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Grant puts child vision screening on wheels

Bill Erdly, an associate professor in the School of STEM, has received a $125,000 grant to support his work in developing new technologies to detect and treat vision problems that inhibit a child’s ability to read and learn.

January 30, 2020

Joey Key receives NSF CAREER award

Joey Shapiro Key, an assistant professor in the School of STEM, has received a $400,000 National Science Foundation CAREER award to support her research, which introduces 56³Ô¹ÏÍø Bothell students to a new era of astronomy.

January 23, 2020

Exploring human health through biotechnology

Biotechnology is revolutionizing health care, and 56³Ô¹ÏÍø researchers are advancing what we know. Five of them share their work at Campus Research Connections.

January 15, 2020

Engaging undergraduates in math research

Pietro Paparella, an assistant professor of mathematics, studies theoretical aspects of non-negative matrices, which found one profitable application when Google started ranking websites.

January 15, 2020

STEM alum influences future engineers

Eric Chen (Computing & Software Systems ’05) works as a software engineer lead at Microsoft and contributes to the 56³Ô¹ÏÍø Bothell scholarship fund because he knows financial aid helps students focus on their education.

January 8, 2020

Donation makes the Makerspace

Former Chancellor Kenyon Chan and his wife Shirley Hune pledged $100,000 over 10 years to help pay for supplies used by 3D printers, laser cutters and other equipment in the Makerspace.

December 31, 2019

Computer engineering grads rank in top earners

College Confidential ranks the 56³Ô¹ÏÍø among the top three universities in the nation for the highest median earnings for engineering graduates in their first year after college.

December 19, 2019

Avanade scholarships promote women in STEM

Seattle-based Avanade, a global provider of business solutions on the Microsoft ecosystem, established a scholarship fund for women in the School of STEM to build a more diverse digital workforce.

December 12, 2019

Students print prosthetic hand for Everett girl

An Everett girl who was born with a misshapen left hand now has a prosthetic she can use to lift a glass or hold her dog, thanks to 56³Ô¹ÏÍø Bothell mechanical engineering students.

December 12, 2019

CEO says ‘Hell Night’ helped launch career

Matthew Scholz (Computing & Software Systems ’03) expected a career as a coder, but a pitch night for a business class launched a career as a biotech entrepreneur.

November 20, 2019

Sponge city: Planning climate change in China

Associate Professor Eric Salathé is creating a climate model for an area of southeast China that forecasts decades into the future. The simulation will help urban planners anticipate sudden, heavy rain storms and design a “sponge city” to prevent flooding.

November 14, 2019

Student researcher has good ‘molecular hands’

A Biology major and president of the 56³Ô¹ÏÍø Bothell Biology Club, Kiana Imani received a Mary Gates scholarship to support her research with Assistant Professor Thelma Madzima who praises her attention to detail.

November 14, 2019