About 50 University of Washington students signed up for health insurance March 17 at an event in the lobby of the Health Sciences Building. Brit Exworthy, student affairs specialist for the School of Public Health, and Associate Dean Mark Oberle led an effort to put the event together before the March 31 deadline to enroll under the Affordable Care Act.

Student affairs staff at the various Health Sciences schools wanted to help UW students who might lose coverage under their Student Health Insurance Plan next fall. Student support staff, the Student Public Health Association, Neighborcare Health and other schools on lower campus all participated.

"The publicity blitz meant the healthcare navigators were busy all day," said Student Affairs Director Anna Frazer.