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A factory smokestack with a sunset in the background.

Tue, 01/13/2026 | ABC News

What the new EPA rule means

CEE Professor Julian Marshall discussed how the rule could affect regulation of PM2.5 and ozone — two widespread pollutants linked to serious health harms.

People walk down the street past a restaurant using part of the street for outdoor dining.

Thu, 01/08/2026

When streets become more than car lanes

CEE graduate Jeremy Chan earned the Distinguished Thesis Award for modeling how repurposed streets affect congestion, driving and how people get around.

Paolo Calvi headshot

Wed, 12/17/2025

Torre Piloti project wins international design prize with help from CEE’s Paolo Calvi

CEE’s Paolo Calvi helped stabilize Genoa’s new port control tower with an active mass damper system; the project won an international design award.

Aerial shot of the massive mudslide that killed 43 people in the community of Oso on March 24, 2014.

Sun, 12/14/2025 | The Seattle Times

Landslide mapping gaps persist

CEE’s Joe Wartman spoke with The Seattle Times about Washington’s unfinished landslide-risk maps — and why stronger risk tools matter.

Bronze W

Mon, 12/08/2025

Giving, simplified

Alumni voices and clear answers to common giving questions this season.

Purple balloons with a W on them.

Mon, 12/08/2025

Honors & awards

Congratulations to students and faculty who have received awards, scholarships, promotions and other honors.

Dorothy Reed

Mon, 12/08/2025

Dorothy Reed retires from CEE

Dorothy Reed retires from CEE after four decades of teaching, research and national service in wind engineering.

Bart Nijssen

Mon, 12/08/2025

Message from the chair

Chair Bart Nijssen on record enrollment, funding shifts and concrete ways to support and partner with CEE this year.

Dan Evans stands amongst UW's cherry blossoms.

Mon, 12/08/2025

Daniel J. Evans Endowed Professorship announced

A new CEE professorship honors Daniel J. Evans and bolsters faculty recruitment and retention in service of the public good.

Rocky Mountain landscape near Crested Butte, Colorado.

Mon, 11/24/2025

From field to film, measuring “missing snow”

UW hydrology team quantifies snow lost to the air and shows the work behind the numbers in a short film.