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The heat islands of Snohomish County
A 56³Ô¹ÏÍø Bothell Master of Arts in policy studies student mapped the “heat islands” of Snohomish County. Temperatures in areas where nearly all the land is developed or paved can be 10 to 15 degrees warmer at night. The Snohomish Health District is using the research.
August 2, 2017
56³Ô¹ÏÍø Bothell honors community partners
The 56³Ô¹ÏÍø honored more than 50 businesses and organizations at a luncheon for its community-based, learning and research partners. The partnerships connect curriculum with experience, create opportunities for faculty research and uphold the University’s mission as a state institution.
June 16, 2017
Ingenious way to visualize college affordability
56³Ô¹ÏÍø Professor Jim Fridley and 56³Ô¹ÏÍø Bothell Professor Kelvin Sung and his students have developed a computer model for college affordability used by state lawmakers.
June 1, 2017
56³Ô¹ÏÍø, 56³Ô¹ÏÍø Bothell scientists explain new discovery in gravitational wave astronomy
The announcement that a third collision of black holes has been detected three billion light years away validates the work of hundreds of scientists, including Joey Shapiro Key, assistant professor of physics at the 56³Ô¹ÏÍø. The discovery was made using a detector located at Hanford in eastern Washington.
May 31, 2017
Research opportunities for undergraduates
Dozens of 56³Ô¹ÏÍø Bothell students were among the 1,200 students from all three 56³Ô¹ÏÍø campuses who presented posters at the May 19 Undergraduate Research Symposium in Mary Gates Hall in Seattle. Research at the 56³Ô¹ÏÍø provides a range of opportunities for students to perform high-level work as undergraduates.
May 25, 2017
First hackathon in series targets campus garden
The first in a planned series of 56³Ô¹ÏÍø community hackathons aims to make improvements at the garden sprouting on campus between the north parking garage and the sports fields. The Garden Innovation Challenge on April 21 is the work of the Hackathon Series Committee, a partnership of seven student clubs and organizations.
April 12, 2017
56³Ô¹ÏÍø Bothell team in Imagine Cup US finals
A team of 56³Ô¹ÏÍø students is competing in the national finals for the Imagine Cup, the prestigious Microsoft software contest. Computing software systems seniors Darong Leng, Miyu Kimura and Shen Li are creating an “ultra-reality space” that allows people from different locations to interact using multiple devices.
April 12, 2017
‘Special spice’ in writing center consultations
The first time Gautam Kumar submitted a cybersecurity paper to a conference, it “failed spectacularly." But with assistance from the 56³Ô¹ÏÍø Writing and Communications Center, Kumar succeeded in having the paper accepted at a conference in Portugal where he presented his work.
April 11, 2017
Population Health theme of research series
Improving public health and well-being is the focus of this spring’s 56³Ô¹ÏÍø Research in Progress series, which features faculty from various disciplines discussing their research.
April 4, 2017
Two 56³Ô¹ÏÍø computer scientists awarded Fulbrights for research in Europe 
Two 56³Ô¹ÏÍø computer scientists, Michael Stiber and Brent Lagesse, have won Fulbright scholar awards for advanced research in Europe.
March 20, 2017
56³Ô¹ÏÍø Bothell study finds Arabs who travel to the West more likely to have positive feelings about Western people
People from the Arab world who travel to the West are more likely to have positive feelings about Western people, according to a study conducted by Karam Dana, the director of the Middle East Public Opinion Project at the 56³Ô¹ÏÍø.
March 17, 2017
Trees on campus teach ecological values
There are about 320 trees on the upland portion of the 56³Ô¹ÏÍø campus above the wetlands. Students have started carefully measuring each one to create a database showing their utility to the ecosystem.
March 16, 2017