Infographic sharing Allen School undergraduate program fast facts in advance of Husky Giving Day on April 23, 2026, including 2,200+ undergraduate students; 8 in 10 students from Washington state; 1 in 5 students among the first in their family to pursue a bachelor's degree; 1 in 5 students are Pell-eligible, signifying financial need; 95% of students in the Allen School complete their degree.

#HuskyGivingDay at @uofwa.uw.edu is almost here! But you don’t have to wait until April 23 to make a gift supporting #UWAllen scholarships, fellowships and student success. Gifts of any size during early giving help get us closer to our goal! 🐾💜 bit.ly/hgd-allen-school #HuskyExperience #PoweredByYou

A team led by #UWAllen professor @gshyam.bsky.social developed VueBuds—wireless earbuds incorporating tiny cameras—to allow wearers to ask #AI about what's in front of them while mitigating some of the privacy concerns associated with smart glasses: www.washington.edu/news/2026/04... #CHI2026

Allen School professor Jon Froehlich receives SIGCHI Societal Impact Award for addressing accessibility challenges through HCI and AI - Allen School News As the director of the Allen School’s Makeability Lab, Allen School professor and alum Jon Froehlich (Ph.D., ‘11) utilizes human-computer interaction (HCI) and machine learning to tackle high-impact s...

#UWAllen professor and alum @jonfroehlich.bsky.social has helped improve pedestrian infrastructure and tackled other #accessibility challenges with #AI and #HCI. This week at #CHI2026, he received the @acm-sigchi.bsky.social Societal Impact Award for his work. news.cs.washington.edu/2026/04/07/a...

Three smiling college students posing on a wooden staircase wearing matching purple t-shirts bearing the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering logo with text "Husky Giving Day" and "The countdown is on!" with the date 4/23/2026.

We’re counting down to #HuskyGivingDay 2026 at the @uofwa.uw.edu on April 23! 🗓️ Sign up to be a #UWAllen ambassador and help spread the word about this opportunity to strengthen our UW community and support our students: bit.ly/hgd-allen-school 💜💛
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The demise of software engineering jobs has been greatly exaggerated | CNN Business Although AI coding tools have stoked fears that the technology will replace software engineers, jobs in the field are growing. As companies pump out more software, there’s increasing demand for season...

#AI is not killing your job options. It’s expanding them. That was #UWAllen Director Magda Balazinska’s message welcoming students back to @uofwa.uw.edu after spring break. According to a recent @cnn.com Business article, there’s data to back that up: www.cnn.com/2026/04/08/t...

Allen School professor emeritus Richard Ladner honored by ACM SIGCSE for expanding access to computer science education to empower students with disabilities - Allen School News Although Allen School professor emeritus Richard Ladner started his career as one of the founders of the University of Washington’s theoretical computer science group, he has grown to become a leading...

Through mentorship and advocacy, @uofwa.uw.edu #UWAllen professor emeritus Richard Ladner has helped hundreds of students with disabilities to access computing education and careers. He was recently recognized by @acm.org #SIGCSE for his impact. news.cs.washington.edu/2026/03/26/a... #accessibility

Allen School Ph.D. student Er-Cheng Tang earns Machtey Award for Best Student Paper at FOCS 2025 for obfuscating quantum programs - Allen School News Program obfuscation, which aims to obscure the inner workings of a computer program while maintaining its functionality, is a central goal in cryptography and software protection. Allen School Ph.D. s...

In an award-winning #FOCS paper, @uofwa.uw.edu #UWAllen Ph.D. student Er-Cheng Tang and co-author Miryam Huang offer the first #quantum state obfuscation scheme for unitary quantum programs in the classical oracle model. The result is significant: news.cs.washington.edu/2026/03/12/a... #cryptography

If you want to take a quick break from whatever you're doing (like your friendly neighborhood social media manager just did 😂), do this quick online experiment from @uofwa.uw.edu #UWAllen's @labinthewild.bsky.social. Find out what country matches your taste in web design and help our #HCI research!

AI is changing the style and substance of human writing, study finds Teams from Google and leading universities found that large-language models change the voice, tone and intended meaning of human authors.

“Humans care about clarity, relevance, and impact, while #AI cares about scalability and reproducibility." @uofwa.uw.edu #UWAllen professor @natashajaques.bsky.social investigates how #LLMs contribute to the “blandification” of human expression. #ICLR2026 www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

This City Was Just Named the Most Livable in the U.S.—With Clean Air, Easy Outdoor Access, and Job Stability A global study named Seattle the best place to live in the U.S. and the eighth best in the world. See the full ranking here.

