March 2020

Adina Mangubat, co-founder and CEO of the Seattle biotechnology firm Spiral Genetics, said an entrepreneurship course at the University of Washington Bothell made her realize she could create something on her own and make a difference in the world.

The School of Nursing & Health Studies can take pride in the U.S. News & World Report 2021 Best Nursing Schools: Masters, which ranks the UW No. 2 among public schools that offer a master’s degree.

Students in Jason Lambacher’s American Government & Politics course learned about voter demographics and offered suggestions to the Snohomish County Elections Department through community-based learning projects.

Thanks to a UW Bothell Herbarium project, dozens of plants, bushes and trees on around campus have labels with QR codes that a smartphone can read to open a website with site-specific information.

In light of COVID-19, an earlier story about using movies to teach public health is worth another look for the analysis of “Outbreak” and “Contagion” by Associate Professor Chris Wade.