College of the Environment

Two SEFS students, Luciana Calle and Lorenzo McCleese, were awarded the 2026 Goldwater Scholarship. Both are third-year students expecting to graduate in 2027.

Fourteen students from the College of the Environment were recognized in the 2026 Husky 100. This honor celebrates graduate and undergraduate students who are making the most of their time at the University of Washington.

Moses Flores is a second-year student in marine biology and aquatic and fisheries sciences. Having grown up in Seattle, coming to the University of Washington for undergraduate studies was a lifelong dream.  But as one of the first people in his family to attend college, Flores found it difficult to navigate university life.  This year has been different. Flores is part of the i...

In a new study, University of Washington researchers show that an Earth-sized planet likely needs at least 20 to 50% of the water in Earth’s oceans to maintain a critical natural cycle that keeps water on the surface. These new parameters could exclude many exoplanets in the so-called habitable zone.

The Ecological Society of America named the UW’s Claire Willing a 2026 Early Career Fellow. Willing, an assistant professor of environmental and forest science, studies fungal ecology, looking at how fungi are evolving and supporting plant communities as the climate changes.