Welcome to @uofwa.uw.edu, prospective #UWAllen Ph.D. students! We look forward to getting to know you and sharing why UW is a great place to launch your research career—in the city ranked best place to live in the U.S.! #PhDLife #GraduateSchool #ThisIsUW www.travelandleisure.com/seattle-name...

A person measures fetal heart rate with a cellphone

@uwcse.bsky.social researchers developed DopFone, a smartphone app that uses only a phone’s speaker & mic to accurately estimate fetal heart rate, mimicking a Doppler ultrasound. This tool could expand accessible pregnancy monitoring.
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Portrait of Priyadarshini Rajmohan, certificate student, with quote: "One of the biggest strengths of the Modern AI Methods program is how well it’s designed for working professionals. The instructors are genuinely invested in improving the student experience, and the assignments are thoughtfully designed to let us experiment with each model and method — helping us truly understand how they work in practice."

Seattle tech professionals: Looking to earn a master's, do a practice-based certificate, or just take a class? @uofwa.uw.edu #UWAllen #ProfessionalEducation has you covered! Modernize your toolkit, pick up new skills in #AI and more—without pausing your career! www.cs.washington.edu/academics/gr...

Allen School professor Ratul Mahajan named an ACM Fellow for transforming network verification and control systems - Allen School News As a computer systems researcher, Allen School professor and alum Ratul Mahajan (Ph.D., ‘05) has helped develop technologies powering the networks that support multiple aspects of modern society — fro...

#UWAllen @uofwa.uw.edu professor & alum @ratul.bsky.social develops technologies that power the networks supporting many aspects of modern society—from online banking to social media. @acm.org honored him in its 2025 class of #ACMFellows. #ResearchMakesAmerica news.cs.washington.edu/2026/02/27/a...

Four Allen School undergraduates honored by the Computing Research Association for advancing work in AI, robotics, LLMs and more  - Allen School News Last month, the Computing Research Association (CRA) recognized a select group of undergraduate students from across North America who have made notable contributions to the field through research. Th...

Meet the four(!) @uofwa.uw.edu #UWAllen students honored in the @cra-hq.bsky.social Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Awards: awardee Haoquan Fang, finalist Hao Xu and honorable mention recipients Kaiyuan Liu and Lindsey Wei. #UWdiscovers #AI #LLM #robotics news.cs.washington.edu/2026/02/19/f...

We were honored to host @uofwa.uw.edu President Robert J. Jones and @microsoft.com Vice Chair & President Brad Smith yesterday for this announcement and highlight the kinds of leading-edge research this growing #AI partnership can enable — including some involving #UWAllen students. #UWdiscovers

#UWAllen professor Vikram Iyer is tackling #sustainability in computing, from recyclable electronics, to battery-free #robotics, to #AI for estimating carbon footprints. He's among 5 @uofwa.uw.edu researchers named a 2026 #SloanFellow this week. #UWdiscovers www.washington.edu/news/2026/02...

Exploring challenges in optimization with Thomas Rothvoss Thomas Rothvoss, a University of Washington computer scientist, received the inaugural Trevisan Prize for his significant contributions to approximation algorithms in optimization, particularly for…

For my latest blog, I spoke to Thomas Rothvoss @uwcse.bsky.social, inaugural recipient of the Trevisan Prize about his journey into #computerscience, challenges in #optimization, his latest exciting research projects & open problems in the field - scieye.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/e...

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Data on sidewalks and other pedestrian and transit infrastructure can help stakeholders around Washington to create more accessible, livable communities. @taskarcenter.bsky.social is hosting #OpenThePaths at @uofwa.uw.edu Feb. 26-27 to explore how to turn data into action. #accessibility #VisionZero

REU Program: Quantum@UW REU Program: Quantum@UW The REU Program Quantum@UW is a 10-week NSF-funded research program at the University of Washington in Seattle. It is designed to offer undergraduate students the opportunity t...

Attention aspiring researchers! Apply to the Quantum@UW REU! This 10-week, #NSFfunded summer program supports undergraduates from around the country to conduct research at @uofwa.uw.edu in #quantum information science and engineering. Applications due Feb 28: quantumreu.cs.washington.edu/home #QISE

In a paper published in @nature.com, a team of @uofwa.uw.edu #UWAllen and @ai2.bsky.social researchers unveiled OpenScholar, an #AI system that can cite scientific papers as accurately as human experts and incorporate new research after training. #UWdiscovers
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Allen School professor Thomas Rothvoss earns inaugural Trevisan Prize for advancing the study of optimization problems - Allen School News Allen School professor Thomas Rothvoss has carved a career out of complexity. As a member of the school’s Theory of Computation Group, Rothvoss examines the theoretical limits of computer algorithms t...

