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Students researching new way to clean waters
Three researchers in a Commons Hall (UW2) lab are working this summer with plastic bags of mushroom mycelium oozing enzymes, containers of fungi-filled sawdust filtering water samples and straw-filled burlap mats crawling with the white filaments of fungi growth. They are working on a way to remove bacteria from water, using the campus wetlands as their test site.
August 5, 2016
Wetlands maintained as campus laboratory
The wetlands that make up about half of the University of Washington Bothell campus are a rich research opportunity, a community resource and the front line in the campaign against non-native plants and dam-building beavers.
July 22, 2016
UW Bothell lecturer Keya Sen awarded Fulbright grant for public health research in India, China, Bangladesh
University of Washington Bothell lecturer Keya Sen has received a Fulbright Global Scholar Award to conduct public health research in India, China and Bangladesh. Her project is based on research she began in 2014 at UW Bothell on the pathogen campylobacter carried by crows that roost in the campus wetlands. The bacteria can cause illness. A microbiologist, Sen explores the crow's role at the genetic level.
May 17, 2016
Amazon selects self-driving bike for $75K grant
Amazon has decided to award $75,000 to support the research of University of Washington Bothell Affiliate Professor Tyler Folsom who is developing a self-driving tricycle. Folsom says the money will fund student interns over the next year as they work on the Elcano Project.
May 11, 2016
Undergrad symposium, faculty mentor awards
Dozens of University of Washington Bothell students present their work Friday, May 13, at the Undergraduate Research and Creative Practice Symposium. Presentations and posters about undergraduate research and scholarships in all disciplines, including performing arts, are featured in the forum with peers and faculty.
May 11, 2016
Students developing vision testing for children
CSS faculty joined forces with advocates and elected officials to make Washington the fourth state in the nation to require near-vision screening for school children. Now, CSS students are developing potential near-vision screening tools and therapies to improve affected children’s chances to read, learn and succeed in life.
April 7, 2016
Distinguished research award to McLoud-Mann
The University of Washington Bothell has selected Jennifer McLoud-Mann to receive the 2016 Distinguished Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity award. The associate professor of mathematics and colleagues made mathematics history and international headlines when they discovered a new type of convex pentagon to tile the plane.
April 1, 2016
Researching how teachers listen to math students
School of Educational Studies Assistant Professor Allison Hintz is part of a team that won a grant of nearly $50,000 to research how elementary school teachers listen to students, particularly as students struggle with mathematics.
March 29, 2016
Improving transit for the University and beyond
King County Metro is using research by University of Washington Bothell students to help plan service improvements for the University and the Bothell-Woodinville area.
March 24, 2016
Counting crows in the cloud
In the past, researchers counting University of Washington Bothell’s famous crows might take a photo of them in the air and analyze the photo later. A capstone project by electrical engineering students takes counting crows into the cloud for real-time analysis.
March 17, 2016
CROW student journal taking flight
A new peer-review journal for University of Washington Bothell students called The CROW is about to take flight. The Campus Research and Observational Writings journal is a place to publish research papers and proposals, literature reviews and editorials. The final deadline for submissions is Tuesday, March 1, at publish@uw.edu
February 25, 2016
Studying Race and gender in People magazine
With the support of a Mary Gates Scholarship, Kelsey Bolinger has been able to devote more time pursuing her project of interest on the depiction of race and gender in popular magazines
February 12, 2016