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Students travel, study on global initiatives
University of Washington Bothell will have 117 students studying abroad this summer and early fall -- the most popular time for students to study abroad.Currently, 8.5 percent of UW Bothell undergraduates study abroad, which is below the national average of about 10 percent. UW Bothell has a goal of reaching 15 percent during the 2019-20 academic year. Photo: Study abroad ambassador May Azcarraga
May 20, 2016
Perfect day for alumni 5K, block party
Nearly 650 people ran or walked in the 11th annual 5K, and more than 1,000 took part in the second annual block party and brewfest. Spring weather was perfect May 7, and together the alumni weekend events raised about $12,000 for student scholarships.
May 20, 2016
Math-art display taking shape in herbs, spices
Sculptor Stephen Watson started creating a unique work of art and math Wednesday as he sprinkled herbs and spices on pentagon-shaped pieces of Plexiglas and arranged them in the pattern discovered by University of Washington Bothell mathematicians.
May 18, 2016
Borsuk, Carlisle named 2016 Worthington scholars
Amaranth Borsuk and Shauna Carlisle are the winners of the 2016 Worthington Distinguished Scholar awards. Both are assistant professors in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences.The funding will support Borsuk’s research on the history of the book as a technology, medium of communication and cultural ideal. Carlisle will advance her health study of black immigrant women in Washington and why racially related stress matters in health disparities.
May 18, 2016
Artist gets down to UW Bothell business
Artist Stephen Watson used the laser cutter at University of Washington Bothell's Makerspace to prepare an installation based on a layout of pentagon tiles. With the laser cutting 200 or 300 hand-size pentagons from the sheets of plastic glass, Watson said he could expand the art he creates using herbs and spices. The math art goes on public display at the fourth floor vista of Discovery Hall 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. Thursday.
May 17, 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
Samara Reynolds new director of Career Services
Samara Reynolds has joined the University of Washington Bothell Student Affairs team as the new Director of Career Services. The office helps UW Bothell students build job search skills, explore career interests and connect with employers. Alumni can engage in one-on-one career counseling for free for one quarter after graduation and at a cost after that. They can attend any UW Bothell career events and workshops for free indefinitely.
May 16, 2016
Lagesse, Shayne win faculty mentor awards
Chancellor Wolf Yeigh has presented Distinguished Undergraduate Research and Creative Practice Mentor Awards to faculty members Brent Lagesse and Julie Shayne. Lagesse is an assistant professor in the Computing and Software Systems Division and an expert in cyber security. Shayne is a lecturer in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences and faculty coordinator for gender, women and sexuality studies.
May 13, 2016
New ASUWB officers, senators for 2016-2017
Tanya Kumar is the newly elected president of Associated Students of the University of Washington Bothell. She and 10 others were chosen in the spring elections as the ASUWB Executive Council officers and senators for 2016-2017. The officers begin July 1 and the senators Sept. 1.
May 13, 2016
Mother, daughter graduating together
The Sandhu family has double the pride in this spring's University of Washington Bothell commencement. Daughter Manveer, 21, is graduating with a bachelor’s in law, economics and public policy. Mother Devi, 44, is graduating with a master’s in education. While both were students they turned their home's dining room table into study "command central."
May 12, 2016
Math, art intersect in spicy pentagon layout
A complex math discovery at University of Washington Bothell will become more mind-blowing when it is rendered in herbs and spices for an art installation. Sculptor Stephen Watson will visit the campus in mid-May to create a temporary, site-specific work of art based on the new pentagon, using his recipe of fragrant herbs and spices.
May 12, 2016
Bandanas connect students with farmworkers
During her working life, a woman has a 50 percent chance of being sexually harassed on the job, but for women farmworkers the figure is closer to 80 percent, says Victoria Breckwich Vasquez, assistant professor in the School of Nursing and Health Studies at University of Washington Bothell. Women farmworkers are more vulnerable to the unwelcome advances of male supervisors and managers because the women may not speak English and they’re likely dependent on the farm for transportation and housing.
May 12, 2016