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Reduce latrine odors, improve global sanitation

Research largely conducted by University of Washington Bothell undergraduates has determined that a disinfectant produced by a Woodinville company can neutralize latrine odors, a development that has the potential to improve sanitation for millions of people in developing parts of the world.

October 27, 2020

My Story: Why I vote

Elisabeth Schnebele, a senior majoring in Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, could have voted in 2016, but didn’t. Read what happened, how her mind has changed since then and why she voted this year.

October 27, 2020

My Story: A breast cancer diagnosis

Just in time for October — which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month — I have been diagnosed with breast cancer. My timing is lousy. November is Peanut Butter Lovers Month, which would have been way more fun. 

October 22, 2020

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.

October 21, 2020

Summer assignment was a walk in the park

A community-based learning project between Washington State Parks and a School of Educational Studies course led to a choice assignment: Take a look at a park and tell us what you think.

October 21, 2020

Q&A: Karan Sandhu, Residential Life

How has work in student housing changed since remote operations began at UW Bothell? Karan Sandhu, a resident director, answers a few questions from Director of Communications Maria Lamarca Anderson.

October 15, 2020

Democracy: How to live well together

This is What Democracy Looks Like, a new Discovery Core course developed in time for the general election, is centered around exploring democratic ideals and focusing on how we can all learn to live well together.

October 15, 2020

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.

October 15, 2020

Study abroad in India turns into virtual internship

Everyone on campus had to pivot when the coronavirus forced the University of Washington Bothell into remote operations, but one of the biggest twists may have been how a planned study abroad trip to India turned into a virtual internship program.

October 14, 2020

UW Bothell ranked a ‘best value’ college

SmartAsset ranks the University of Washington in Seattle No. 1, UW Bothell No. 2, and UW Tacoma No. 3 on its 2020 list of colleges in the state that offer the best value.

October 14, 2020

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.

October 8, 2020