Paul Markham, Ph.D., right, is the new director of Community-Based Learning and Research (CBLR) at UW Bothell. Markham will oversee efforts to incorporate community learning and engagement activities as part of the student experience.

The UW Bothell School of Business has given its 2013 Icons of Retail Award to Kemper Freeman, Jr., ’63, CEO and Principal Owner of Kemper Development Company. Freeman is the central force behind the growth of downtown Bellevue.

The UW Board of Regents approved UW Bothell’s School of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), UW Bothell’s third school. The School of STEM consolidates the Computing and Software Systems Program and the Science and Technology Program, and will reside in the Science and Academic Building due for completion in 2014.