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Two student leaders recognized by state group

Two University of Washington Bothell students have received the 2018 Presidents’ Civic Leadership Award from the Washington Campus Compact, a coalition of higher education institutions in the state. Salvador Salazar-Cano received the undergraduate award and Ayva Thomas the award for a graduate student.

February 20, 2018

Mary Gates scholarship heightens tree research

A Mary Gates scholarship supports Jessica Kunder’s research project with Associate Professor Warren Gold. She has evaluated every single tree on the upper campus for its environmental value.

February 16, 2018

A Husky Promise obligation: Doing your best

As a Husky Promise student, Hesbeyda Villafana is on her way to earning a bachelor’s degree in American and ethnic studies next year — debt free. But she does feels she still owes something: an obligation to do her best.

February 13, 2018

Gates scholarship supports ideal research match

Anna Kirchan, a double major in electrical engineering and chemistry, received a Mary Gates scholarship to support research led by UW Bothell Assistant Professor Seungkeun Choi. The research might lead to a small sensor that could monitor glucose from a diabetic’s sweat.

February 7, 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

Flags, reception mark Veterans Day

With 1,000 American flags on the promenade and a Veterans Day reception at the North Creek Events Center, the University of Washington Bothell honored military veterans. Chancellor Wolf Yeigh also has announced a new veterans center in Founders Hall (UW1).

November 2, 2017

130 WSOS scholars at UW Bothell, most ever

Pavel Krivopustov is on track to graduate in June with a degree in computer science and software engineering, and says it would not have been possible without the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship.

October 27, 2017

Second cohort of Coca-Cola scholars

The University of Washington Bothell received a $115,000 scholarship grant from The Coca-Cola Foundation to help increase the number of students who succeed at becoming the first in their families to graduate on time from a four-year college.

September 28, 2017

Cruz Garibay wins Fulbright award

UW Bothell graduate Cruz Garibay, who grew up in an immigrant family in Yakima and was the 2015 UW Homecoming King, won a 2018 Fulbright grant to Brazil. The fifth UW Bothell recipient of a U.S. student Fulbright award, Garibay will work as an English teaching assistant at a university.

September 11, 2017

UW Bothell shares in Green Honor Roll

The University of Washington has been named to The Princeton Review’s Green Honor Roll for seven straight years, and for the first time this year the review covered all three campuses, not just Seattle’s.

August 16, 2017

UW Bothell grows reputation in medical device technology

Two electrical engineering students, Daniel Schossow and Manuja Sharma, were honored at a recent meeting of the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society. Both are students of Assistant Professor Hung Cao whose research group is building an international reputation in the field of wireless power transfer.

July 6, 2017

UW Bothell honors community partners

The University of Washington Bothell honored more than 50 businesses and organizations at a luncheon for its community-based, learning and research partners. The partnerships connect curriculum with experience, create opportunities for faculty research and uphold the University’s mission as a state institution.

June 16, 2017