November 2019

Telling the story of her own family, Zarefah Baroud (Media & Communications Studies ’19) created a documentary about the displacement of Palestinians, an event they refer to as the Nakba — Arabic for “catastrophe.”

Associate Professor Eric Salathé is creating a climate model for an area of southeast China that forecasts decades into the future. The simulation will help urban planners anticipate sudden, heavy rain storms and design a “sponge city” to prevent flooding.

A Biology major and president of the UW Bothell Biology Club, Kiana Imani received a Mary Gates scholarship to support her research with Assistant Professor Thelma Madzima who praises her attention to detail.

Vivian Wei, the Vet Corps navigator this year at the University of Washington Bothell, is passionate about helping military veterans in higher education as their advocate for services and resources.

The Discovery Core seminar Our Home in the Forest: Ecology, Literature and Culture introduces first-year students to UW Bothell’s interdisciplinary approach by showing their relationship to the forest through arts and sciences.