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Coronavirus can’t stop debate team

The coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of a national debate competition, but it didn’t stop the Speech and Debate Team from competing, as it quickly adapted to an online platform.

April 2, 2020

Real world intrudes on quarantine course

Stefanie Iverson Cabral teaches a course in the School of Nursing & Health Studies called Quarantine and Isolation that, ironically, will be conducted remotely this spring because of the coronavirus pandemic.

March 25, 2020

Snohomish County vote tests government class

Students in Jason Lambacher’s American Government & Politics course learned about voter demographics and offered suggestions to the Snohomish County Elections Department through community-based learning projects.

March 19, 2020

Plants tell their stories with QR codes

Thanks to a UW Bothell Herbarium project, dozens of plants, bushes and trees on around campus have labels with QR codes that a smartphone can read to open a website with site-specific information.

March 19, 2020

Earth Day on a campus where feet get muddy

Every day is Earth Day at the University of Washington Bothell where wetlands cover half the campus and sustainability is ingrained in academics, operations and policies.

March 10, 2020

Gravitational wave science finds a home in comics

An educational comic about the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory has a character inspired by Joey Key, a member of the LIGO team and an assistant professor in the School of STEM.

March 10, 2020

A search to find and map happy places

Ted Hiebert and Jin-Kyu Jung , associate professors in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, plan to use digital mapping technology to represent where people find their happy places.

March 10, 2020

3 priorities set in new UW Bothell strategic plan

After the successful completion of the 21st Century Campus Initiative and following a thoughtful campus community collaboration, the University of Washington Bothell drafted a new strategic plan that prioritizes diversity, engagement and cross-disciplinarity.

February 19, 2020

One-lake wonders facing climate change

The survival of Arctic grayling in Washington could be imperiled, says Jeff Jensen, a senior lecturer in biology, because warming temperatures affect the only stream in the state where the fish spawn.

February 12, 2020

UW Bothell students can be counted on

College students are among those populations that are historically undercounted in the U.S. census, but UW Bothell students, staff, faculty and community partners are working to ensure that students count this year.

February 6, 2020

UW Bothell’s community engagement certified

The Carnegie Foundation has recognized the University of Washington Bothell for its community engagement — collaborations with outside partners that lead to the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources.

January 30, 2020

Grant puts child vision screening on wheels

Bill Erdly, an associate professor in the School of STEM, has received a $125,000 grant to support his work in developing new technologies to detect and treat vision problems that inhibit a child’s ability to read and learn.

January 30, 2020