News from Office of Connected Learning
Category: Sponsored Research
Do-it-yourself air filter for smoke
With wildfire smoke making the air unhealthy, University of Washington Bothell Professor of Environmental Chemistry Dan Jaffe tells Q13 how to MacGyver an effective filter at home using a 20-inch box fan and an MERV 13 furnace filter.
November 4, 2022
How Arctic fish survive in North Cascades lake
Working through the pandemic summer of 2020, researchers led by University of Washington Bothell Teaching Professor Jeff Jensen found how Arctic grayling are surviving in one lake in the North Cascades.
November 4, 2022
How to make your own home air purifier
Professor of Environmental Chemistry Dan Jaffe, who studies smoke and other air pollution, recently demonstrated to UW News how to make your own home air purifier.
November 4, 2022
Undergraduate researchers marvel at birds
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.
November 4, 2022
Cybersecurity for when 911 is the emergency
Researchers at the University of Washington Bothell 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.
November 4, 2022
Research center tracks schools during pandemic
The University of Washington Bothell’s Center on Reinventing Public Education has a national reputation as a school research organization whose nonpartisan analysis is sought by media, including The Seattle Times.
November 4, 2022
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.
November 4, 2022
Reduce latrine odors, improve global sanitation
Research largely conducted by University of Washington Bothell 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
November 3, 2022
Building mental health resilience to stress
Kosuke Niitsu, an assistant professor in the School of Nursing & Health Studies, researches mental health resilience by surveying how UW Bothell students respond to virtual mindfulness exercises.
November 3, 2022
Why companies should stop scaring employees about cybersecurity
Companies often turn to a powerful emotion to get employees to be vigilant about cybersecurity. The problem: Fear doesn’t work... scare tactics don’t get people invested in security over the long term, as Marc Dupuis of the University of Washington and Karen Renaud from Abertay University discovered in research last year.
November 3, 2022