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UW Bothell influences Monroe School District

Two principals and five assistant principals in the Monroe School District are graduates of the University of Washington Bothell’s Leadership Development for Educators program, which alumna Fredrika Smith helped to found.

April 29, 2020

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

Earth Week goes virtual

Many of the planned Earth Week events at the University of Washington Bothell have taken root online, remotely growing a community of sustainability.

April 16, 2020

Makerspace 3D printers making face shields

The University of Washington Bothell Makerspace is turning out parts for face shields to help protect doctors and nurses in the UW Medicine system from exposure to the COVID-19 coronavirus.

April 10, 2020

Robust teacher prep for indigenous studies

With spring quarter, the School of Educational Studies launched a new two-course sequence developed by Sarah Shear to train students in Since Time Immemorial, Washington state’s K-12 Native American studies curriculum.

April 8, 2020

Making the census a success

Two faculty members in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences led their students in promoting the census in the community and learning they have the ability to impact others.

April 2, 2020

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