News from the Office of Connected Learning
Who controls data matters more than ever
Carrie Tzou, associate professor in the School of Educational Studies and recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Award tells UW Bothell Magazine, “The need for scientific and data literacy is more important than ever.”
November 7, 2022
Computer science used against coronavirus
Dong Si, an assistant professor in the School of STEM, led a team of computer science students in developing a program that could help develop a drug or vaccine against the coronavirus, The Herald of Everett reports.
November 4, 2022
Do-it-yourself air filter for smoke
With wildfire smoke making the air unhealthy, University of Washington Bothell Professor of Environmental Chemistry Dan Jaffe tells Q13 how to MacGyver an effective filter at home using a 20-inch box fan and an MERV 13 furnace filter.
November 4, 2022
How Arctic fish survive in North Cascades lake
Working through the pandemic summer of 2020, researchers led by University of Washington Bothell Teaching Professor Jeff Jensen found how Arctic grayling are surviving in one lake in the North Cascades.
November 4, 2022
How to make your own home air purifier
Professor of Environmental Chemistry Dan Jaffe, who studies smoke and other air pollution, recently demonstrated to UW News how to make your own home air purifier.
November 4, 2022
Undergraduate researchers marvel at birds
Seed grant helped Assistant Professor Doug Wacker launch a study of the birds of Lake Forest Park and gave undergraduate researchers a chance to see how habitat and urbanization impact avian life.
November 4, 2022
Cybersecurity for when 911 is the emergency
Researchers at the University of Washington Bothell have received a grant from the National Security Agency to model how a next-generation 911 system would operate in an emergency and react to a cybersecurity attack.
November 4, 2022
Research center tracks schools during pandemic
The University of Washington Bothell’s Center on Reinventing Public Education has a national reputation as a school research organization whose nonpartisan analysis is sought by media, including The Seattle Times.
November 4, 2022
Local stream watchers add to salmon science
Jeff Jensen, a teaching professor in biology, revived a local salmon watchers program and found enthusiastic support from community members reporting fish returning to their spawning streams.
November 4, 2022
Cancer survivors may control pain themselves
Assistant Professor Linda Eaton is researching whether cancer survivors could ease their pain without drugs by listening to hypnosis recordings that suggest visualizing the pain floating away.
November 4, 2022