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Seattle West Coast Poverty Center asked Rachel Kleit, Associate Professor at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, and Lynne Manzo, Associate Professor in the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, about some of their thoughts on the research highlighted in this months Poverty Flash: http://wcpc.washington.edu/

The Department Scholarship Application Form is now available.

There will be a BLA information meeting for those interested in a Bachelor's in Landscape Architecture:

Thursday, April 24th, 2008
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Gould 142 (Gould Hall is on the southeast corner of University Ave. and 40th St.)

Check out the Green Futures Lab homepage at greenfutures.washington.edu.

Faculty in Landscape Architecture are offering Exploration Seminars this August, giving students a chance to study in diverse cultures, places, and topics. Jeffrey Hou will lead a seminar "Tokyo + Seoul: City, Streets and Hybrid Urbanism". Daniel Winterbottom's group will be "Exploring the Use of Ecological Design in Emerging Estonian and Russian Urban Centers".
Manish Chalana in Urban Planning will lead a seminar "Eco Tourism and Sustainable Development in the Kumaon Himalaya"

Twenty-four students will have the opportunity to study Denmark's urban space and pedestrian / bicycle planning with the renowned Copenhagen firm of Gehl Associates. Students will explore Danish public space for two weeks in September in preparation for an Autumn '08 Scan l Design Master studio that will design pedestrian environments for downtown Seattle.

UWASLA sponsors weekly brownbags.