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Precious keepsake or needless risk? Ultrasound businesses peddle fetal photos to anxious parents
The Food and Drug Administration has repeatedly urged pregnant women to avoid medically unnecessary ultrasounds. Pierre Mourad, professor of neurological surgery in the UW School of Medicine and professor of engineering and mathematics at UW Bothell, is quoted.
September 17, 2022
GoFundWho? More equitable ways to crowdfund in a crisis
Nora Kenworthy, an associate professor in the School of Nursing & Health Studies who studies crowdfunding for medical needs, tells Crosscut the outcomes often reflect existing biases.
September 17, 2022
Renewal at Goodlad Educational Institute
Marking its 10th anniversary at UW Bothell, the Goodlad Institute for Educational Renewal is changing directors but not direction. As founding director Tom Bellamy moves to emeritus status, incoming director Carrie Tzou continues to turn research into classroom innovations.
September 16, 2022
CRPE education center marks 25 years
The Center on Reinventing Public Education, which is affiliated with the University of Washington Bothell, is celebrating its 25th anniversary by thinking about core beliefs and lessons learned, Director Robin Lake writes in The 74 Million.
September 16, 2022
Feds certify UW excellence in cybersecurity
Federal agencies recently redesignated the University of Washington as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research. The center is managed by the Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity at UW Bothell.
September 16, 2022
Fall 2019 New Center Awards
The Goodlad Institute for Educational Renewal and the Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity have received over $400,000 in research grants since July 2019.
September 16, 2022
CRPE in the media, COVID-19
UW Bothell's education center, Center for Reinventing Public Education, has pivoted their research focus to provide support and expertise in response to K-12 education affected by COVID-19 closures, articles from March-June, 2020.
September 16, 2022
NSF Transitions to Research.gov
In order to provide a modernized, intuitive environment for proposal preparation and submission, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has begun transitioning their grant submission system.
September 16, 2022
UW Population Health Pilot Research Grant Application Opens January 2020
The Population Health Initiative seeks to create a world where all people can live healthier and more fulfilling lives. The application period for the next round of funding will open on January 6, 2020 for grants up to $50,000.
September 16, 2022
The Nobel Prize: South Whidbey grad’s research contributed to coveted physics award
Dr. Joey Shapiro Key, who played a role in observing and studying ripples in the fabric of space-time, found out Tuesday that her efforts have led to a Nobel Prize in Physics.
September 15, 2022