Gregg Colburn
February 17, 2023
Video: Lummi Nation School students visit UW to talk to International Space Station astronaut
![Astronaut Josh Cassada holding a microphone and floating in the International Space Station.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/02/17141857/Josh-Cassada-still-150x150.jpg)
Students from the Lummi Nation School visited the University of Washington in earlh February for a real-time Q&A with astronaut Josh Cassada aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Cassada helped do space research on a plant science experiment the students sent to the ISS.
March 15, 2022
UW professor’s new book presents opportunity to ‘rethink housing’
![Seattle buildings at sunset](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/03/15084219/Seattle-scene-Pamela-Dore-150x150.jpg)
A new book by Gregg Colburn, assistant professor of real estate at the UW, explores the factors that drive homelessness, and the cultural and economic shift that can ultimately benefit all — housed and unhoused.
October 7, 2020
Turning hotels into emergency shelter as part of COVID-19 response limited spread of coronavirus, improved health and stability
![hotel hallway interior](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2020/10/06151223/COVID-hotel-study-photo-150x150.jpg)
A King County initiative to relocate people from homeless shelters to hotel rooms during the pandemic not only limited the spread of COVID-19, but also improved people’s mental health and well-being, and allowed them to focus on long-term goals.