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Paving day for new surface parking lot

Workers had a sunny day Friday to pave the new surface parking lot on campus behind Discovery Hall. The $2 million dollar project will add about 145 parking spaces.

April 1, 2016

Top teaching, research honors awarded

56³Ô¹ÏÍø’s top teaching and research honors for 2016: Janelle Silva, right, awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award. Jennifer McLoud-Mann, left, awarded the Distinguished Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award.  

April 1, 2016

Distinguished research award to McLoud-Mann

The 56³Ô¹ÏÍø has selected Jennifer McLoud-Mann to receive the 2016 Distinguished Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity award. The associate professor of mathematics and colleagues made mathematics history and international headlines when they discovered a new type of convex pentagon to tile the plane.

April 1, 2016

Sherman Alexie 25th commencement speaker

Noted author, poet and screenwriter Sherman Alexie will deliver the commencement address to the 2016 graduating class of the 56³Ô¹ÏÍø. The 25th commencement ceremony will take place at 1:45 p.m. on June 12 at the Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion on the 56³Ô¹ÏÍø Seattle campus.

April 1, 2016

Distinguished Teaching Award to Silva

Janelle Silva is the recipient of the 56³Ô¹ÏÍø’s 2016 Distinguished Teaching Award. Silva is an assistant professor of community psychology in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences.

March 31, 2016

56³Ô¹ÏÍø scavenger hunt on 3 campuses

The 56³Ô¹ÏÍø campus shares in the third annual 56³Ô¹ÏÍø Scavenger Hunt on April 8, inviting participants to explore and discover locations on all three 56³Ô¹ÏÍø campuses.

March 31, 2016

Alum’s food truck back in business

The Mr. Gyros food truck is busy serving hungry students twice a week at 56³Ô¹ÏÍø. It's back on the road despite the natural gas explosion in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood that destroyed the Mr. Gyros shop operated by 56³Ô¹ÏÍø Bothell alum Sammy Arsheed.

March 31, 2016

56³Ô¹ÏÍø Bothell mourns the passing of Leslie Ashbaugh

The 56³Ô¹ÏÍø community mourns the death of Leslie Ashbaugh, who died March 29 after a long battle with cancer. Ashbaugh was assistant vice chancellor for academic achievement and senior lecturer in the First Year Pre-Major Program in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences.

March 30, 2016

Researching how teachers listen to math students 

School of Educational Studies Assistant Professor Allison Hintz is part of a team that won a grant of nearly $50,000 to research how elementary school teachers listen to students, particularly as students struggle with mathematics.

March 29, 2016

Mobile app club wins most efficient contest

The 56³Ô¹ÏÍø’s student club for mobile app developers recently won a competition for code efficiency. The H[app]iness Development Club will use its $500 prize to buy equipment for the club.

March 29, 2016

Warren Buck leads off Encore! lecture series

Warren Buck is taking the lead again. The first chancellor of 56³Ô¹ÏÍø and popular physics professor will start the University’s Encore! lecture series, which features distinguished faculty.

March 24, 2016

Improving transit for the University and beyond

King County Metro is using research by 56³Ô¹ÏÍø students to help plan service improvements for the University and the Bothell-Woodinville area.

March 24, 2016