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CSSE major helps with vaccine-finding website
Computer Science & Software Engineering senior Ryan Russell is helping take some of the frustration out of finding a COVID-19 vaccination site as one of the volunteers running the free CovidWA.com.
February 23, 2021
Learning about lakes prompts public action
Students in a limnology course learning about inland waters partnered with King County and Lake Advocates to make changes in the world — despite having to do the work remotely.
February 17, 2021
Cultural Studies prepares diversity officers
Graduates of the Master of Arts in Cultural Studies program lead cultural change — a skill more organizations are seeking after witnessing widespread protests against racial injustice.
February 17, 2021
Young adult books connect Black girls globally
A fan of young adult fiction, Helen K. Thomas explored the genre in the Master of Arts in Cultural Studies program and now is researching the books' global appeal with a Fulbright in Nigeria.
February 17, 2021
Meta-Major Pathways show way to degrees
Students entering the University of Washington Bothell use the new Meta-Major Pathways advising tool to find a major that fits their interests, to stay on track and to connect to a relevant career.
February 17, 2021
Time of need also time to think about giving
Dr. Akhtar Badshah, distinguished practitioner with the School of Business, wrote “Purpose Mindset: How Microsoft Inspires Employees and Alumni to Change the World.”
February 9, 2021
Researching the human factors in cybersecurity
As someone who teaches and researches cybersecurity, Dr. Marc Dupuis said the coronavirus pandemic has been, in some ways, like a cyberattack. Unexpected, yes, but it could have been foreseen.
February 9, 2021
Alumna Mary Houston keeps giving back
Pursuing her dreams of higher education at the University of Washington Bothell led Mary Houston to a career with Workforce Snohomish. She gives back to the University as a member of its Community Engagement Council.
February 9, 2021
Embedding justice in green chemistry education
Through education programs with the United Nations and the American Chemical Society, Dr. Grace Lasker is promoting sustainable chemistry, embedded with values of social and environmental justice.
February 9, 2021
Teaching ethnic studies here and in Slovenia
While he waits for a postponed teaching Fulbright in Slovenia, Dr. Jed Murr is developing a digital history platform as part of a collaboration with scholars, librarians and archivists about Black arts in the Northwest.
February 4, 2021
Historical detectives on the Nat Turner case
Dr. Linda Watts teaches the Nat Turner slave rebellion of 1831 Virginia as a case study in history and a way for Discovery Core students to learn through the different stories told about the event.
February 4, 2021
Nurses personally appeal to the vaccine hesitant
Master of Nursing students who work with COVID-19 patients make an emotional appeal to the vaccine hesitant in a public service announcement in which they share their personal feelings.
February 4, 2021