Ariana Milo, Environmental Community Legacy Scholarship & PoE Alumni Council Scholarship
Ariana is an Environmental Studies major from St. Louis, Missouri, and is graduating in 2026. Her focus lies in sustainability, along with interests in ecology and agriculture. 

Join the University of Washington’s EarthLab, the UW Environment and Well-Being Lab, and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Centre on Well-being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity (WISE) in a half-day public symposium on the intersection of climate change and mental health. 

You are invited to an unforgettable evening at the annual “UW Farm Harvest Dinner” fundraiser.

Join us at the Center for Urban Horticulture to support and celebrate the UW Farm’s contributions to our community! 

Article Contributor: Ian Oates, Program Coordinator, Taiwan Studies
The second iteration of the UW Taiwan Studies Program and UW Program on the Environment summer study abroad course, Exploring Environmental and Social Resilience, concluded two weeks ago. 

In the final week of Program on the Environment’s Taiwan study Abroad Program, we went to Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, to explore topics of eco-tourism and indigenous communities. We were greeted by our partners in the Geography Department of National Kaohsiung Normal University. 

UW TSP and UW Program on the Environment Professor Yen-Chu Weng‘s study abroad program just completed its second week!  The theme of Week 2 was Food and Agriculture.

“We started off the week with Professor Po-Yi Hung’s insightful lecture on Food and Society Issues in Taiwan. 

Washington Sea Grant has an outstanding opportunity for a Community Engagement Specialist with a focus on the West Coast of Washington State. Priority consideration will be given to applications received by July 14.  

UW PoE faculty member Dr. Yen-Chu Weng and her colleague Po-Yi Hung, a faculty member in the Department of Geography at National Taiwan University, co-teach an exploration of environmental and social resilience in Taiwan this summer 2023 on UW’s Study Abroad Program on the Environment Taiwan: Exploring Environmental and Social Resilience. 

 
Professor Eli Wheat, a faculty member in the Program on the Environment and Food Systems Nutrition and Health Program, alongside UW Farm manager and class co-instructor, Perry Acworth, will co-teach a Seattle Promise Academic Introduction Seminar titled Soil to Seed to Snack! 

Corey Garza to serve as Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Corey Garza will serve as the Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Corey Garza has agreed to serve as the UW College of the Environment’s Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, effective September 1.