Gravitational Wave Astronomy

A research award from the UW Global Innovation Fund will support collaboration between faculty and students at UW Bothell and the University of British Columbia to develop data analysis methods for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission. The European Space Agency and NASA will launch the LISA mission in the 2030s to observe millihertz … Continue reading "UW Global Innovation Fund R…

GWA team member Kaito Hasebe was awarded a 2025 UW Bothell Department of Physical Sciences Chair’s Summer Research Scholarship to study Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs). He also serves as a student leader for the UW Bothell and Cascadia College Student Team of Astrophysics Researchers (STARS) program. His summer research included a week at the Green … Continue reading "Summer Undergraduate Research: Fast…

After graduating from UW Bothell, physics and gravitational wave astronomy research group student Carol Miu wanted to give back in honor of her father’s love of physics and to show gratitude for the UW Bothell physics program by establishing the Miu Endowment for Physics in support of student education and research. Read the UW Bothell … Continue reading "Celebrating the Miu Endowment for Physics"

Dr. Robert Jones, the new President of the University of Washington, visited UW Bothell and spent some time with the gravitational wave astronomy research group to hear about student research projects, the STEM Public Outreach Team (SPOT), and the STARS partnership with Cascadia College.

It has been ten years since the first detection of gravitational waves on September 14, 2015. Celebrations at the LIGO observatories and across the LIGO Scientific Collaboration included collecting memories of the first detection, public events, and multimedia products. Dr. Key contributed to the University of Glasgow video celebrating the first ten years of observational … Continue reading "10 Y…

The University of Washington planetarium is hosting the Astro x Art exhibition Art Among the Stars June 2 – 6 featuring art, performances, and screenings.

The Husky 100 are UW juniors, seniors and graduate and professional students on all three campuses who are making the most of their Husky Experience. Congratulations to UW Bothell Mathematics student and GWA researcher Kristiina Tulleau for selection as a member of the 2025 Husky 100! Read her story on the UW Bothell news site.

The inaugural Sr. Chief Ronald G. Gamboa Endowed UW Bothell STEM Faculty Fellowship is supporting STEM Public Outreach Team (SPOT) student ambassadors. As a UW alumna in computer science and software engineering and co-chair of the UW Bothell School of STEM Advisory Board, Michelle Gamboa created the award to honor her father Sr. Chief Ronald … Continue reading "UW Bothell STEM Faculty Fellowship"

The Student Team of Astrophysics Researchers (STARS) program funded by the National Science Foundation will connect University of Washington Bothell and Cascadia College STEM students for training and research in astrophysics. The team will be part of a cohort of institutions across the country supporting astrophysics research partnerships between community colleges and four-year STEM research … …

UW Bothell hosted a Physics Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) for the summer of 2024 with students working in climate science and gravitational wave astronomy research. The students presented their research at the UW Bothell REU Symposium with summer research students from the UW Bothell Math REU and the Center for Biotechnology Innovation and Training … Continue reading "2024 Physics…