News from the School of STEM

Category: Alumni

Making environmental education more accessible

This summer, recent Mathematics Alumna Cassandra Humarang ('26) interned with UW Bothell’s Collaborative for Socio-Ecological Engagement to enhance sensory experiences in children's books, focusing on environmental education.

September 28, 2026

Alumni Q&A: Jui Bangali

Learn how a UW Bothell master's degree helped launch a career at Microsoft and discover the advice she has for students considering a similar path.

September 25, 2026

Alumni Q&A: Brenda Sugey Vega Contreras

Learn how a UW Bothell graduate certificate and master's degree helped launch a career at Microsoft and discover the advice she has for students considering a similar path.

September 17, 2026

Student gives back to local community

As an intern for UW Bothell's Collaborative for Socio-Ecological Engagement, Ash Putzke (Earth System Science and Biology '26) had the opportunity to lead a project bringing back native plants to residents' yards.

August 5, 2026

foundry10, co-founded by UW Bothell alumna, supports summer camps

After graduating from UW Bothell with a Master of Education, Lisa Castaneda co-founded foundry10, an educational research organization that supports student learning opportunities like the BioImpact Summer Camps.

July 14, 2026

STEM Symposium Awards — 2026

On June 12, 2026, the School of STEM hosted the spring STEM Symposium and the third annual STEM Symposium Awards Ceremony.

July 7, 2026

Researchers discover fastest ultraviolet quasar

Researchers from the School of STEM recently discovered the fastest ultraviolet quasar outflow ever detected!

June 22, 2026

How a job promotion led to a capstone opportunity

After being promoted to an engineering role at her job, Charlotte Morrison (Mechanical Engineering ‘25) used an unexpected problem to create a capstone opportunity.

March 25, 2026