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A member of the University of Washington Bothell Speech and Debate Team, Aaron Yared, took a third place in the Pi Kappa Delta National Comprehensive Speech and Debate Tournament. The junior in law, economics and public policy won third place in the Novice Division International Public Debate Association style debate during the completion over spring break in Boise, Idaho.

Sage Miller used his time in an internship course to create a project he’ll direct over the next two years with an annual budget of $125,000. Majoring in community psychology with a minor in public policy (’17), Miller says he’s well-suited to create the YMCA website compiling 150 nonprofit social service providers in north Seattle. 

The University of Washington Bothell Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies program is seeking nominations for its first annual award in memory of Leslie Ashbaugh.  Ashbaugh was assistant vice chancellor for academic achievement and senior lecturer in the UW Bothell First Year Pre-Major Program in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences.

People from the Arab world who travel to the West are more likely to have positive feelings about Western people, according to a study conducted by Karam Dana, the director of the Middle East Public Opinion Project at the University of Washington Bothell.

There are about 320 trees on the upland portion of the University of Washington Bothell campus above the wetlands. Students have started carefully measuring each one to create a database showing their utility to the ecosystem.