News from the Office of Connected Learning

Researching to Protect Birds by Joonjoo Lee

If I could direct your attention to a window in a building across a street on a sunny day, you might see a vivid image of a tree reflected in/on the glass. Look familiar? That same clear image can also be a complete reflection of a forest wherein a bird could mistake it for a...

November 26, 2025

Stepping Into the Lab: How I Found Connections by Emmy Tumurbat, Digital Scholars 2025

As part of my internship for this program, I worked at the environmental science lab on restoring a piece of equipment used to analyze chemical compounds in water samples for analytes such as ammonia, orthophosphate, and nitrate. The task sounded simple: we were given this machine called the Lachat QuikChem 8500 Flow Injection Analysis system,...

November 26, 2025

Bridging Numbers and People by Jayden Guan, Digital Scholars 2025

Q&A with Jayden Guan, Digital Scholars Intern 2025. Introduce your summer internship to readers who might not know what you did.  My summer internship was a data analytics role for the UW Bothell Advancement team, revolving around Alumni data. One of our main projects was compiling an updated list of alumni working at various target...

November 25, 2025

A First Step Toward Professional Growth by Les Vasquez, Digital Scholars 2025

My summer internship touched on website auditing. I worked for the UW Bothell Division of Academic Affairs in their executive office. The internship was hybrid, twice a week, and I worked in an environment where my supervisor and peers were available at all times. What drew me to the Digital Scholars program was the free...

November 20, 2025

Designing to Save Lives by Brooke Ojala

This summer, I worked with Dr. Jong Yoon, in the Smart Medical Devices Lab. Without consistent feedback, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may have inconsistencies, so we worked toward creating a robotic ultrasound system that can be used to improve CPR outcomes in a non-hospital, field setting. This system will provide first responders with adaptive audiovisual feedback...

November 19, 2025

Scratching the Surface of Innovation by Amaya Cook

For the summer of 2025, I had the privilege of continuing an ongoing research project with my mentor sponsored through the Office of Connected Learning’s undergrad research program. Methane is a greenhouse gas that can be made from biowaste in a biodegester. Methane then can undergo a process called Steam Methane Reformation to synthesize Hydrogen....

November 17, 2025

Expanding the definition of conservation

Jackelyn Garcia entered UW Bothell planning to study medicine but discovered her passion for environmental science after joining a research project on plant evolution. With support from her mentor, she became a Doris Duke Conservation Scholar, where she explored diverse approaches to conservation and realized her calling in environmental work. The fellowship shaped her career...

November 3, 2025

Visualizing Success: A Summer Internship in Data by James Chen, Digital Scholars 2025

Q&A with James Chen, Digital Scholars Intern 2025. What was your summer internship like?   I worked with the University of Washington Bothell Advancement Team specifically in Alumni Engagement where I collaborated with the team to work on two major projects: employers for alumni and a breakdown of a past fundraising event.  The first project, employers for alumni, we pulled from two separate UW databases and...

November 3, 2025

Using light to hear the whales 

Researchers from UW Bothell’s School of STEM and the UW’s School of Oceanography are testing how existing underwater fiber optic cables can be repurposed to monitor endangered marine mammals, particularly Southern Resident orcas. Led by Dr. Shima Abadi and supported by a $1.5 million grant from Allen Family Philanthropies, the project aims to improve understanding...

October 15, 2025