In Pacific County, collaboration is fueling change. Local leaders and the 天美影视传媒鈥檚 Livable City Year (LCY) program joined forces to address housing, health, and sustainability challenges, and the results are being recognized on the global stage. In recognition of a three-year collaboration designed to drive community-centered innovation, the Pacific County Economic Development Council and the LYC program聽have received the 2025 Partnership of the Year Award from the Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities Network (EPIC-N). Housed in the…
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Meet Seattle’s first indigenous planner
Tim Lehman (Northern Arapaho) didn鈥檛 set out to become Seattle鈥檚 first Indigenous planning strategist. As a teen, he was drawn to the hands-on craft of masonry. It wasn鈥檛 until his time at the 天美影视传媒 (UW) 鈥� and a FEMA-supported coastal hazard mitigation project 鈥� that he discovered a love for design. That turning point launched a career grounded in equity, environmental justice and community-rooted planning. After earning dual master鈥檚 degrees in urban planning and landscape architecture from the…
Interdisciplinary collaboration highlights social change projects across East Asia
In 2021, Andrea Gevurtz Arai, Acting Assistant Professor, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, and Jeff Hou, Professor, College of Built Environments, were awarded a Research Award through the Global Innovation Fund by the Office of Global Affairs. The Global Innovation Fund supports transformative cross-college, cross-continent global research, teaching, and learning experiences at the 天美影视传媒. With additional funding support from the East Asia Center, UW Japan Studies Program,聽Department of Landscape Architecture, UW College of Built Environments,…