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UW Bothell professors share insights into fast-growing region at free, public Campus Research Connections series
University of Washington Bothell researchers who are in a unique position to monitor environmental changes in the fast-growing Bothell area share their insights this fall in a series of free public presentations called Campus Research Connections.
September 30, 2022
At the intersection of art and geography
Ted Hiebert and Jin-Kyu Jung, associate professors in different fields in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences and UW Royalty Research Fund (RRF) award recipients, are exploring how to merge geographic and artistic representations of information.
September 17, 2022
Mobile protected areas needed to preserve biodiversity in the high seas
Sara Maxwell, an assistant professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences who studies migratory marine animals, says protected areas need to shift as climate change forces endangered species to move.
September 17, 2022
Grant puts child vision screening on wheels
Bill Erdly, an associate professor in the School of STEM, has received a $125,000 grant to support his work in developing new technologies to detect and treat vision problems that inhibit a child’s ability to read and learn.
September 17, 2022
Race, gender inequities in medical crowdfunding
New research, led by School of Nursing & Health Studies Associate Professor Nora Kenworthy, shows that medical crowdfunding campaigns on the GoFundMe online platform appeared to be heavily influenced by users' race and gender.
September 17, 2022
A search to find and map happy places
Ted Hiebert and Jin-Kyu Jung , associate professors in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, plan to use digital mapping technology to represent where people find their happy places.
September 17, 2022
How does the reduction of traffic in Seattle due to COVID-19 impact air quality?
While the air quality improvement since vehicle traffic declined in March is nearly instantaneous, if emissions return to normal, the NO2 concentrations will bounce back just as quickly as they declined. Dan Jaffe, professor of environmental chemistry at the University of Washington Bothell, is quoted.
September 17, 2022
Crowdfunding is an imperfect weapon against the pandemic
COVID-19 has sparked an explosion of requests for help on GoFundMe.com. But crowdfunding is an imperfect tool against a pandemic, writes Associate Professor Nora Kenworthy in the Washington Post.
September 17, 2022
Faculty Research: In a Pandemic, Prisons are a Problem
Because of their age, underlying medical problems and the conditions of incarceration, a large percentage of Washington’s prison population is vulnerable to the coronavirus, Associate Professor Dan Berger writes at the UW Center for Human Rights.
September 17, 2022
Improving access for students with disabilities
Assistant Professor Neil Simpkins explores how disabled students experience college writing and the rhetorical tactics they use to navigate higher education.
September 17, 2022