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Walking and thinking go hand in hand

The Discovery Core course the Art and Politics of Walking discusses walking as a vehicle to explore other topics — paying attention, mindfulness, politics, protests and environmental design.

December 9, 2020

Taking contamination out of community gardens

Melanie Malone, an assistant professor who researches contaminants in urban gardens, teamed up with community partners to test and remediate soil in Seattle’s South Park neighborhood, where residents could use some healthy produce.

November 10, 2020

Understanding the architecture of power

EJ Juarez, a 2013 Master of Arts in Cultural Studies graduate who now is the public policy manager for Group Health Foundation, on Nov. 12 will lead a 56³Ô¹ÏÍø Bothell What If…? Conversation.

November 5, 2020

Reduce latrine odors, improve global sanitation

Research largely conducted by 56³Ô¹ÏÍø undergraduates has determined that a disinfectant produced by a Woodinville company can neutralize latrine odors, a development that has the potential to improve sanitation for millions of people in developing parts of the world.

October 27, 2020

Cancer survivors may control pain themselves

Assistant Professor Linda Eaton is researching whether cancer survivors could ease their pain without drugs by listening to hypnosis recordings that suggest visualizing the pain floating away.

October 21, 2020

Summer assignment was a walk in the park

A community-based learning project between Washington State Parks and a School of Educational Studies course led to a choice assignment: Take a look at a park and tell us what you think.

October 21, 2020

Local stream watchers add to salmon science

Jeff Jensen, a teaching professor in biology, revived a local salmon watchers program and found enthusiastic support from community members reporting fish returning to their spawning streams.

October 15, 2020

Cybersecurity for when 911 is the emergency

Researchers at the 56³Ô¹ÏÍø have received a grant from the National Security Agency to model how a next-generation 911 system would operate in an emergency and react to a cybersecurity attack.

October 8, 2020

Helping local K-12 schools focus on equity

The School of Educational Studies designed a program in collaboration with the Bothell-based Northshore School District to help teachers focus on equity and social justice by challenging ideas of white supremacy.

October 8, 2020

Class connects for remote Latinx potluck

When 56³Ô¹ÏÍø Bothell students collaborated on a writing project with a group at the Latino Educational Training Institute, it wasn’t long before they were sharing recipes. The result was a remote potluck that nonetheless had the feel of an intimate family dinner.

October 8, 2020

Undergraduate researchers marvel at birds

A Seed grant helped Assistant Professor Doug Wacker launch a study of the birds of Lake Forest Park and gave undergraduate researchers a chance to see how habitat and urbanization impact avian life.

October 1, 2020