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STEM women see options on career trek

About 20 women students from the School of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics took part in the latest Women in Engineering Trek. Visiting locally based companies helped students see there are career opportunities with engineering and computing companies that want to employ more women.

January 25, 2018

Alumna Waters serving Woodinville community

UW Bothell alumna Paula Waters (liberal studies ’98) says the University taught her the value of learning and the ability to be open minded, which have helped her as a member of the Woodinville City Council.

January 25, 2018

Creating a better thoroughbred horse racetrack

John Bridge, associate professor of mechanical engineering, is an international expert in synthetic materials used in horse racetracks. His research, with student help, makes racetracks safer for jockeys and horses.

January 25, 2018

Gates scholarship affirms spider man’s research

Receiving a Mary Gates scholarship gave Camilo Acosta-Garcia a confidence boost in pursuing science as a career. Guided by two faculty members, he researches beetles in the campus wetlands with entomologist Michele Price and collects spiders and insects at Mount St. Helens with plant ecologist Cynthia Chang.

January 25, 2018

Walsh researches racial politics in taxation

A tax scholar, Camille Walsh believes taxation is a system that stabilizes society by providing a safety net for the vulnerable. There’s nobility in paying taxes and being part of the system that includes everyone, says Walsh, an assistant professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences.

January 18, 2018

Core of discovery in half-marathon course

The Half-Marathon: What It Takes To Run 13.1 Miles, which includes lessons in business, health and goal-setting, is an example of UW Bothell’s Discovery Core seminars that help first year and pre-major students transition to the University.

January 11, 2018

Online software certificate addresses cyber need

To increase access to the graduate certificate program in software design and development, UW Bothell will also offer it online, starting fall quarter 2018. The goal is to help move more interested people into the cybersecurity workforce.

January 11, 2018

Students share their priorities with lawmakers

UW Bothell students would like the Legislature to advance plans for a new academic building on campus. Student leaders shared their priorities with three local lawmakers at a Jan. 3 legislative send-off.

January 5, 2018

‘Amazing’ help for Marine mom’s nonprofit

All the marketing advice and connections provided by a UW Bothell faculty member were “amazing,” says the founder of the Lion Heart Foundation, which encourages the military to detect heart problems like the one that took the life of her Marine son.

January 5, 2018

Research themes drive Au’s teaching and books

“My research is broad, kind of dispersed,” says University of Washington Bothell School of Educational Studies Professor Wayne Au, “ but it’s all in one big basket.”Au focuses on politics, power and social justice in education.

December 28, 2017