News from the Office of Connected Learning
Applying Ecological Metrics to Market Analysis by Ethan Morris
This summer I spent time working with Professor Balakrishnan working on ecology metrics and its applications on market analysis and conditions. The point of the research was to highlight the application of ecology metrics and how it can easily be applied to market conditions to see whether there is an imbalance between big firms and...
March 3, 2026
Opening the Black Box: My Journey into Machine Learning Explainability by Hakuho Fujiwara
This summer is my first time to have an experience working on machine learning research with my partner under the mentorship of Dr. Roger Stanev. Through this research I also had an honorable opportunity to join the University of Washington Bothell summer research workshops and it taught me hardskills and softskills that I can apply...
March 2, 2026
Wings and Windows: Protecting Birds Through Campus Research by Jahnavi Vibhuthi
The Bird Window Collision Prevention, lead by Dr. Ursula Valdez and Dr. Jeffrey Jensen, project aims to determine whether campus windows are bird-friendly by assessing the frequency and locations of bird-window collisions. I became involved with this project because I always wanted to do something impactful on campus. When I got an opportunity to participate through the Biology club,...
February 11, 2026
Persistence in Practice by Aidan Carey
When I first began my summer research, I had only a small crumb of an idea of what I had gotten myself into. While I did learn a significant amount about my field, the skillset I began developing is what I consider my most valuable takeaway. Fundamentally, the main thing it takes to do research...
January 26, 2026
Asking big questions in a small country
A new UW Bothell study abroad program in Rwanda brought 17 UW students together with 16 students from the African Leadership University to study leadership and nation building through an interdisciplinary, collaborative lens. Over four weeks in Kigali, students learned together, conducted joint research on topics like global health, ecotourism, sports development, and human rights,...
January 23, 2026
Denial of Health Insurance Claims: A Look into American Health Insurance by Branden Williams
This summer I learned a lot about the health insurance industry and healthcare in the United States as a whole. In the beginning of this year we came up with the hypothesis that health insurance companies profit off of claim denials. What was thought to be a straightforward research question turned out to be the...
January 22, 2026
Finding My Path in Stem Cell Research by Davis Liu
Dear future researchers, For 11 weeks last summer, I spent my time exploring research at the Institute of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (ISCRM). I had matched into Dr. Marcinek’s lab, studying aging and its effect on mitochondria. Growing up in my parents’ acupuncture clinic, I found an interest in both nerves and muscles of...
January 21, 2026
UW Bothell honored for outstanding community engagement
UW Bothell has again received national recognition from the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for its sustained, institution-wide commitment to community engagement. The Carnegie Community Engagement reclassification recognizes UW Bothell’s exemplary practices and long-standing partnerships that are designed to be meaningful and mutually beneficial. The achievement reflects...
January 13, 2026
What Climate Data Can Tell Us About Stock Behavior by Thomas Purchas
This summer I looked to tackle the research question of how extreme weather events affected stocks within the energy sector. I found this to be an important question to answer because there appears to be an increased incidence of extreme weather events going on as time passes. It is important to understand the effects of...
January 7, 2026
Building a Low-Cost Physics Device by Joseph Del Gianni
Q&A with Joseph Del Gianni What did I do this summer? The purpose of my research is to develop an inexpensive, open source speed of light time of flight measurement device and associated curricula and lab manuals for undergraduate physics students. The device consists of a pulsed laser that fires the light across a measured...
January 7, 2026
