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...

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...

Good grips UW researchers are taking on one of the greatest challenges in robotics: the ability to grasp and manipulate objects with superhuman dexterity.

“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...

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

This story examines the social + economic benefits of higher ed. For example, @uofwa.bsky.social research funding leads to job creation + generates millions in state + local taxes, + since 1995, CoMotion’s spinoffs (about 110 currently operating) hv attracted nearly $10 billion in funding #ThisIsUW

Allen School researchers explore smart technologies for empowering people experiencing homelessness - Allen School News Modern Internet of Things (IoT) technologies such as smart home devices, sensors and security cameras have transformed how we interact with our physical environments. As University of Washington resea...

Can smart technologies help people experiencing homelessness? #UWAllen prof @kurti.sh and postdoc Esther Jang worked with tiny house villages in Seattle to explore their potential for managing infrastructure and other community needs. #ThisIsUW #CSCW #HCI #IoT news.cs.washington.edu/2025/12/04/a...

‘Go out and build a life that matters’: Celebrating the Allen School’s Class of 2025 - Allen School News On Friday, June 13, an estimated 5,000 friends, family, faculty and staff packed the Alaska Airlines Arena in the University of Washington’s Hec Edmundson Pavilion to celebrate the Allen School’s grad...

On June 13, we celebrated the ~800 graduates in the #UWAllen #Classof2025 for their scholarship, leadership and service — and sent them out into the world ready to use their #UW degree as a “vehicle to creating a better future for everyone”: news.cs.washington.edu/2025/06/25/c... #ThisIsUW 🎓 1/4

“Wildly successful and impressively innovative”: Yesterday, #UWAllen teaching faculty received the @uofwa.bsky.social Distinguished Teaching Award for transforming our introduction to programming course series that serves thousands of students each year. Watch: youtu.be/nsVKe4L1_js?... #ThisIsUW

Allen School recognizes Nicki Dell with the 2025 Alumni Impact Award for using technology to improve the lives of overlooked communities - Allen School News Since graduating from the Allen School, Nicki Dell (Ph.D., ‘15) has focused on using technology to “make our computing-mediated world safer and more equitable for everyone.” Her work combines the fiel...

“I learned at UW that impact isn’t just measured in lines of code or papers published—but in trust earned, dignity upheld and lives made a little better.” – Nicki Dell (Ph.D., ‘15), #UWAllen 2025 Alumni Impact Award winner. #ThisIsUW #HCI #CSforGood news.cs.washington.edu/2025/06/12/a...

Allen School team receives UW Distinguished Teaching Award for revamping introductory programming course series and helping students thrive - Allen School News As part of a multiyear initiative, the Allen School reimagined the introduction to programming course series with the goal of better serving the widest range of students across the University of Washi...

They say teamwork makes the dream work; this #UWAllen team earned the @uofwa.bsky.social Distinguished Teaching Award—one of the UW's highest honors—for helping more students to realize their dreams through our new intro to programming course series. news.cs.washington.edu/2025/06/10/a... #ThisIsUW

‘Extremely rare’: UW PhD computer science grads recognized with prestigious dissertation honors University of Washington computer science PhD graduates Ashish Sharma, left and Sewon Min. (Photos via UW) Two PhD graduates from the University of

#ICYMI, two #UWAllen Ph.D. graduates were recognized by @acm.org for their research in #AI #NLP: Ashish Sharma, senior applied scientist at @microsoft.com, and @sewonm.bsky.social, research scientist at @ai2.bsky.social and incoming faculty at UC Berkeley. www.geekwire.com/2025/extreme... #ThisIsUW

‘Bold,’ ‘positive’ and ‘unparalleled’: Allen School Ph.D. graduates Ashish Sharma and Sewon Min recognized with ACM Doctoral Dissertation Awards - Allen School News Each year, the Association for Computing Machinery recognizes the best Ph.D. dissertations in computer science with its Doctoral Dissertation Award. Ashish Sharma (Ph.D., ‘24), now a senior applied sc...

Congratulations to #UWAllen Ph.D. grads Ashish Sharma and @sewonm.bsky.social‬, ‪2024 @acm.org ‬Doctoral Dissertation Award honorees! Sharma won for #AI tools for mental health; Min received honorable mention for efficient, flexible language models. #ThisIsUW news.cs.washington.edu/2025/06/04/a...

‘Pushing the field to the next stage’: Allen School professor Su-In Lee recognized as a Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology - Allen School News Allen School professor Su-In Lee, who directs the University of Washington’s AI for bioMedical Sciences (AIMS) Lab, is shaping the future of biology and medicine through artificial intelligence. Her r...

