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UW, UW Bothell scientists explain new discovery in gravitational wave astronomy
The announcement that a third collision of black holes has been detected three billion light years away validates the work of hundreds of scientists, including Joey Shapiro Key, assistant professor of physics at the University of Washington Bothell. The discovery was made using a detector located at Hanford in eastern Washington.
May 31, 2017
Lingling Yuan, Kyra Laughlin, Erica Qiao to receive medals at University of Washington Bothell commencement
At the University of Washington Bothell commencement, Lingling Yuan will receive the President’s Medal, which recognizes the graduating senior with the most distinguished academic record. Kyra Laughlin and Erica Qiao will receive the Chancellor’s Medal, which recognizes inspirational seniors for their commitment to learning.
May 18, 2017
Six more Mary Gates scholars at UW Bothell
Six University of Washington Bothell students won a $5,000 Mary Gates undergraduate research scholarship in the latest round of the awards, encouraging academic excellence. Photo: Scholarship winner Randy Wang explains his research to Chancellor Wolf Yeigh as mentor Deanna Kennedy looks on.
May 13, 2017
Cybersecurity hot topic at UW Bothell
About 200 students and members of the public are choosing to spend a spring Saturday indoors at a daylong cybersecurity summit at the University of Washington Bothell. This first-time event on May 13 is hosted by the student chapter of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP).
May 10, 2017
Students build Mars robot for NASA contest
UW Bothell’s Trickfire Robotics team is competing in the NASA Robotic Mining Competition May 22-26 at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission is to build a robot to mine ice granules on Mars for water people will need to survive on the Red Planet.
April 26, 2017
UW Bothell team in Imagine Cup US finals
A team of University of Washington Bothell students is competing in the national finals for the Imagine Cup, the prestigious Microsoft software contest. Computing software systems seniors Darong Leng, Miyu Kimura and Shen Li are creating an “ultra-reality space” that allows people from different locations to interact using multiple devices.
April 12, 2017
‘Special spice’ in writing center consultations
The first time Gautam Kumar submitted a cybersecurity paper to a conference, it “failed spectacularly." But with assistance from the University of Washington Bothell Writing and Communications Center, Kumar succeeded in having the paper accepted at a conference in Portugal where he presented his work.
April 11, 2017
Native Girls Code, helping diversify STEM
After completing her community psychology degree with a human rights minor at the University of Washington Bothell, Shawn Peterson created a way to combine her education with her passion. She helped start Native Girls Code with the goal of introducing indigenous teen girls to opportunities in the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
April 5, 2017
Two computer scientists win Fulbrights
Two University of Washington Bothell computer scientists, Michael Stiber, left, and Brent Lagesse, right, have won Fulbright scholar awards for advanced research in Europe.
March 17, 2017
UW Bothell’s Hung Cao gets NSF Early Career Award to continue developing device that measures zebrafish heart regeneration
BOTHELL, Washington – Hung Cao, University of Washington Bothell electrical engineering assistant professor, has been awarded $549,000 from the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER).
March 16, 2017
Trees on campus teach ecological values
There are about 320 trees on the upland portion of the University of Washington Bothell campus above the wetlands. Students have started carefully measuring each one to create a database showing their utility to the ecosystem.
March 16, 2017
Excitement, fun at Inspire STEM Festival
Hundreds of middle school students engaged in science workshops, checked out technology exhibits, heard two astronauts extol engineering, and enhanced their appreciation for mathematics at the University of Washington Bothell’s third Inspire STEM Festival.
March 6, 2017