The Office of Regional and Community Relations serves as a link between the University, surrounding neighborhoods, civic groups, and local government.
The Office of Regional and Community Relations serves as a link between the University, surrounding neighborhoods, civic groups and local government. We work to build relationships between these groups by sharing information and seeking new opportunities to match the University’s academic capital with needs in the community. We seek to promote mutual understanding between these groups and coordinate campus response to local policy issues.
03/20/2018
City of Bellevue selected as 2018-2019 UW Livable City Year partner | Livable City Year The University of Washington of Washington Livable City Year program has selected the City of Bellevue to be the community partner for the 2018-2019 academic year.
02/15/2018
That's Seattle landscape architect and Landscape Architecture Fellow Brice Maryman at College of the Built Environment's Equity Council talk on HomeLandLab exploring the intersection of homelessness and public space in urban America. Thanks, CBE Equity Council and Brice for the noon-time thoughtfulness.
02/09/2018
Unfortunately, tomorrow/Saturday will be a good day to avoid campus. Likely drop in Saturday business for small merchants in the U District.
Through civil debate, we can tackle difficult issues | Office of the President University of Washington
02/09/2018
Great work north of 45th by Husky Neighborhood Interns!
02/02/2018
Congratulations, U District Partnership, on the big move across the street! Sure the office is all in boxes and the phones don't quite yet work. The space is great, you're great and it's almost home.
01/15/2018
Day of service north of campus in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Next week, UW has a host of activities planned to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
View what’s happening at all three campuses here:
http://www.washington.edu/mlkweek/events/
01/03/2018
University of Washington Regional & Community Relations is sitting waiting for a plumber, so we haven't nailed suggestion #1 out of the park today. Good tips for centering yourself at the start of the year when it comes to your work, especially your regional and community work.
11 Things You Can Do Today to Be More Impressive at Work A few quick and dirty strategies to be more successful at work
Winter greetings
As 2017 draws to a close, we wanted to wish you well and share a link to some UW highlights from this year, including student and faculty work on homelessness in local communities like Seattle's University District, and the inaugural UW Livable City year in Auburn --
http://www.washington.edu/news/2017/12/20/2017-year-in-review-university-of-washington/
12/12/2017
Not sure we should admit this, but until just recently Regional & Community Relations thought narwhals were imaginary beasts. Like from Borges' Book of Imaginary Beings. We want to know more, but now we're worried about how nervous they get when humans intrude, even for research. Thanks for what we're learning, UW Ecologist Kristin Laidre.
Human disturbance hits narwhals where it hurts — the heart Disturbed narwhals drop their heart rates from 60 beats a minute to three or four.
12/05/2017
Who's the guy in the chartreuse rain gear working to make the Seattle commute safer? That's UW Evans School grad Dongho Chang.
Meet the man striving to make Seattle’s streets safer, more efficient Seattle’s chief traffic engineer is less concerned with how fast cars are getting through the city and more concerned with how people — on foot, on bike, in buses and cars — interact with the streets.
11/30/2017
Author Daniel James Brown talking about his book “Boys in the Boat” at City Club’s Civic Cocktail