Molto bene! @uofwa.uw.edu professor Thomas Rothvoss, a member of the #UWAllen Theory of Computation Group, collected the inaugural Trevisan Prize in the mid-career category for his breakthrough contributions in the study of #optimization problems. #UWdiscovers news.cs.washington.edu/2026/02/09/a...

Allen School professor Ira Kemelmacher-Shlizerman elevated to IEEE Fellow for breakthroughs in people modelling and virtual try-on technology - Allen School News In the 1995 movie “Clueless,” lead character Cher Horowitz has a digital closet that allows her to virtually try on outfits. Proving some ideas never go out of style, Allen School professor Ira Kemelm...

Picture this! #UWAllen professor Ira Kemelmacher-Shlizerman was recently named an #IEEEFellow for her pioneering work on face, body and clothing modeling from large image collections — including efforts to bring virtual try-on technology into the mainstream. news.cs.washington.edu/2026/02/03/a...

Allen School researchers earn NeurIPS Best Paper Award Using a benchmark dataset of 26,000 real-world, open-ended queries, the team discovered an “Artificial Hivemind” effect across major LLMs where different models would generate similar outputs.

#UWAllen #AI researchers have found that #LLMs tend to all generate similar outputs to real-world, open-ended queries — as if they are part of an “Artificial Hivemind. Their paper revealing this critical limitation was a @neuripsconf.bsky.social Best Paper. news.cs.washington.edu/2026/01/22/a...

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In 2009, @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen researchers examined how people with disabilities adapt and use mobile devices. Their findings helped spur innovations in device #accessibility — and earned a @sigaccess.bsky.social ASSETS Paper Impact Award. #a11y #UWserves news.cs.washington.edu/2026/01/07/u...

Welcome to the Future of Noise Canceling The next generation of noise reduction is currently being developed in R&D labs around the world. Take a look at what's to come.

“Big Tech is throwing huge amounts of data and compute at the problem—we’re taking the opposite approach.” @gshyam.bsky.social spoke to @wired.com about how #UWAllen spinout Hearvana uses #AI to enable people to go beyond noise canceling to customize their soundscape. www.wired.com/story/welcom...

Allen School student Zhihan Zhang earns Google Ph.D. Fellowship for advancing sustainable computing and autonomous AI agents - Allen School News From developing recyclable electronics to leveraging artificial intelligence to estimate carbon footprints and provide personalized health insights, Allen School Ph.D. student Zhihan Zhang is interest...

From recyclable electronics to #AI for estimating carbon footprints (and more), #UWAllen student Zhihan Zhang is using his Google Ph.D. Fellowship to advance sustainable ubiquitous computing for healthy people and a healthy planet. #ThisIsUW #AIforGood news.cs.washington.edu/2025/12/17/a...

“We forget how complicated these physical manipulation tasks are. You have to be simultaneously forceful and delicate.” @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen professor Sidd Srinivasa on getting to grips with one of the biggest challenges in #robotics: www.engr.washington.edu/news/article... #ICYMI #ThisIsUW

AI headphones automatically learn who you’re talking to — and let you hear them better Researchers at the UW have developed AI-powered headphones that automatically isolate conversation partners in a noisy soundscape. The system employs AI models that listen for the back-and-forth...

If you’re tired of trying to hear people in a crowd, how does this sound? A team of @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen researchers developed #AI headphones that automatically identify and isolate the wearer’s conversation partner in real time. 👂 #ThisIsUW #AIforGood www.washington.edu/news/2025/12...

Three people pose smiling side by side, with the person in the center holding an award plaque depicting Dubs, the University of Washington Husky mascot (who is technically a very floofy Alaskan Malamute)

We’re proud to be named a “Top Dawg in Safety” by @uofwa.bsky.social Environmental Health & Safety for 2025! Thanks to the #UWAllen Facilities team, Robotics Lab, Fabrication Research Lab, MISL and all our research labs for putting safety first for colleagues! www.ehs.washington.edu/about/latest...

Microsoft, Providence and UW create AI that unlocks tumor insights at a scale previously out of reach Tech and cancer researchers are publicly releasing an AI tool that can perform sophisticated tumor analysis in a fraction of the time and cost of existing methods.

What time is it? It’s GigaTIME! @msftresearch.bsky.social, Providence & #UWAllen researchers recently unveiled an #AI tool that generates detailed cancer tumor data at scale from standard pathology slides—at a fraction of the time and cost of prior methods: www.geekwire.com/2025/microso... #ThisIsUW