March 2020

An expert from the University of Washington Bothell on the culture, economics and politics of chocolate, Kristy Leissle is currently living in West Africa to conduct field work with cocoa growers for her next book on Africa’s contributions to chocolate. 

Like everything else now, counseling is conducted at a social distance. The UW Bothell Counseling Center is available to students by phone. Counselors can help students cope with coronavirus stress.

Adapting to remote operations at the University of Washington Bothell, biology students presented their winter quarter capstone research projects through a video conference, and faculty were pleased with what they saw on their screens.

Penelope Adams Moon, acting director of online learning strategy, tells Inside Higher Ed how UW Bothell faculty and staff are embracing flexibility as they make the sudden shift to technology-delivered instruction.

Stefanie Iverson Cabral teaches a course in the School of Nursing & Health Studies called Quarantine and Isolation that, ironically, will be conducted remotely this spring  because of the coronavirus pandemic.