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Viral Epidemics prepares students for college life

Virtual Epidemics is a Discovery Core course that prepares students for university-level learning and provides context for the state of the world during the second year of the coronavirus pandemic.

October 14, 2021

IAS Dean Brinda Sarathy cares for our community

Dr. Brinda Sarathy, the new dean of the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, is passionate about advocating for justice, encouraging students and highlighting accomplishments of the faculty.

October 14, 2021

Climate change through a broader lens

Dr. Jessica Hernandez broadens the understanding of climate change by incorporating Indigenous perspectives into a course historically focused on Western science. “When we come together it makes the knowledge stronger.”

October 7, 2021

Fall Convergence: Memory & Memorial

The 9th annual Fall Convergence begins Thursday, Sept. 30, and runs through Saturday, Oct. 1. This year’s theme is Memory and Memorial.

September 28, 2021

COVID-19 crowdfunding

When the pandemic struck, Dr. Nora Kenworthy of the School of Nursing & Health Studies decided to revisit her work on crowdfunding. She found that “a very large proportion of campaigns, even larger in the past, were really not raising any money at all.”

September 10, 2021

First REU in physics a rousing success

This summer, students from UW Bothell and around the country participated in the first year of UW Bothell’s Research Experience for Undergraduates in physics, gaining invaluable perspective on careers paths in the process.

September 3, 2021

My Story: This is our chance: Join me

In honor of National Immunization Awareness Month, Dr. Justin Gill, health policy lecturer in the School of Nursing & Health Studies, shares his experience as a nurse practitioner in a pandemic and urges us to come together to meet this moment in our history.

August 20, 2021

Pandemic innovations can help learning

Innovations made in the classroom during the pandemic can continue to improve the experience for students, say faculty who have incorporated the best virtual tools into their pedagogy.

August 6, 2021

Scientist tests soil for hidden contaminants in community gardens

Not all garden soils are created equal. At UW Bothell, Dr. Melanie Malone investigates contaminants and their prevalence in shared garden spaces like community gardens. Focusing on sites and communities often impacted by pollution, she notes that contaminated soil and marginalized populations often go hand in hand.

July 28, 2021

Reflective writing enters the equation

When most people think of chemistry, they think of test tubes, formulas and math. So it might be surprising to learn that faculty in the Department of Chemistry use reflective writing in their course curriculum.

July 12, 2021

The pandemic reveals digital divide

Dr. Jody Early and UW Bothell Information Technology have spent the last year observing, documenting and addressing the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on student access to broadband internet. What they found is that stable internet connection influences more than the quality of a Zoom call — it can determine public health.

July 1, 2021