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Matt Fowle Awarded 2020 APPAM Equity & Inclusion Fellowship

The Equity & Inclusion Fellowship program supports the participation of students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds at the APPAM Annual Fall Research Conference. Matt will have the opportunity to formally network with the other Fellowship recipients and with members of the Policy Council and Diversity Committee, and 2020 recipients will also have the opportunity to attend and be recognized at the 2021 APPAM Fall Research Conference in Austin, along with the 2021 fellows. Congratulations, Matt!

Emily Finchum-Mason + Team Receives 2020 ARCHITECT R+D Award for Work on ADUniverse, an App to Increase Housing Access

Evans School PhD student Emily Finchum-Mason, alongside project leads UW Associate Prof. Rick Mohler and the City of Seattle senior planner Nick Welch created a prototype app to help local homeowners increase housing density by building accessory dwelling units. “ADUniverse has tremendous potential to make code legible to people, empower citizens to shape their built environment, and help solve a problem that our cities are facing,” said Juror Ming Thompson, AIA.

Cindy Chen and Alyssa McClure selected for 2019 Bonderman Fellowship

Congratulations to MPA students Cindy Chen and Alyssa McClure for being selected for the 2019 Bonderman Fellowship! As Bonderman Travel Fellows, Cindy and Alyssa will be provided the rare opportunity to spend eight months independently exploring two regions and six countries with which they are not familiar.

The broad vision of the Bonderman Fellowship is to inspire individual transformation by expanding fellows’ understanding of themselves and the complex, diverse, and interconnected world we live in. With this vision in mind, each fellow shapes their own learning and travel plan; though, they may not pursue academic study, projects, or research.

Cindy plans to explore what mobility means to people across the world through the ways that people use transit; and, how access to transit increases people’s access to economic, cultural and social opportunities. Cindy hopes to travel to Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, India, Brazil, Colombia and Chile.

Alyssa will dedicate her fellowship to her interest in global events and history. She hopes to gain a more global understanding of public service by visiting geographically and culturally diverse areas where she can witness first-hand how other countries function. Her itinerary includes Morocco, Tanzania, and Argentina, among other locations.

Past Evans School Bonderman Fellows include:

Congratulations Cindy and Alyssa!

Ph.D. Candidate Sarah Charnes Named to APPAM Student Activities Committee

Evans School Ph.D. candidate Sarah Charnes has been selected to serve on the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)’s Student Activities Committee for 2019-2020. The Student Activities Committee directs student programming for APPAM’s annual fall conference, as well determining content for brown bags and other activities for students at APPAM’s member institutions.

Congratulations, Sarah!

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