitto Davison-Kunhardt

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2024 Spring | Education & Outreach

Redefining Impact: Unlocking the Transformative Power of Individual Environmental Action

Brandon Espiritu

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2024 Spring | Natural Science & Restoration, Policy & Regulation

Oysters Gone Wild: Exploring Pacific Oyster Naturalization in the Salish Sea

Kiley Foster

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2024 Spring | Agriculture and Food Systems, Natural Science & Restoration

Adaptive Sampling Strategies to Capture Shifting Fishery Stocks in the Eastern Bering Sea

Dylan Fournier

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2024 Spring | Natural Science & Restoration

Snow Problem: How Forest Adaptation Strategies Can Mitigate the Effects of Warming Winters

Errol Funk

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2024 Spring | Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach

Living In A City Doesn’t Have To Mean Living Disconnected From Nature

Graham Gaimari

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2024 Spring | Agriculture and Food Systems, Education & Outreach

Growing a Better Tomorrow: Exploring the Role of Community Gardens in Promoting Sustainability and Community Well-Being

Jayce Gilles

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