#UWAllen's @suinlee.bsky.social was recently elected a Fellow of the @iscb.bsky.social for her work on #AI techniques to provide new insights into disease and drive #healthcare breakthroughs. Read more about her contributions: news.cs.washington.edu/2025/04/02/s... #ThisIsUW #CompBio #AIforGood

OS-CONNECT data set helps pedestrians find accessible routes all over Washington state A new data set called OS-CONNECT maps sidewalks and other pedestrian paths statewide, from Forks on the Olympic Peninsula to Clarkston in the southeast. In House Bill 1125, the Washington State...

#UWAllen's @taskarcenter.bsky.social created OS-CONNECT with support from #waleg. It's the first statewide data set to enable communities across WA to map pedestrian infrastructure and transit access to #OpenThePaths. #AIforGood #Accessibility #Vision0 #ThisIsUW www.washington.edu/news/2025/03...

Portrait of Su-In Lee looking off to the side, holding a pen in front of a whiteboard with part of a handwritten algorithm visible behind her

Congratulations to #UWAllen professor @suinlee.bsky.social on her election as a Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology! @iscb.bsky.social honored Lee for her pioneering work on explainable #AI for biology and medicine. www.iscb.org/iscb-news-it... #PopulationHealth #ThisIsUW

Allen School’s Shangbin Feng and Rock Yuren Pang earn IBM Ph.D. Fellowships for seeking to change the narrative around AI - Allen School News Allen School Ph.D. student Shangbin Feng envisions the work of large language models (LLMs) as a collaborative endeavor, while fellow student Rock Yuren Pang is interested in advancing the conversatio...

#UWAllen’s @shangbinfeng.bsky.social champions multi #LLM collaboration; fellow student @rockpang.bsky.social uncovers unintended consequences of #AI and other emerging tech. Both were recently honored with #IBM Ph.D. Fellowships: news.cs.washington.edu/2025/02/27/a... #ThisIsUW #MondayMotivation

2025 Fellows | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Our mission is to make the world a better place through the advancement of scientific knowledge.

Huge congratulations to #UWAllen professor @axz.bsky.social of @socialfutureslab.bsky.social and Ph.D. alum Lydia Chilton, professor at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, on their selection as 2025 @sloanfoundation.bsky.social #SloanFellows in computer science! sloan.org/fellowships/... #ThisIsUW 1/2

Hot topic: University of Washington researchers win Distinguished Paper Award for temperature-sensing app FeverPhone - Allen School News A team of researchers in the Allen School’s UbiComp Lab and UW School of Medicine developed the app FeverPhone that turns smartphones into thermometers without the need for additional hardware. The re...

#ThisIsUW: Researchers at #UWAllen and @uwmedicine.bsky.social developed the FeverPhone app to turn a smartphone into a thermometer. They got a warm reception at #UbiComp2024 #ISWC2024 this fall, where they earned an #IMWUT Distinguished Paper Award. #CSforGood news.cs.washington.edu/2024/12/10/u...

Uncommon Thinkers: Hanna Hajishirzi’s open approach to AI challenges the industry’s norms Hanna Hajishirzi's work is based on a belief that the world deserves to know more about powerful AI models than big tech companies are willing to reveal.

“She never settled—she always challenged herself to learn more.” As @geekwire.bsky.social’s latest Uncommon Thinkers honoree, #UWAllen & AI2's Hanna Hajishirzi is curious, competitive and committed to solving real-world problems through open #AI. #ThisIsUW
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AI Headphones Create Zones of Silence Researchers turn off a noisy world to help users tune in to nearby conversations

"We are at a time when hardware and algorithms are coming together to support #AI augmentation." #UWAllen prof @gshyam.bsky.social is developing headphones that enable the wearer to tune in to conversation they want to hear, cut through noise they don't. #ThisIsUW spectrum.ieee.org/noise-cancel...

‘A great citizen of the research community’: Allen School Ph.D. student Anandghan Waghmare receives Gaetano Borriello Outstanding Student Award  - Allen School News In honor of the late Allen School professor Gaetano Borriello, whose work focused on applying mobile technologies to tackle issues of global equity and social and environmental justice, the ubiquitous...

Each year the #ubicomp community honors a Ph.D. student following in the footsteps of the late #UWAllen prof Gaetano Borriello in advancing tech to benefit society. This year, the path led back to @uofwa.bsky.social and our own @anandghan.bsky.social: news.cs.washington.edu/2024/11/25/a... #ThisIsUW

Congrats to UW Law students Michaela Banchero, Thomas Heiden, Tatum Kawabata, Anika Kharkar, Anna Shumar and Emily Zughaib, recipients of the Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship. #ThisIsUw

Five graduates of UW Law’s LL.M. and M.J. degree programs share their varied backgrounds and what inspired them to become Huskies. #ThisIsUW

Commencement is just six days away. Before our graduates venture off into the world, we wanted to hear their most memorable experiences at UW Law and what they hope to achieve with a law degree. #ThisIsUw

Celebrating Impact: Explore a few of the amazing and inspirational UW Law accolades and highlights from 2018. #ThisIsUW #UWLawDawgs