Despite its importance, creativity is often overlooked in society. Creativity promotes innovative solutions to complex problems and celebrates creatives in a variety of creative mediums. HEART is a platform that lowers the barrier of entry for anyone who wants to post and express their creative endeavors. Whether you're a seasoned artist or a beginner trying to explore your creativity, HEART welcomes you to share your work with the world. The heart of HEART is to bring people together.

Hobbio is a free online platform dedicated to bringing people together from all walks of life through the joy of hobbies. With a variety of classes from a wide range of hobbies, we help connect you with certified teachers. Whether you’re interested in learning a new skill, exploring a passion, or simply connecting with like-minded individuals, we’ve got you covered. Starting a new hobby can be a difficult task as it often requires expensive equipment, pricey classes, and sometimes, lots of self-discipline. With Hobbio, we recognize these challenges and aim to alleviate them by promoting knowledge-sharing and fostering meaningful connections.

The information problem I addressed with my project was the difficulties surrounding UW students’ abilities to find a sponsor and maintain relationships with them throughout their Capstone. To solve the issue, I created a student-written Sponsor Handbook, which navigates students through the process of finding a sponsor, interviewing them, maintaining communication, and utilizing conflict resolution techniques in the event the relationship deteriorates. As a result, students now have a resource that expands on the iSchool’s current Capstone resources regarding sponsor relations. This project will give students more confidence while searching for a sponsor and ease their anxieties about Capstone.

University campuses across the nation find themselves in a mental health crisis and the University of Washington is no exception. With campus resources overburdened, our goal is to provide a resource which strengthens student resilience by positively affecting conversations about mental health. Howler is an anonymous online forum made just for UW students that allows them to safely and creatively express their experiences and find solidarity among their peers. Howler's diverse system of forums, or "packs," curates stories and reinforces community, and its multimedia storytelling supports connection and health coping processes.

Many college students have difficulties connecting with alumni of interest despite the current opportunities offered to them, but networking is crucial to college students’ success. Engaging with alumni allows students to access information and gain insights that help them pursue their academic and career goals. Our solution is iConnect, a simple web application that allows college students and alumni to engage with each other and find others they want to connect with. This project provides a platform for students and alumni to form relations with each other and expand their network while supporting their academic and career development.

Sponsored by the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM), Region 5, this capstone project focused on developing a cultural humility resource guide for health-related library programs and services. Cultural humility is “a practice of self-reflection on how one’s own background and expectations impact a situation, of openness to others’ determining the relevance of their own identities to any given situation, and of committing to redress the effects of power imbalances” (American Library Association). Accessible through the NNLM’s curated digital resources collection, this guide supports the implementation of equitable and inclusive services for libraries and community-based organizations.

Geohazards in the Pacific Northwest cause significant annual financial losses. To address this, the University of Washington's Photonic Sensing Facility (PSF) collects seismic data using advanced Distributed Acoustic Sensing technology. Their primary objective is to develop a user-friendly web application for widespread data access and visualization. The target audience includes researchers, public scientists, geohazard enthusiasts, and educators. This initiative aims to enhance geohazard monitoring, mitigate risks, and promote knowledge sharing. PSF's efforts contribute to addressing the pressing issue of geohazards monitoring while facilitating collaboration and informed decision-making.

The iSchool Advising Team, along with other educational student services, encounter obstacles in delivering swift guidance due to outdated technologies and an ever-expanding student-to-adviser ratio. In response, we introduce ISAAC (Informatics Student Auto Advising Cyclopedia), an open-source information architecture that centralizes advising information. By incorporating advanced features like searchable indices and data analytics, ISAAC facilitates prompt assistance for basic student inquiries and enables advisers to prioritize complex student interactions. With its extensible nature, ISAAC revolutionizes advising with the potential to adapt to future student service requirements, guaranteeing enhanced efficiency and accessibility to advising information for everyone.

Prospective transfer students often encounter obstacles when preparing to transfer to a four-year university. The process can be complex and difficult to navigate, resulting in a lower success rate and a higher risk of dropping out. Working with the University of Washington's student service department, we aimed to improve our support systems for transfer students and develop "Dawgtransfer". Dawgtransfer is a comprehensive platform featuring accessible and user-friendly tools that helps transfer students in Washington State navigate the transfer process more efficiently, while reducing workloads for academic advisors.