News from the Office of Connected Learning
Category: Sponsored Research
Damaging dust kept at bay in clean room
Researchers in full-body suits enter the yellow-lit clean room at UW Bothell Discovery Hall where air is filtered for dust-free work on tiny electrical-mechanical devices such as solar cells.
October 3, 2022
Rethinking the food system
Adam Romero researches the origins of agrochemicals as a way to rethink the political and economic influences on food production. Take arsenic, for example.
October 3, 2022
Fresh insights into workplace interruptions
You can manage interruptions that force you to switch from one task to another, says School of Business Associate Pofessor Sophie Leroy, who says they also can be opportunities for leadership and creativity.
October 3, 2022
A scholar’s look at love poetry and culture
Poet, professor and founding faculty member, Jeanne Heuving shares her research into love poetry and culture at a Campus Research Connections talk at Hugo House, an independent community space for creative writers in Seattle.
October 3, 2022
Biology students, faculty speed networking
Biology students who need a research project and faculty members looking for research help may connect in a speed networking event. Chatting for five minutes at a table may lead to a mutually beneficial research relationship.
October 3, 2022
Thousands of crows darken Bothell’s sky, attracting scholars
UW Bothell’s Dr. Doug Wacker and UW’s Dr. John Marzluff discuss how they are working to better understand the mob of crows that descend on UW Bothell campus each night.
September 30, 2022
Searching for the little red fish in local streams
Efforts to save Lake Sammamish Kokanee have gained ground in the past decade, but interest in Lake Washington has just hatched. The incubator of this effort is UW Bothell’s “fish guy”, Dr. Jeff Jensen.
September 30, 2022
The moral failure of crowdfunding health care
UW Bothell researchers Dr. Nora Kenworthy and Dr. Lauren Berliner are featured in this article discussing new research that provides some of the first in-depth study of the phenomenon of crowd funding for medical bills.
September 30, 2022
Five reasons to leave your science bubble
Researchers discuss pros and cons of leaving their scientific comfort zone in this article that explores the benefits of engaging in unusual collaborations and straying from traditional career pathways.
September 30, 2022
New book, “why we drop out”, uncovers surprising answers to why students drop out
High-school dropouts are generally assumed to be problem kids who never liked school. Absolutely wrong, says a new book, co-authored by UW Bothell's Dr. Antony Smith.
September 30, 2022