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2021 Year in Review <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Most of 2021 (and 2020) was spent in \u201cremote operations\u201d mode at UW Bothell. With only essential staff and faculty coming to campus regularly, those 20 months were unlike any other in the University\u2019s more than 30 year history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through sheer determination \u2014 and with assists from technology \u2014 UW Bothell students, faculty and staff remained connected to one another, the broader UW community and partners throughout the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September 2021, UW Bothell officially welcomed its second largest incoming class of students for autumn quarter. Thousands of current undergraduate and graduate students also finally returned to campus even as many others \u2014 including most second-year students \u2014 set foot on the Plaza for the very first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty and staff spent the preceding months preparing for the return to campus life. In the last days before the start of the quarter, many offices and departments across campus decorated their spaces with banners, balloons and streamers to celebrate students and in-person learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this year-end news review, we share these and other highlights from 2021, an unusual year in which research, teaching, learning and community building all continued despite the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We encourage you to check out the stories below as well as these recent awards and honors<\/a> of our students, faculty and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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January<\/h3>\n\n\n\n