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CitiesAlive: 14th Annual Green Roof & Wall Conference Student Scholarship Program
Opportunity from Emma Tamlin at Green Roofs for Healthy Cities:
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities is a non-profit organization that prioritizes green roof and wall development in North America as a way to combat the numerous social and environmental challenges cities face.

Alumna Anna Mines co-founds responsible tourism business to support Southern Italian communities
Anna Mines graduated in December 2014, with a double major in Environmental Studies and ethnomusicology.
Persuaded by a friend to visit and stay in Italy for a while after graduation, Anna left Seattle on a six-week backpacking trip, which included a WWOOF stint in the southern Italian town of Maratea.
URP Research Opportunities, Funding, Competitions, Classes!
Hope you’re staying cool this summer. URP brings the following research-related opportunities, presentations, and deadlines to your attention.
(1) URP Seeks Undergraduate Research Leaders – Apply by September 1
(2) Attend a URP Info Session to get started in undergrad research
(3) EIP-Presidential Scholarship – Apply by September 9
(4) Journal of Young Investigators Undergraduate Research Photography Competition – Submit by September 1, 2016
(5) Attend the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine (SfRRBM) International Conference in San Francisco – Submit Abstract by Sept.
Communications Internship with Wild Forests & Fauna
Wild Forests & Fauna, a conservation non-profit working Peru and Uganda, is looking for an Environmental Studies intern! Work virtually and learn to develop a communications strategy for the Future Leaders youth project.
Read moreEnvironmental Studies awarded 20K for student tech fees
Each quarter, matriculated students of the University of Washington pay a Student Technology Fee (STF), which amounts to almost $5 million a year. The STF pays for additional technological needs of students, both in and out of their regular classes.
Read moreSummer Research Opportunities from URP
Dear Students,
Hope you’re all enjoying your summer! The UW Undergraduate Research have shared the following research-related opportunities, presentations, along with upcoming deadlines so you don’t miss out!
(1) Research Funding: WRF Fellowships and Levinson Awards – Apply by August 22
(2) URP Seeks Undergraduate Research Leaders – Apply by September 1
(3) EIP-Presidential Scholarship – Apply by September 9
(4) Enroll in Research Exposed!

The Seattle Times covers Tim Billo's 9 day wilderness trip in the PNW
What it’s like to spend 9 days in PNW backcountry: ‘A reset for the human spirit’
The Seattle Times environmental reporter, Lynda Mapes, joined Environmental Studies instructor Tim Billo and 10 students during an intensive 9-day backpacking excursion into the Olympic National Park this summer, part of Tim’s class: Landscape Change in the Pacific Northwest.
Read more at The Seattle Times
Environmental Ed Internship with the EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 (Seattle Office) has a digital eInternship teaching environmental education (ECOLEARN) lesson plans at elementary schools.
As an eIntern, you will get to teach exciting, already prepared environmental education lesson plans at local elementary schools.

Welcome Rick Keil, new director of the Program on the Environment
The Environmental Studies team is delighted to welcome Rick Keil, professor of chemical oceanography, to lead the program for the next three years.
Rick brings to the directorship a diverse background of university service including stints as associate director of oceanography and as chair of the UW’s faculty sub-council on academic programs.

Cleaning up WA through waste education and outreach
Program on the Environment alumna Elizabeth Szorad is a Waste Zero Specialist at Recology CleanScapes, an employee-owned company that works with municipalities on waste diversion strategies. Read about her journey from UW to her current dream job.
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