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Joel Thornton selected as dean of the College of the Environment

University of Washington Provost Tricia R. Serio announced that Joel Thornton, a professor and chair of the College’s Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science, will serve as the next Maggie Walker Dean of the College of the Environment. Thornton has served as interim dean since last July, filling the position vacated by Maya Tolstoy. Thornton is an atmospheric chemist who studies the impacts of human activities on air quality and climate through changes to the atmosphere’s composition and chemistry.

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A view of the city of Seattle along with the Space Needle, downtown, Elliot Bay and Mount Rainier.
University of Washington launches the Paros Geohazards Center

The College of the Environment has launched the Paros Geohazards Center, establishing a world-class center of research excellence to understand and mitigate environmental and geologic hazards, with an emphasis on developing new and emerging technologies that can help save lives. The Department of Earth and Space Sciences, including the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, is one of the Center's core units.

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The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network gets a new website

Over the past two years, PNSN has been working to rebuild their entire site, recreating existing features and adding exciting new ones. The purpose of the website is to accurately and quickly communicate information about earthquakes detected in Washington and Oregon, and the goal for the site is to be a hub of information that is useful to the public before and after an earthquake. This new site certainly does that!

Read about the website rebuild on the PNSN Blog
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