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Supporting urban community gardening
Melanie Malone researches contaminants in urban community gardens, which is an important consideration as more people turn to gardening for vegetables during the coronavirus pandemic.
April 22, 2020
Chocolate expert immerses herself in research
An expert from the University of Washington Bothell on the culture, economics and politics of chocolate, Kristy Leissle is currently living in West Africa to conduct field work with cocoa growers for her next book on Africa’s contributions to chocolate.
March 30, 2020
Student biology capstone projects zoom online
Adapting to remote operations at the University of Washington Bothell, biology students presented their winter quarter capstone research projects through a video conference, and faculty were pleased with what they saw on their screens.
March 27, 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
Mary Gates scholars: Queen and Broussard
From the blast zone of a volcano to planets outside our solar system, Mary Gates scholarships are helping University of Washington Bothell students Katey Queen and Wynter Broussard expand their research.
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
Race, gender inequities in medical crowdfunding
New research, led by School of Nursing & Health Studies Associate Professor Nora Kenworthy, shows that medical crowdfunding campaigns on the GoFundMe online platform appeared to be heavily influenced by users' race and gender.
March 5, 2020
Zaneveld receives $940,000 NSF CAREER award
Jesse Zaneveld, an assistant professor in the School of STEM’s Division of Biological Sciences, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award worth more than $940,000 over five years to support his research in coral reef microbiology.
March 4, 2020
A fellowship to help family back home
Djelli Berisha, a sophomore majoring in Biology who wants to become a doctor, is the first UW Bothell student to receive a summer fellowship at the UW’s Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine.
February 27, 2020
Alka Kurian receives Fulbright grant to Morocco
Alka Kurian, a senior lecturer in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant for five months of research in Morocco for part of her upcoming book, “Transnational Fourth Wave Feminisms: A Postcolonial Backlash.”
February 27, 2020
Researching crowdsensing in German smart city
Over the next three summers, University of Washington Bothell students will be traveling to Germany to develop crowdsensing technology at the University of Bamberg, which conducts smart city research in the Bavarian city.
February 19, 2020