News from the School of STEM
Distinguished Teaching Award to Dr. Tadesse Ghirmai
A professor and mentor, Dr. Tadesse Ghirmai is named the 2021 recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award. Read the story in UW Bothell news.
May 4, 2021
Dean Leslie Cornick inaugural STEM autumn newsletter, The Quarterly Crossroads
Welcome to the inagural edition of the School of STEM Dean's newsletter The Quarterly Crossroads. In this edition, you can read the musings from Dr. Leslie Cornick, including news on the Division of Biological Sciences reviving a local salmon waters program, the Division of Physical Sciences in a natioinal diversity discussion, an alumni spotlight on Michelle Gamboa, and an update from the STEM Industry Advisory Board.
April 29, 2021
Makerspace prints 3D hearts for biology lab
School of STEM science lab managers collaborated with the Makerspace to print 3D anatomically correct human hearts for Dr. Salwa Al-Noori’s Biology lab students to study at home during the pandemic. Read the story in UW Bothell news.
April 26, 2021
Peak student experiences at Mount St. Helens
The most memorable college experience for several recent University of Washington Bothell students was the research they conducted with Dr. Cynthia Chang in the blast zone of Mount St. Helens. Read the story in UW Bothell news.
April 26, 2021
E&M spring newsletter, The Juncture, from Interim Chair Dr. Linda Simonsen
A spring 2021 news update from the Division of Engineering & Mathematics Interim Chair and Professor Dr. Linda Simonsen. Read the message and access the spring 2021 divisional newsletter, The Juncture, to see the latest news from award recognition and innovations in teaching and student advising tools to new staff hires and SPOT ambassadors.
April 26, 2021
Robin Angotti’s path to faculty senate chair
The chair of the faculty senate serves as the voice of the faculty for the tri-campus University of Washington system. Dr. Robin Angotti is the first UW Bothell faculty member to serve as faculty senate chair. Read about Dr. Angotti's story on her path through hire eduction to becoming faculty senate chair.
April 16, 2021
From STEM to Microsoft software engineer
Prathyusha Pillari chose to attend UW Bothell “because it's a great STEM school.” She graduated with a degree in Computer Science & Software Engineering and now works at Microsoft. But, that's not all. Read the story in UW Bothell news.
April 9, 2021
In-person learning necessary at physics lab
While most courses at the University of Washington Bothell are being held remotely during the pandemic, the physics lab must be an in-person experience. Read the story in UW Bothell news.
April 9, 2021
Bonus benefits from community computing class
Computer science students in a community-based learning course teach programming to middle school students while building their own skills for a career — and for mentoring. Read the story in UW Bothell news.
April 9, 2021
Ambassadors from the land of STEM
A new cohort of student ambassadors from the University of Washington Bothell will be reaching out to community college students underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math to let them know they’re welcome in the land of STEM. Read the story in UW Bothell news.
April 9, 2021